00:00Do you know who is the first and only woman that has managed to lead a female selector in Colombia?
00:05Miriam Guerrero, also the captain of that first national team, was also the first captain of the first selector sub
00:12-20.
00:12In an interview with the Igualadas, he tells you that his love for football began from very small,
00:17when his brother Carlos, a football player aficionado in Bogotá, was brought to his entrenamientos.
00:22He assured that if he was a football player, he had to be the best.
00:25He taught it the most basic, the ball with the inner edge of the ball and the ball with the
00:30ball.
00:31Although for that time it was not very common that women were dedicated to football, Miriam decided to invest everything
00:36for his dreams.
00:37He left to the side of his idea of being odontologist and changed it to the physical education.
00:41He did a specialization in football in Moscow, Russia, and quickly became the coach of the two divisions of football
00:48football team.
00:50In 1998, he was the captain of the first female selector in Colombia,
00:55that he represented the country in a Copa America.
00:57Asegura that the game that he most remembers was the 2-1 win against Brazil.
01:01He said that they celebrated that goal as if they had won the tournament,
01:05because Colombia was the only team that could be able to win this competition with the green and green.
01:10After that time, he changed his role.
01:11This time, he did his role as a trainer
01:13and got the first best participation of Colombia in a Copa America,
01:17in a third place.
01:19Also, breaking the paradigm of that football is only for men.
01:22Visit the section of Género and Diversidad del Espectador
01:25and the special del Deportista del Año
01:27on www.lespectador.com
01:29to know what was the first female tournament
01:31that was made in the country
01:32and who are these winners in the sport.
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