The It Girls Of Women's Football

The It Girls of Women’s Football 2025

Women’s football in 2025 isn’t just growing, it’s glowing. We’re talking players who break the internet and break records in the same week. From Ballon d’Or winners to fearless debutants, these are the girls running the game right now on and off the pitch.

Here are Football Park’s top five It Girls of women’s football 2025.

5) Michelle Agyemang

Michelle Agyemang is the full movie, young, bold and already making headlines.

Stats check:

• In the 2025-26 WSL season she made 5 appearances and scored 1 goal in 448 minutes
• During her loan spell at Brighton last season she hit 5 goals in 22 appearances
• She made her England senior debut earlier this year and scored within seconds of coming on

She’s the kind of forward who plays with instinct and intent. Quick feet, sharp reactions and that “I’m here for it” energy that can’t be taught. At just 19 she was already becoming a problem for defences across the league.

Then came the setback, a ruptured ACL in October 2025 during England’s friendly against Australia. It’s brutal but if there’s one thing about Agyemang, it’s that she’s built for a comeback. Her mentality matches her talent and that’s what makes her special.

She might be sidelined right now but trust, the comeback story is already writing itself.

BBC Sport – England forward Michelle Agyemang out with ACL injury

4) Hannah Hampton

Hannah Hampton might just be football’s latest diva and she’s owning it. At 24 she’s Chelsea’s No 1 and England’s most talked-about keeper right now. Some of it’s her form, some of it’s the headlines but either way she’s staying booked and busy.

Stats check:

• In the 2025-26 WSL season she’s kept 4 clean sheets in her first 8 appearances
• Her save percentage sits around 86% which puts her in the top bracket of keepers in the league
• Over her England senior career she has earned 23 caps and played a key role during their Euro 2025 run

This season she’s been solid for Chelsea, stacking clean sheets and showing why she was trusted to start for England. Her distribution has levelled up too. Hampton’s not just saving shots, she’s starting attacks, the kind of keeper that makes the backline breathe easier.

But let’s be real, most of the talk lately hasn’t just been about her saves. Mary Earps’ recent book hinted at “bad behaviour being rewarded” and everyone’s been putting two and two together. The pair’s tension has become one of those unspoken locker-room dramas that spills into the public. Whether you believe the rumours or not, Hampton hasn’t let the noise shake her. She’s still showing up, gloves on, head high.

Before the spotlight she was a Birmingham girl who spent part of her childhood in Spain, starting out as a striker before switching to keeper. That attacking brain explains how she reads the game so sharply now, she sees the pitch like someone who’s been on both sides of a goal.

Confident, composed, slightly chaotic, Hampton’s living proof that every era needs its headline keeper.

Chelsea Women on Twitter – Hannah Hampton pulling off another huge save 🔥

3) Chloe Kelly

Chloe Kelly has the pace and technique to terrify defenders and the comeback story that makes her one to watch. On form she’s dangerous from the wing, cutting inside, creating chances and scoring when it matters.

Stats check:

• In the 2025-26 WSL season she’s made 7 appearances, scored 2 goals and provided 1 assist
• Over her career she’s played around 225 matches, scoring 59 goals and recording 50 assists
• For England she continues to be a consistent attacking outlet providing width and creativity when it counts

Kelly’s speed and directness make her a nightmare to defend but her mental strength is what really defines her. In a recent Women’s Health interview she opened up about the pressure that comes with being an elite female athlete, from body image to self worth. She’s been honest about the lows and that’s what makes the highs hit harder.

Chloe Kelly shows that being pulled down doesn’t mean staying down. Her resilience has turned her into one of England’s most inspiring figures, proof that grace and grit can coexist.

2) Alessia Russo

Alessia Russo is that girl up top. You know the one, calm, clinical and quietly lethal. Since joining Arsenal in 2023 she’s become the player everyone watches when the pressure hits. She doesn’t force moments, she creates them.

Last season she dropped 20 goals in all comps, eight of those in the Champions League, carrying Arsenal straight into the semis. This season she’s already four in eight and sitting comfortably among the WSL’s best forwards. It’s giving consistency.

What makes her stand out is the IQ. Russo’s movement is unreal. She ghosts into spaces defenders can’t read and scores like it’s nothing. That double against Real Madrid in March? Cold behaviour.

Before all this she was that little girl in Maidstone kicking ball with the boys at West Farleigh then running wherever Bearsted needed her. You can still see that scrappy side now. She plays like she’s still proving people wrong even though she’s already one of the best.

Russo doesn’t chase headlines, she makes them. Cool energy, ruthless output. She’s not shouting about being an It-Girl, she just plays like one.

1) Aitana Bonmatí

Ballon d’Or Bonmatí. The name alone carries weight. She’s Barcelona’s heartbeat, Spain’s conductor and women’s football’s ultimate standard setter. There’s dominance but there’s also grace, the kind that makes everything she does look effortless.

Stats check:

• In the 2025-26 Liga F season she’s started 7 matches, scored 5 goals and assisted 3
• She’s averaging just over one goal contribution per 90 minutes putting her among the top midfielders in Europe
• Her pass completion in the final third sits around 87% and she’s already created 18 chances this season

Bonmatí isn’t loud, she’s lethal. She dictates tempo, pulls strings and finds angles that shouldn’t even exist. There’s a calm to her chaos, you never see her rush yet she’s always three steps ahead.

Three Ballon d’Ors later and she’s still playing like she’s got something to prove. She’s not chasing status, she is status. You can build a whole system around her and it’ll still look like her show.

If we’re talking It-Girls, Bonmatí is the gold standard. She’s not just part of football’s current moment, she’s defining it.

To Sum It Up

The women’s game is stacked with talent right now but these five? They’ve got that extra something. They’re the players who make football feel fresh, powerful and personal all at once. From Bonmatí’s elegance to Agyemang’s hunger, the future of the sport looks female and it looks fearless.