Lorena Bernal was crowned Miss Spain at the age of 17. She is a model and actress but put aside her passion to let her husband – former midfielder Mikel Arteta – strive for his career.
The beauty was born in Argentina but followed her parents to Spain when she was just one year old. Lorena Bernal entered the modeling industry when she was just 7 years old, and 6 years later she enrolled in drаmа school at Saint Sebastién. In 1999, at the age of 17, Lorena Bernal was crowned Miss Spain. Because she was too young, the beauty could not compete in Miss Universe the same year but was able to compete in Miss World and entered the top 10.
Arteta and Lorena Bernal met in 2002. When they started dating, Lorena Bernal did not know that her boyfriend was a football player. The couple got married in 2010 when their first son was one year old. 9 years after getting married, the former Arsenal midfielder and his wife had two more sons.
Lorena Bernal appeared on the American TV show Miami and Chuck in 2007. After Arteta went to England to play for Arsenal in 2011, the beauty flew back and forth between England and America to maintain her television job for a short time. before deciding to retire backstage to take care of the family, letting her husband strive for his career as a player and coach. In response to his wife’s sacrifice, Arteta also devoted himself to his work and was not involved in any love scandals.
Mikel Arteta almost couldn’t become a football player because he had heart problems when he was born and had to have surgery when he was two years old. “I think I was the first person in Spain to have that surgery and the doctor said I couldn’t do sports. But even as a boy I loved football, even my parents I couldn’t stop me from playing soccer.
When I was 7 or 8 years old, they had to meet with doctors to ask what risks my playing soccer might lead to. My parents didn’t want anything bad to happen to me at school or when I play on the field. As the years pass, my heart becomes healthier and is no longer a concern. When I started playing professionally, I had to have my health checked many times, about every two once a month, then 6 months and now it’s been about three to 4 years. I still have the scar on my chest but now everything is fine,” the former midfielder shared.
Mikel Arteta was the captain of Arsenal with 149 appearances for the London team. However, after parting ways with the Gunners in 2016, the 37-year-old former player accepted a position as assistant to coach Pep Guardiola at Man City and became the “effective right-hand man” of his compatriot.
However, Arteta is said to be about to return to the Emirates to lead his former club Arsenal after the British media caught Gunners CEO Vinai Venkatesham and lawyer Huss Fahmy leaving the 37-year-old former star’s house at midnight on November 16. 12 after two hours of talking. After firing coach Unai Emery, Arsenal invited former Swedish player Freddie Ljungberg to become interim coach but has not yet improved his performance. The Gunners are ranked 9th with 22 points after 17 rounds, their worst performance in decades.