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Mara Gomez becomes the first transgender woman to play professional football

Argentine transgender footballer Mara Gomez (L) of Villa San Carlos. [Getty]

Footballer Mara Gomez announced Monday she intends to continue progressing "without any kind of ceiling", after becoming the first transgender player to have taken the field in a match in Argentina's women's championship.

"Today I started and I can believe that things are happening, that they are succeeding," said Gomez, despite her team Villa San Carlos's loss 7-1 against Lanus, in the second day of first division A. "I'm happy to be able to play in the women's league."

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