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Fast, skilful and resilient – Chloe Kelly has set the football world alight with her dazzling trickery to become one of the most exciting forwards in the women’s game.

But from taking two hours on the train to get to training as a young teenager, to facing career-threatening injuries – it has been a bumpy road.

This is the inspiring story of how a girl from Hanwell persevered through hardship to become an icon of English football.

This biography is one of the titles in Ransom’s Tales from the Pitch series and the first on a female player.

Each of these fast-moving reads focuses on one football superstar, some players who are still to reach the summit of their career, and others who are the already at the top of their game. These are exhilarating reads about players from all walks of life. Many have faced failure, injury and rejection, to ultimately make their dreams come true and have inspirational stories.

So meet the footballers behind the iconic tackles and goals, and find out what makes each of these players so special.