Ana Maria Markovic, Croatian national player

It is normal to wonder what a footballer does. In the initiation stage a person starts playing the sport for fun. If he is talented, he can go on to make a living out of it. This profession is not like the most common ones, as it is usual to earn more money, but the pressure and the demands are much higher. That is why players do not have a life like ours. Their routines, their vacations, their schedules… everything is different. They cannot live like any other people because their recognition does not allow them to walk quietly in the street.