Psychological Harassment And Sexist Abuse Of The Spanish Women's National Team Coach Revealed In A Book By Danae Boronat

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JAKARTA - A book by journalist Danae Boronat reveals the harassment by Ignacio Quereda against the Spanish women's national team. Quereda was coach of the national team for 27 years, from 1988 to 2015.

The book, entitled No Las Llames Chicas, llamales Futbolistas (Don't Call Them Girls, Call Them Footballers), contains testimonies from some of the national team's top players.

They exposed the psychological abuse perpetrated by Quereda in which his inappropriate behavior and sexist bullying was allowed for so long.

"I can't count the number of times he came and lifted my shirt," said Marta Corredera of Real Madrid.

"'Get rid of that piercing, it causes infection,'" he would scold me.

"So when I got to the training camp, I had to remove my piercing to tell him: 'I'm not wearing it, don't take (my clothes) off anymore.'"

Apart from Corredera, the manifestos in this book include Jenni Hermoso, Vicky Losada, Irene Paredes, Alexia Putellas, Vero Boquete, Aitana Bonmati and Nahikari Garcia, who made history at the 2019 World Cup under current head coach Jorge Vilda.