Euro 2020: The glamorous women taking to terraces to support their superstar footballer partners
IT just wouldn’t be the beautiful game without the beautiful Wags.
As the Euros kick off tonight, some of the Continent’s most glamorous women will be taking to the terraces to show their support for their superstar partners.
They include the business mogul wife of Chelsea’s Croatian star Mateo Kovacic, who has been likened to a “Croatian Shakira”.
Then there’s the Russian Wag who has been snapped hanging around with President Vladimir Putin.
Others include bikini models, beauty pageant winners — and even a karate master.
Here’s our guide to the top 2020 Euro Wags.
IZABEL GOULART (Kevin Trapp, Germany)
MOCKED for her looks at school, the former Victoria’s Secret model has since been voted one of the world’s sexiest women.
And the 36-year-old Brazilian beauty is so beloved in her homeland she was chosen to lead a parade of 200 dancers at the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics in 2016.
She has also made guest appearances in US TV shows including Two And A Half Men and Entourage.
MIA McCLENAGHAN (Reece James, England)
LAST year was a great one for Chelsea right-back Reece, who made his England debut and got together with girlfriend Mia .
The 5ft 2in student recently celebrated finishing her law degree with a string of photos on Instagram.
Mia’s account also has snaps of her in designer clothes and spending time with 21-year-old Reece.
MIRJANA ZUBER (Steven Zuber, Switzerland)
FROM being a Miss Switzerland finalist in 2014, the 28-year-old went on to host her own successful podcast, Spielerfrauen On Air (the German word for Wag), sharing insights from her private life.
Continuing to break convention, she has since shared clips of herself training in the US to perform as a TV stuntwoman.
MAJA NILSSON LINDELOF (Victor Lindelof, Sweden)
WHILE she enjoys the flash holidays and motors, 27-year-old Maja doesn’t love everything that comes with being the wife of a Manchester United player.
She complained about the cost of executive boxes at Old Trafford, saying on her podcast Life In The Stands: “It’s a disgusting amount. If you don’t buy one, you’re considered a loser.”
EDURNE GARCIA (David De Gea, Spain)
SINGER Edurne, wife of Man Utd keeper David, 30, knows a thing or two about competing on a Continent-wide stage herself.
The 35-year-old represented Spain at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, coming 21st out of 27.
She has also recorded a promotional song for Coca-Cola and is now a judge on Spanish TV singing contest show Idol Kids.
TEREZA KADERABKOVA (Pavel Kaderabek, Czech Republic)
THE daughter of a football referee, 30-year-old Tereza was brought up in the game.
But she made her name as a model, taking the Miss Czech beauty pageant crown in 2012.
She has since ditched the catwalk to cover football as a TV reporter.
Tereza married Pavel, 29, in 2017 and the couple have two daughters, Ema and Elva.
KATRINE FRIIS (Andreas Christensen, Denmark)
BIKINI model Katrine is usually pictured in warmer climates than her native Denmark.
She has also shared photos of swanky shopping trips to Harrods and Cartier in central London.
Katrine, 23, was pictured grinning ear to ear on a confetti-strewn pitch after Andreas, 25, helped Chelsea win the Champions League final in Portugal last month.
LEONITA LEKAJ (Granit Xhaka, Switzerland)
THE 29-year-old Instagram model was first spotted cheering on hubby Granit, 28, at the 2016 Euros against her native Albania, for whom Granit’s brother Taulant plays.
It was the first time two brothers had faced each other at the tournament.
Leonita and Granit, who plays for Arsenal, have been together for six years and have two children.
VLADA SEDAN (Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukraine)
MARRIED to Man City playmaker Zinchenko, Vlada, 25, is a TV sports reporter by trade.
Zinchenko, 24, popped the question on the pitch of the Olympic Stadium in Kiev following Ukraine’s qualification for the Euros.
But he had to issue an apology on their wedding day last year after she publicly criticised City boss Pep Guardiola’s tactics.
INES DEGENER TOMAZ (Bernardo Silva, Portugal)
THE 22-year-old model, who hooked up with Manchester City midfielder Bernardo, 26, during lockdown, loves sharing racy bikini snaps with her 60,000 followers on Instagram.
Romantic Ines also shared a soppy compilation video of the couple together to celebrate their first anniversary in May.
ANNA LEWANDOWSKA (Robert Lewandowski, Poland)
THE 32-year-old wife of the Bayern Munich goal machine is an athlete in her own right, having won medals at karate championships around the world.
Anna married Robert, 32, in 2013 and they’ve since had two daughters. Last year, they donated one million euros to help in the fight against coronavirus.
MICHELE DE BRUYNE (Kevin De Bruyne, Belgium)
MICHELE saw the potential in the 29-year-old Manchester City playmaker long before he was considered one of the best players on the planet.
The 27-year-old beauty liked one of his tweets while he was on loan in Germany, but he was too nervous to reply, so got a friend to draft a message on his behalf instead.
APRIL IVY (Ruben Dias, Portugal)
POP star April, 21, topped the iTunes chart in her native Portugal with her single Be OK.
But she is a proud Wag, too.
She recently posted a pic of her and Dias, 24, on Instagram – with the caption “Keep shining, this is only just the beginning” – after he was named the EA Sports Player of the Season following his debut year at Manchester City.
ALICE CAMPELLO (Alvaro Morata, Spain)
THE 26-year-old wife of the Spanish striker is an Italian model and fashion designer.
Morata, 28, proposed to her on stage during a magic show just eight months after she had ignored his flirty messages on Instagram.
The couple have three kids, but hope to adopt, too.
VICTORIA THOMSON (Lyndon Dykes, Scotland)
VICTORIA and striker Dykes met when he played at Queen Of The South – and she was married to his manager Jim Thomson.
When they split, Aussie-born Dykes, 25, who is now at QPR, started dating Victoria, 13 years his senior.
They’re now married and have a son together, while Victoria has two daughters from her time with Jim.
JESSICA MELENA (Ciro Immobile, Italy)
LAZIO striker Immobile, 31, was so struck by Jessica, they moved in together just week after they started dating in 2012.
Jessica, 30, studied criminology and forensics and had ambitions to become a crime scene investigator.
But she changed tack after becoming pregnant with the first of the couple’s three kids.
EMMA RHYS-JONES (Gareth Bale, Wales)
THE 29-year-old has been with the Tottenham ace since they met at school in Cardiff.
She has three kids with Gareth, 31, but has a strained relationship with her own father, who was jailed for money laundering and was believed to have wanted to bring an unknown woman to Emma and Gareth’s planned 2018 wedding.
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GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ (Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal)
SHE was working in a Gucci shop in Madrid when she met Ronaldo, 36, then playing in the Spanish capital.
The 27-year-old beauty, whose father Jorge spent ten years in jail for being a cocaine and cannabis kingpin, now boasts 24.5million Instagram followers.
Georgina shacked up with Ronaldo after he split from Russian model Irina Shayk, 35, who is now rumoured to be dating rapper Kanye West.