Salma Paralluelo: Spain's most beautiful footballer gets new Barcelona number following World Cup heroics

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Salma Paralluelo: Spain's most beautiful footballer gets new Barcelona number

Salma Paralluelo: Spain's most beautiful footballer gets new Barcelona number following World Cup heroics

David Ben 18:27 - 07.09.2023

Salma Paralluelo has been rewarded with an iconic new number at Barcelona after starring for Spain in their 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup triumph.

Spain’s teenage World Cup star Salma Paralleulo is enjoying one of the best years in her career as a professional footballer.

At just 19 years of age, the beautiful youngster has won nearly every trophy at international and club level.

Paralluelo who is considered as one of the most beautiful female footballers in the world has seen her stocks rise after impressing for her national team at the just-concluded 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

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

The pacy Barca Femeni winger scored twice for Spain while featuring in every single match for La Roja throughout the tournament.

Paralluelo netted a crucial winner in Spain’s quarter final match against the Netherlands to send them to the semi-finals where she scored again in their 2-1 win against Sweden.

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Salma Paralluelo gets new shirt number at Barcelona

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

Following her impressive World Cup debut for Spain, Parelluelo has been rewarded with an iconic shirt number for her club side, Barca Femeni.

The 19-year-old former Villarreal winger won the Best Young Player Award at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and will now sport the number 7 jersey for Barcelona Femeni - the same number worn by former Barcelona and Spain legend David Villa.

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Salma Paralluelo| Photo Credit: Instagram
Salma Paralluelo
Salma Paralluelo the Best Young Player of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | Imago

Paralluelo has also enjoyed a meteoric rise on social media since the start of August 2023.

The former sprinter has seen her followership on Instagram grow from 100K plus followers to more than 406,000 followers as at the time of this report- recording a growth of roughly more than 200% on the popular social media platform.