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| Born | Maria Teresa Andreu Grau (1952-01-21)21 January 1952 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | "Marisa" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Women's football executive | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Maria Teresa Andreu Grau (21 January 1952), also written as Mª Teresa Andreu, is a Spanish former football goalkeeper and leading women's football executive considered a main pioneer of women's football in Catalonia.
Football career
Andreu joined Barcelona in May 1971, when the 1971–72 season's league began, as a reserve goalkeeper. For her team name she was known as Maria Teresa and Marisa. She made a substitute appearance in the team's 5–0 victory over Gramanet on 21 May 1971. She stopped playing for the team in 1982.
By 1977, Andreu was the president of the Barcelona women's team, and spoke well of the working relationship with the staff of FC Barcelona.
Executive career
Upon the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) formally recognising women's football in 1980, Andreu was appointed the president of women's football in both the Catalan Football Federation (FCF) and the RFEF.
In 1990, she became a member of UEFA's Women's Football Committee.
In 2000, she was elected a board member of FC Barcelona.
She has also been part of the Catalan Women's Olympic Committee and the Women and Sport Commission of the Sports Federation Union of Catalonia (UFEC).
References
- ^ "Maria Teresa Andreu Grau | enciclopedia.cat". www.enciclopedia.cat. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ (Cihefe), José López Carreño | Víctor Martínez Patón (2023-04-16). "El partido de la selección española femenina que faltaba por descubrir". Libertad Digital (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ Jugadors, F. C. B. "Andreu Grau, Maria Teresa stats | FC Barcelona Players". FCB Jugadors. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ C. (21 May 1971). "La jornada de ayer de la Copa Pernod Femenina | Barcelona, Vich y Sabadell, al frente de la clasificación | Gramanet, 0 - Barcelona, 5" (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). p. 12.
- Mora, Francisco (7 September 1977). "Maria Teresa Andreu: Fútbol femenino, ya". El Noticiero Universal (in Spanish). p. 8.