‘I was faster than the boys’ – Alisha Lehmann opens up on her football beginnings and ‘moment everything changed’

JUVENTUS ace Alisha Lehmann looked back at her football beginnings before reaching fame on the pitch and social media.

Lehmann, 26, has been a pro footballer since 2016 and saw her career take off when she started combining her day job with modelling on various platforms, such as Instagram .

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That earned the forward an audience of 16.4million followers and the .

The international claims she knew she had a calling from the age of six when she played football with boys.

The ex- ace even claims that she was “faster than the boys”; and that led to her playing for a local club.

Everything changed when scouted her at the age of 11 as that was when her career officially began.

recalled her beginnings in football: “When I was six or seven, I joined a club.

“As a child, I was very fast, faster than the boys. I started in my village and always wanted to play.

“The moment everything changed was when I joined Young Boys: I was 11 or 12 years old.

“At that time, we trained with the boys in the mornings and played with the girls on weekends...

“I had fun, but I didn’t think I could become a real footballer. wasn’t like it is today, and I believed that in Switzerland I would earn more with a normal job than as a footballer.

“I never thought I would make it; I lived my life.

“I’m a girl, I’m feminine, and I like nails. I’m not a full-back, I don’t have to take throw-ins.

“People talk about these things too much; they don’t influence what happens on the pitch in any way.

“I’m always criticised for these things. I don’t care what they write.”;

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