English goalkeeper Mary Earps became the first footballer to be honored with a wax figure at the prestigious Madame Tussauds. The current Paris Saint-Germain player, who helped his country achieve runner-up status in the 2023 World Cup after losing the final to Spain (1-0), won a public vote to decide which member of the Lionesses should have a statue in the London museum.
After a process that took more than a year of collaboration between the museum and the Earps, the 31-year-old goalkeeper It appears that he is wearing the green uniform that he wore in the final of the said World Cup. A tournament where he was chosen as the best goalkeeper. A year earlier, in 2022, the former Manchester United goalkeeper won the Euro Cup when hosts England beat Germany at Wembley 2-1.
“Leave this mark as the first female footballer to have a figure at Madame Tussauds London It’s incredibly special,” Earps told the media. “It’s not about me. It’s a demonstration of how women’s football has grown and the trajectory it’s following.”
Earps was awarded The Best by FIFA for the best goalkeeper in the world in 2022 and 2023, the year in which he surpassed the Spanish Cata Coll (Barcelona) in the vote.
Source: La Verdad
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