Lea Schüller: Finding Family in Football

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Lea Schüller is a world-renowned football player with a joyful heart and a powerful kick. At age 25, she was named Germany’s Women’s Footballer of the Year, and she’s determined to keep that title. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Joy Smith with sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. It was written and edited by Abby Sher. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Sonja Baum. Joy Smith was our executive producer. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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0:00.0	Once upon a time, there was a football team for young boys meeting for practice in a small city in Germany.
0:14.0	Alexander?
0:15.0	Yes.
0:16.0	Felix?
0:17.0	Yes.
0:18.0	Leia?
0:19.0	Yes.
0:20.0	Yes.
0:21.0	Leia was a girl playing on an all-boys team.
0:28.0	Now there was no accident.
0:30.0	That was all part of Leia's plan.
0:40.0	I am Sonia Baum and this is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
0:44.0	A fairy tale podcast about the real-life Rebel woman who inspires us.
0:50.0	On this episode, Leia Schüller.
0:53.0	Star-forward, top goal scorer and Germany's women's footballer of the year for 2022.
1:07.0	Leia was born in November 1997 in a small city in Western Germany called Tunis-Fost.
1:14.0	Leia laughed growing up in Tunis-Fost with its apple, old shards and bike path, historic castles and old manners.
1:23.0	But it was on a family trip to France when Leia found her true passion.
1:29.0	Leia and her family were watching a huge football tournament.
1:34.0	Leia was mesmerized by the way the players communicated almost wordlessly,
1:39.0	crafting their passes in place with this communal energy.
1:44.0	I want to do that, she thought.
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