Some of the top female soccer players from Venezuela and Australia have come forward with allegations of abuse and harrassment they experienced while playing for women’s …
Some of the top female soccer players from Venezuela and Australia have come forward with allegations of abuse and harrassment they experienced while playing for women’s national soccer teams. In a letter posted on social media, Atlético Madrid forward Deyna Castellanos was joined by 23 of Venezuela’s most accomplished soccer players who said their former coach of the national team, Kenneth Zseremeta, subjected them to years of abuse. The letter demanded that FIFA, soccer’s governing body, ban Zseremeta from working in women’s soccer, according to Reuters. ADVERTISEMENT “Many of us still have trauma and mental wounds that accompany us in our daily lives,” the players wrote, per Reuters. COMUNICADO. #NoMasAbusos #ProtejanALasJugadoras #ProtectThePlayers pic.twitter.com/KJ2alEE0Jz — Deyna Castellanos (@deynac18) October 5,2021 “I am extremely proud of each and every one of you for collectively raising our voices so that no other soccer team (amateur or professional) must endure our experience,” Castellanos said of her fellow accusers in an article she shared on Medium. The letter alleges that the abuse took place from 2013 until at least 2017 when Zseremeta was fired from his role as coach of the under-20 women’s national team as a result of the team’s poor performance, The Washington Post reported.
