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Lina | Women’s Football & Advice

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Another month filled with love and positivity from you all 🫶🏼 only upwards trajectory from here 🙏📈 by @linakicks

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When Lina was growing up in the UAE, she would watch the boys play football during school break times. One day, she asked if she could join in ⚽️

Instead, she was pushed away and told:
“Football is for boys. You’re a girl, you can’t play.” 🤯🥺

Rather than giving up, she used those words as motivation

After moving to Mauritius at the age of 8, opportunities for girls’ football were limited, but that didn’t stop her. She joined an after-school football club, became obsessed with improving her game and spent hours training alone at home, studying players like Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo to develop her skills

By 16, Lina had won 4 regional and 3 national school tournaments, been named MVP for her age group in Mauritius and earned a place in the Mauritius national team 😱👏🏼

After moving abroad for high school, she had to leave the national team and over the next 3 years her passion for football faded but everything changed when she moved to the UK

Attending Arsenal vs Barcelona at the Emirates in December 2021 reignited her love for the game and inspired her to pursue a career in football. After graduating from university, she worked in sports marketing before joining a club, where she has now worked for the past 10 months

But Lina still wanted a creative outlet to express her passion for the game.

That’s why she created LinaKicks- to share her love of football, inspire others to play without fear of judgement and represent communities that remain underrepresented in the football industry 🫡🥹 by @linakicks

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Nowadays, many brands can get creative in the ways they capitalize in big moments, especially major sports events. When they manage to do that without actually paying sponsor fees to the organizers, it’s known as ambush marketing. Technically speaking, ambush marketing can be seen as unethical however it is not explicitly illegal if done right to avoid legal action. by @linakicks

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I loveeee seeing pubs show WSL games 🫶🏼 taken in The Old George by @linakicks

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Always love feeding the trading card addiction. This time celebrate the new partnership between Topps and Chelsea FC. I decided to buy two collectors tins to see what I could get. No hits this time but you never know what you get these things.

Let me know if you got collectors tins and if you got any hits from them. by @linakicks

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In spirit of Celebrity Traitors Season 2, I wanted to imagine which WSL players could make the best traitors if they were chosen to go on the show 😈

What do you think? Let me know if I missed an obvious person! by @linakicks

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If I had to rate WSL shirts solely based on vibes this would be my list 😎 by @linakicks

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If the London derby could be described as sounds, this would it be it! 🔴🔵 taken in Stamford Bridge by @linakicks

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It’s derby dayyyyyy 🔴🔵 Who are you rooting for to win?

#wsl #chelseawfc #woso #awfc taken in London, United Kingdom by @linakicks

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🗣️Piece of advice that I give everybody is that networking is the best way to get your foot in the door of your favorite industry. In sports it’s such a small world and the more people you know more likely you are to recommended to different sports jobs available if you ever have the opportunity to join a networking event for your favorite industry, always take that opportunity because even if you don’t get direct job offers, you can always get fresh perspectives on what it’s like to do your dream job by @linakicks

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