“I'm a person who loves sport. My life has always been linked to it. I started playing tennis when I was little, but what I really loved was football, and in the end, I chose it,” begins Inés Altamira (Ibiza, 30 April 1994). The Ibizan native always received support from her parents. “It was them who took me to a club to register. I've always felt their support and they've been very important throughout my entire career,” she continues. After playing with boys when she was little, she and her teammates founded Atlético Jesús, the island's first women's club. “There wasn't a women's team. We started searching around the island, and we managed to gather thirteen players and that's how we formed the first women's eleven-a-side football team in Ibiza,” she proudly recounts. Those footballers made history. “We ended up winning the Liga Autonómica de Baleares and getting promoted to Nacional,” she states.

At 18, Inés had to leave her comfort zone to move to Barcelona to study and play football. “Leaving home is never easy and it was a bit difficult for me. For a few months, I wasn't sure if I wanted to commit to football in such a professional way,” confesses the centre-back, who always understood the importance of her studies. “In Barcelona, I studied Sports Science and then completed a master's degree in sports management and another in coaching. I've always been clear that if my career didn't work out or I couldn't make a living from football, I would at least have an education,” she affirms. The defender spent two years at the current FC Badalona Women (formerly known as Levante Las Planas) and six at RCD Espanyol, although she played many of those seasons for free. “I spent several years without receiving anything in return, but I never thought about quitting because I'm passionate about football,” reflects the blue and white defender.

That love for football was what kept her going through difficult times. Her final years at RCD Espanyol were more professional, although the real change came at Logroño United (at that time, it was EDF Logroño). “There, I experienced a change in how I viewed football, in how to approach my career, and that's when I decided to dedicate myself 100% to football,” confesses the defender, who after a year at the Riojan club decided to move to Deportivo Abanca, with whom she was promoted to Liga F Moeve, but in the 2024/2025 season, she signed for Deportivo Alavés. In her first season in Vitoria, she missed out on promotion by one goal. “In football, immediate results are always desired, but ultimately, when you have an ambitious goal like promotion, continuity is key,” she explains. The following year, the Vitoria team did achieve their long-awaited goal of returning to the top flight. 

“It was a beautiful season. In my career, I've experienced two promotions, but I'll always remember the one we achieved last year, with a spectacular group of people and in a place where I feel at home,” confesses the centre-back, who spent four years in Primera RFEF, where she once thought that “perhaps I would never play in the Primera again, but it has been proven that the decisions I made were the right ones.” Specifically, Inés is very clear about the differences that exist in Liga F Moeve compared to when she played. “It's a much more professional league. All the clubs have better structures, better resources, and more talented players. Not just technically, but also tactically and physically. It's a league that is constantly growing,” she states. Deportivo Alavés is opening Mendizorroza for the women's team. “Playing in such a setting is a bonus,” explains the defender. 

Furthermore, Inés wears the captain's armband. A responsibility that “I proudly embrace, always striving to give my best to help the team achieve its objectives.” The Babazorro club, as a newly promoted side, has a very clear objective this season. “The team's goal is to secure survival. To try and keep two teams below us, and I want to help, to continue growing as a player and as a person because I have a lot of room for improvement,” she recounts. Deportivo Alavés has become a part of her. “It has allowed me to rediscover myself in many aspects as a player, as a professional. That closeness you experience as part of the club. I've spent two years with a group of people that would be very difficult to replicate, and that's thanks to the club's values. A place that, in a very short time, I feel has become my new home,” she says about the Vitoria team. 

Despite having become a professional, the centre-back has created some Technical Training Days in Ibiza “so that girls know they can dedicate themselves to sport professionally. So they can see that it's something that exists and can be achieved. Now I do believe that girls can think from a young age that they can be professional footballers, but when I was little, I lacked those role models.” The Ibizan native broke down those barriers for the girls who come after her. “Now girls can look at me and see that they can, that this option exists,” she states. Although she still has a long career ahead of her, Inés already knows what she wants to do next. “I'd like to remain involved in the world of football through sports management. I believe there's a lack of women in those roles because there isn't equal opportunity,” concludes a footballer who has already paved the way both on and off the pitch.