Olga Carmona, the Sevillian left-back for Real Madrid, today makes the front pages of the sports press around the world after going through all the emotional states that a human being can experience in a few hours. Heroine of the final in Sydney when she scored the winning goal over England (she also scored the goal in extra time with which Spain beat Sweden in the semifinals), the player learned hours after being chosen the MVP of the final that her father had died suddenly, although he was already ill.
The 23-year-old player learned the sad news while celebrating the victory. The Federation made it public with a brief statement: “The RFEF deeply regrets to announce the death of Olga Carmona's father. The soccer player learned the sad news after the World Cup final. We send our most sincere hugs to Olga and her family in a moment of deep pain. We love you, Olga, you are the history of Spanish football ”, she wrote in her official account.
Olga reacted minutes later with another writing on social networks: “And without knowing it I had my Star before the game started. I know that you have given me the strength to achieve something unique. I know that you have been watching me tonight and that you are proud of me. Rest in peace, dad." A message that left the entire Spanish expedition moved.
It so happened that, on the pitch, after the game had finished, Olga Carmona explained that she had dedicated the goal to the recently deceased mother of one of her best friends, María Benjumea, with whom she coincided in the Andalusian team. Under the official shirt of the selection she wore another in which she had written the name of Merchi. When scoring, Olga started to run, raised her official jacket and revealed the other in a gesture with which she emulated the one celebrated by Andrés Iniesta in South Africa, with which the man from Fuentealbilla paid homage to Dani Jarque.
Olga was accompanied in Australia by her mother and by Tomás, her twin brother, also a footballer. He is the goalkeeper for UD Tomares, in the Andalusian Preferred Regional. He has another brother, Fran, eleven months older, also into modest football; He plays central for CD Teruel, which is a member of the Second Federation.
Olga Carmona has lived a large part of her life in the Sevilla Este neighborhood. As a child she practiced swimming, tennis and she also went to flamenco classes. At the age of seven, she entered the Sevilla youth academy, a club in which she played for four seasons, debuting the second of them in the Primera Iberdrola.
At the age of 20, Carmona signed for Real Madrid, where he has played for the last two years, being the undisputed starter in Alberto Toril's team. In each of the seasons he has played 28 official matches; In the first he scored five goals and last season he stayed at three, good records for a full-back whose best virtue is his run down the wing.
Carmona already knows what it's like to score a goal with Real Madrid's white shirt at the Camp Nou in a Champions League match. In the World Cup, against Japan, in Spain's only defeat, he only played 45 minutes. In the round of 16, against Switzerland, he was a substitute. Jorge Vilda would no longer take her out of the starting eleven.
The side of the national team combines professional sports with university studies. She is studying Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, with only two subjects remaining and the Final Degree Project (TFG) to be able to graduate. In a recent interview, she said she would not rule out continuing to study, whether it be physiotherapy or something related to sports nutrition.
