Arsenal and England ahead Chloe Kelly has been remodeled right into a Barbie doll as a part of a particular sequence to mark Worldwide Girls’s Day.
Two-time European Championship winner Kelly, 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams and India cricketer Smriti Mandhana are among the many sporting figures included by Mattel in its first ever “Barbie Dream Group”, which it says “honours girls who led the way in which of their industries”.
“To be a Barbie position mannequin is so particular,” mentioned Kelly, 28. “To have my very personal one-of-a-kind doll – I am very pleased with that.
“You do not actually imagine these items might occur. You at all times search for the trophies and the wins on the pitch however, off the pitch, it is a large win.”
She added: “As a younger lady, you dreamed of getting these moments however they by no means gave the impression to be the case that they might come true.”
Kelly was a key member of the England squads that gained the previous two European Championships.
She scored the Lionesses’ extra-time winner at Wembley that secured victory over Germany within the 2022 last, then netted the successful penalty in a shootout in opposition to Spain that retained the trophy in Switzerland final summer time.
Kelly was additionally concerned as England reached the ultimate of the 2023 Girls’s World Cup.
At membership degree, she was a part of the Arsenal group that gained final season’s Girls’s Champions League.
