Salma Paralluelo: 5 things to know about Spain’s most beautiful player at the World Cup
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5 things to know about Spain’s most beautiful player at the World Cup - Salma Paralluelo

Salma Paralluelo: 5 things to know about Spain’s most beautiful player at the World Cup

David Ben 12:45 - 15.08.2023

Spain are through to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup finals for the first time ever having seen their beautiful African star shine on the global stage.

Salma Paralluelo has been widely considered as one of the future stars of the Spain women’s national team.

The 19-year-old Barça Femeni winger has been in stellar form for Spain at the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

During the quarter-final match against the Netherlands on 11 August, Paralluelo scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory after extra time, to qualify Spain for the first time in history into the semi-finals of a World Cup.

Salma Paralluelo
Salma Paralluelo celebrates after opening the scoring for Spain against Sweden in the semi-finals of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup| Photo Credit: Imago

Paralluelo would register her name on the scoresheet again after opened the scoring in Spain's 2-1 victory against Sweden to take her team to its first senior World Cup final.

According to Pulse Sports, Salma Paralluelo is considered amongst the most beautiful female footballers at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

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In this article, we look at some Top facts about the Spanish teenage sensation who has lit up the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup with her beauty and performances on the pitch. 

Top 5 Interesting Facts about Salma Paralluelo

1. Who is Salma Paralluelo?

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Salma Paralluelo of Spain| Phot Credit: Imago

Salma Celeste Paralluelo Ayingono is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Spain women's national team.

Before signing for Barca Femeni, Paralluelo had played for Zaragoza CFF and Villarreal in Spain. A product of  UD San José, Salma Paralluelo is also a 2022 FIFA Puskás Award nominee.

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Salma Paralluelo warming up for Villarreal in 2022|Photo Credit: Imago

With Spain, she won the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, and made her senior debut on 11 November 2022, starting and scoring a hat-trick in a 7-0 friendly home win over Argentina.

Salma Paralluelo of Spain
Salma Paralluelo| Photo Credit: Imago

She was included in Spain’s squad list for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australi and New Zealand and has netted twice in 6 appearances so far.

2. Salma Paralluelo Age

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Salma Paralluelo won the UEFA Women's Champions League with Barcelona in 2022| Photo Credit: Imago

Salma Paralluelo was born November 13, 2003 in Zaragoza, Spain.

As of August 2023, she is 19 years old.

3. She is of African descent

Paralluelo is of African descent, having been born to a Spanish father and Equatorial Guinean Fang mother.

Salma Paralluelo
Salma Paralluelo is one of the hottest female footballers in the world in 2023

Her father's name is Jaime Paralluelo and her mother's name is Diosdada Ayingono.

Salma Paralluelo is the only daughter of her parents' three children.

She was eligible to play for Equatorial Guinea, although, she is now cap-tied to Spain.

4. She is a former sprinter

Interestingly, Salma Paralluelo is a former sprinter, and that explains her blistering pace on the football pitch.

Salma Paralluelo
Salma Paralluelo/via Instagram

As an athlete, Paralluelo began her career at the San José Athletics club in Zaragoza and shortly after joined the Scorpio-71 club in Zaragoza.

She won her first medal at the 2019 Spanish Indoor Athletics Championships, winning bronze in the 400-meter test with a mark of 53.83s, a Spanish national record in the sub-18 and sub-20 categories. 

Her result also allowed her to participate in the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, being the second youngest athlete in history to do so, after the Norwegian walker Kjersti Tysse.

Salma Paralluelo is a former sprinter
Salma Paralluelo is a former sprinter| Photo Credit: Instagram

In the outdoor season, in the third race of her entire life over the 400 meter hurdles, during the Ibero-American Athletics Meeting in Huelva, Paralluelo ran a time of 57.43, beating the all-time best Spanish sub-18 record and also breaking that years sub-18 world best time. 

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Salma Paralluelo is a former sprinter| Photo Credit: Instagram

With this result, she was also qualified for the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, where she won two gold medals in the 400m hurdles event with a time of 57.95.

However, shortly after, she switched to football professionally.

5. Salma Paralluelo Social Media

Salma Paralluelo
Salma Paralluelo| Photo Credit: Instagram

As mentioned earlier, Salma Paralluelo is one of the most beautiful female footballers in the world and one of the sexiest Spanish female footballers of her generation.

Paralluelo’s rise has seen her following on social media grow sporadically over the last three years.

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Salma Paralluelo| Photo Credit: Instagram
Salma Paralluelo
Salma Paralluelo| Photo Credit: Instagram

As of August 2023, she has over 182K followers on her Instagram page, where she most posts snaps of her business on the pitch, and training.

However, that number is expected to go up after Spain qualified for the finals of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

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