- Five 9er since 2020
represented by us & neverland management
JULIA
SPETSMARK
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from Arvika, SWEDEN
1989-06-30
1.66
FC Fleury 91
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sweden
Julia Spetsmark
Julia made her debut in Sweden´s first league at the age of 17 back in 2006, which means she´s currently on her 16th season at the absolute top level.
She has represented Manchester City, North Carolina Courage and Djurgården, just to mention a few.
She was also selected to the Swedish National Team, both at the youth and women´s level.
After winning the NWSL with NC Courage in 2019, she decided to go back to play in Europe. We got to "borrow" her from her agency Neverland Management to finalize a deal with S.L. Benfica.
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We flew down to Lissabon and the legendary club Benfica in January 2020 to sign Julias contract. The club had begun an aggressive effort to invest in their newly started women´s team, with hopes to reach the same successes as their men´s team.
Julia played 6 games and scored 2 goals for Benfica, before corona broke out and put an end to the season. She was the first Swedish women´s player ever to sign, start, and score for the club.
Unfortunately the Portuguese federation put a temporary halt to the club´s ambitions when they imposed a league-wide salary limit (starting the following season). It meant the club was unable to renew her contract without substantially lowering it.
It was a cut that would have reduced her pay from super-professional to barely professional at all. A very frustrating situation for both the club and the player, as both parties already looked forward to continuing together.
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The salary limit was later taken away, after huge protests and a law-suit by the players against the federation. However, at this time Julia had already signed for French top-league club FC Fleury 91 on a 2-year contract.
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