Spanish FA launches fertility support for female players and referees

Spain FA to offer female players and referees fertility support, including full costs for internationals called up at least twicePublished On 8 Sep 20268 Sep 2026Spain’s football federation has unveiled an agreement to support fertility treatment for female players and referees, presenting the measure as another way to give women in elite football greater freedom to decide if and when to become mothers.The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday its agreement with the Tambre clinic would allow sportswomen to access treatments including in vitro fertilisation and egg freezing, in what the federation called a pioneering step for women’s sport in the country.Spain internationals Olga Carmona and Patri Guijarro attended the announcement and welcomed the deal as an important tool for players managing the demands of professional sport and personal life.“We are very happy to have reached this agreement, to have one more option to decide how and when to choose to become a mother,” Carmona said.Guijarro said the measure formed part of a broader push to improve work-life balance for female athletes and ensure motherhood does not become a barrier to a career in elite sport.“U...