Gay NWSL player signs with Saudi women’s football club, deletes photos of wife and child
The Spanish striker drew criticism after joining Al-Qadsiah, as Saudi Arabia criminalizes same-sex relations and she reportedly deleted family photos online.
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The Spanish football player Esther González is one of the world's women's football stars. In 2023, she became the world champion with Spain, and in 2025, the best female European football championship in the world, and in addition, González won the title of the best bomber in New York's history, "Gotham", for which she has played for the past three years.
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Gay NWSL player signs with Saudi women’s football club, deletes photos of wife and child
This story originally appeared on Them.Esther González, a National Women’s Soccer League champion married to a woman, is facing criticism after signing to Al-Qadsiah of Saudi Women’s Premier League — located in a country that famously outlaws same-sex relations.The 33-year-old athlete’s shocking move comes after she made the decision to leave the NWSL’s NJ/NY Gotham Football Club before the end of her 2027 contract in July to address “personal m…
World champion Esther González, who had recently terminated her contract with the American Gotham FC, has just signed until 2027 for the Al Qadish of Saudi Arabia. She is not the first Spanish to land in the emerging Asian league, framed within the plan of the country Vision 2030 in which she intends to evolve socially through sport, but behind the signing there has been a fact that has traveled like gunpowder the Spanish press.Keep reading...
Esther González’s incorporation into a team in Saudi Arabia draws attention as she is “a feminist activist who is married to a woman,” said Marcelo Molina in Ronda de Correspondencias (RDC). Read more
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