Ana María Romero Moreno (born 14 June 1987), commonly known as Willy, is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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. She previously represented several teams in Spain's Primera División, including

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Lig ...

and

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

Club career

Romero left Espanyol for local rivals FC Barcelona in summer 2013. After moving on to Valencia CF, she signed for Ajax in July 2016.

Honours

Rayo Vallecano * Primera División: 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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RCD Espanyol *

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FC Barcelona * Primera División: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

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Copa Catalunya The Copa Catalunya (''Catalonia Cup'') is a knockout competition organised by the Catalan Football Federation for football clubs in the Catalonia autonomous community of Spain. History Between 1903 and 1940, it was known as the '' Champions ...

: 2014 AFC Ajax *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

: 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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: 2017, 2018

International career

She is a member of the Spanish national team and a holder of the 2004 Under-19 European Championship. In November 2011, medical student Romero scored a late goal to force a 2–2 draw with

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Motril Motril () is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean coast in the Granada, Spain. It is the second largest town in the province, with a population of 60,368 as of 2016. The town is located near the Guadalfeo River and is from Granada. Hi ...

International goals

Personal life

She is in a relationship with

Merel van Dongen Merel Didi van Dongen (, born 11 February 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Netherlands women's national team. Club career She played for Ter Leede a ...

. They are engaged since December 2021.

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* * 1987 births Living people Footballers from Seville Spanish women's footballers Spain women's international footballers Liga F players FC Barcelona Femení players Rayo Vallecano Femenino players RCD Espanyol (women) players Eredivisie (women) players AFC Ajax (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands Spanish expatriate women's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Women's association football wingers Valencia CF Femenino players Real Betis Féminas players Queens League players Spanish LGBT footballers Spanish lesbian sportswomen 21st-century Spanish LGBT people Spain women's youth international footballers {{Spain-women-footy-bio-stub