Olga Carmona received news after final whistle against England, with federation calling her ‘the history of Spanish football’
Spain’s World Cup-winning goalscorer, Olga Carmona, was told her father had died after Sunday’s final against England.
The left-back’s strike in the first half of the match earned the team its 1-0 victory over the Lionesses on Sunday. But in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, this evening, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced her father’s death.
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