French international, Amandine Henry is a figure in French women’s football. The Losc player decided to reveal herself.
This is not the first time that she will talk about her past, but this time Amandine Henry has agreed to tell her story. His portrait will be revealed through a documentary produced by Au Tableau Productions. The company itself announced on Monday the upcoming release of the portrait of the thirty-four-year-old player who returned to play in France this season for Lille. While she intends to be part of the group that Hervé Renard will select to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Amandine Henry has therefore chosen to tell the story of her adventure as a footballer.
This collaboration between the Northerner and the production company is therefore a continuation of their first joint work. Last March, Amandine Henry participated in an episode of the series “ Empty your bag » broadcast on Canal+, which offered twenty-minute interviews with different personalities. The opportunity for her to talk about her first steps as a footballer. “ I was always the only girl and every time I was nicknamed ‘the girl’. ‘We’re going to play against the girl’ (laughs). (…) There were so many prejudices. ‘She’s a tomboy.’ ‘She’s not a girl anyway.’ ‘Girls don’t know how to play football anyway.’ ‘She won’t make it.’ »
Regrets
Admitting then to having the feeling of not being taken seriously, Amandine Henry noted that things had evolved. “ Today you can do anything. There are no things that are more attributed to boys than to girls. You can be an astronaut, a footballer. If you are a boy, you can do gym. At the time, I would have liked to have been told ‘yes Amandine, you’re a girl, you can do what you want’. » In the next upcoming documentary, this time it will be about “ incredible journey of the footballer “. No official date has yet been announced, but the main interested party will not fail to inform her followers on social networks.
