Vero Boquete: the Spaniard so good she has a stadium named after her

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Spain’s record scorer on revolutionising football in her home city and her petition to get female players on computer games

Towards the end of 2018 Vero Boquete, Spain’s all-time leading goalscorer who has won a Champions League and domestic titles in three countries, received “the biggest prize” of her career.

In her home city of Santiago de Compostela – in Galicia in the north-west of Spain and famous for being the climax of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route – the main stadium was renamed the Estadio Vero Boquete de San Lázaro.

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