Verónica Boquete Giadans (born 9 April 1987) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club

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. As well as in her native Spain, she has played

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for clubs in the United States, Russia, Sweden, France, Germany, China, and Italy. She captained the Spain national team at their first

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appearance in

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and has also captained the Galicia national team for their entire history.

Club career

Boquete came to wider international attention after signing for

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of the American

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(WPS) in 2011. She was a key player in Independence's 2011 season with four match-winning goals, and she was awarded the

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. In addition, she had been awarded the Player of the Week prize three times. Boquete previously played for Xuventú Aguiño in her home region of Galicia, followed by Prainsa Zaragoza and

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in Spain, and Buffalo Flash ( W-League) and

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(WPS) in the summer of 2010. With Espanyol she won two national cups. She was the top scorer of the 2010–11

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with 39 goals. Following the end of the 2011 WPS season she played for Russian side

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in the Champions League. 2014-03-29 Ty09 Verónica Boquete 4450

In January 2012 Boquete announced a transfer to Swedish

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club

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on a two-year contract. Tyresö won the Damallsvenskan title for the first time in the 2012 season and she collected a league winner's medal alongside teammates Marta and

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, who had also played in WPS. On 7 April 2014,

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acquired Boquete (along with midfielder

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) from the

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in exchange for

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, Kathryn Williamson, and Portland's first-round pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. Western New York originally held her

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rights. She joined the Thorns following Tyresö's participation in the 2013-2014 UEFA Women's Champions League tournament, making her first appearance for the Thorns on 7 June 2014 versus the

. She scored her first goal for the Thorns on 15 June 2014 versus the

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. She would go on to score four goals along with six assists in her 15 total appearances for the Thorns, culminating with the team's semi-final loss against

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on 23 August 2014. During her time in Portland, she would garner the league's Player of the Week award three times. On 25 August 2014, following the conclusion of the Portland Thorns season, Boquete signed with

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, the 2014 runners-up in the

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. She expressed her desire to return to Portland in the future, "I'm going to try to do my best in Germany and I hope that I can come back (to Portland) next year, too." On 27 May 2015, Boquete signed for the Bundesliga champions,

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, on a two-year contract. After a season truncated by injury, she was signed by big-spending French club

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, who hoped she could help them win the UEFA Women's Champions League. In February 2018 Boquete became dissatisfied with her reduced playing time and agreed a mutual termination on the final months of her Paris Saint-Germain contract, to accept a transfer offer from Beijing BG Phoenix. She signed a one-season deal with the Chinese club and was given her customary number 21 jersey. On 4 January 2019, Boquete announced her signing to the

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of the

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. She was named to the NWSL Team of the Month for May 2019. On 6 January 2022, Boquete joined

on a deal until the end of the season.

International career

Boquete is a veteran of Spain's

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title win and their subsequent

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campaign. Boquete's senior

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debut came in February 2005, in a 0–0 friendly draw with the

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. In October 2012 Boquete scored the winning

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goal in the 122nd minute of Spain's 3–2 win over

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in the second leg of the

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play-off. The Spanish looked to be heading out when she had missed a penalty three minutes earlier. With this goal, Boquete qualified Spain for their first UEFA Women's Euro since 1997. In June 2013, national team

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confirmed Boquete as a member of his 23-player squad for the

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finals in Sweden. She became captain ahead of Spain's first-ever appearance at the Women's World Cup in

in Canada. In the final group game against

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, both teams were playing for a place in the last 16; she opened the scoring although Spain was unable to hold the lead and lost 2–1. Boquete had a prominent role in the player revolt which led to the departure of long-serving coach Quereda following the poor performance at the World Cup. Boquete was eventually phased out after the player revolt alongside Spain's other captains, and two years later she was surprisingly and controversially omitted from Spain's squad for

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by replacement coach

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. After being left out of the Euro squad, Boquete was never chosen to play for Spain again and has effectively retired from national team duty. In an interview with ''

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'', Boquete said "I know my time with the national team is over, and I know it's not because my football." On 28 October 2021, Boquete was featured in an

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documentary called ''Romper El Silencio'', where she detailed her experiences while playing in the Spanish national team under Quereda. Boquete, alongside former teammates Vicky Losada,

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, and Mar Prieto, claimed in the documentary that Quereda was psychologically abusive, vocally

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, controlling, and that he created a toxic playing environment.

International goals

Personal life

In June 2013 Boquete became the first Spanish female footballer to release an

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. Entitled ''Vero Boquete, la princesa del deporte rey'' (Vero Boquete, the princess of the king sport), it was written by '' Marca'' writer David Menayo.

Successful FIFA video game women's petition

In 2013, Boquete started a petition on

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, which called upon video game producer

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to introduce female players in its ''FIFA'' series and attracted 20,000 signatures in 24 hours. The petition was eventually successful, as EA Sports revealed in May 2015 that she and the rest of

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would join 11 other female international teams (

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and the

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) in ''

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'', which was released in September 2015 (on the 22nd in North America and the 24th in Europe) for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and also on Windows PC.

Estadio Verónica Boquete

On 8 November 2018, the city hall of

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agreed to rename their main stadium to '' Estadio Verónica Boquete de San Lázaro'', in recognition of Boquete.

Honours

UEFA Women's Champions League Final Berlin 2015 15

; RCD Espanyol *

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; Tyresö FF *

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; FFC Frankfurt *

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: 2014–15 ; Bayern München *

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: 2015–16 ; Spain *

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Individual * WPS Michelle Akers Player of the Year:

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* Primera División Golden Boot: 2010–11 * WPS Best XI:

* UEFA Women's Championship All-Star Team:

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* FIFA FIFPro Women's World11: 2020 *

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: May 2019

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