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Fatmire Alushi in action for Paris St Germain against Wolfsburg (Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0).
Fatmire Bajramaj Alushi was a refugee from war, she achieved star status in German women’s football and won the World Cup. Her story is one diversity, equality and inclusion.
Stephanie Frappart, in charge of Germany versus Iceland, 2017 (Photo: Sven Mandel, Wikimedia Commons).
Stephanie Frappart was chosen to referee the UEFA Super Cup final in Istanbul, between Liverpool and Chelsea. Her story is one of equality, diversity and breaking the mould.

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Salo Muller (crop), 1969 (photo: Eric Koch for Anefo).
Salo’s life is one of losing his family in Auschwitz, surviving the holocaust, changing the physical care of football players at Ajax during the golden years of Cruijf and Keizer, and winning a moral battle for the injustice that was done to his parents by the Dutch and German Railways.
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