Indi Cowie
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- Age 12: Started football freestyling
- Age 15: The only female in the Red Bull Street Style Event Finals
- Age 15: Half-time freestyle performance in front of over 75,000 people at Old Trafford during a game between Manchester United and Chelsea
- Age 16: Featured on ESPN as a role model for women freestylers
- Age 16: Got 3 caps for the Scotland Under-17 Women’s Football Team
- Age 16-17: – Played for Celtic FC in the Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL)
- Age 18: Picked by Lionel Messi (wha?!?!) as the EA Sports FIFA Street World Street Champion when he selected Indi’s video as the best example of football freestyle in the world
- Age 18: Suffers anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury that ends her professional football career, but not her freestyling.
- Age 20: Endorsed to become a Nike Athlete as recognition of her tremendous freestyling skills
- And, wait for it….