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26-year-old freestyle football player Lia Lewis Gribius knows it with the ball

 

Lia is a very talented English freestyle football player who originally focused on dance. She grew up in France, studied ballet and contemporary dance for 18 years, never played sports with a soccer ball. After trying to make it in the dance world, she decided to try her luck in freestyle football. In 2020, she finished fourth at the Red Bull Street Style Freestyle Football World Championship. She won the 2022 Freestyle World Cup and in February 2023 became an ambassador/spokesperson for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup as a dedicated skills coach for the World Cup Trophy Tour.