Lorena Bernal was crowned Miss Spain at the age of 17, is a model and actress, but she left her passion behind for her husband – former midfielder Mikel Arteta – to strive for a career.
The beauty was born in Argentina but followed her parents to Spain at the age of one. Lorena Bernal entered the modeling industry at the age of 7, and six years later she enrolled in drama school in 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 in the same year, but attended Miss World and entered the top 10.
Arteta and Lorena Bernal met in 2002. When they started dating, Lorena Bernal didn’t know her boyfriend was a footballer. The star couple got married in 2010 when their first son was one year old. Nine years after their marriage, the former Arsenal midfielder and his wife have two more sons.
Lorena Bernal once appeared in the US 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 the US to maintain a short TV job. before deciding to retire backstage to take care of the family, let her husband strive for his career as a player and coach. In response to his wife’s sacrifice, Arteta is also devoted to his work, and at the same time is not entangled in any love scandals.
Mikel Arteta almost failed to become a footballer because of heart problems at birth and surgery at the age of two. “I thought I was the first person in Spain to have that surgery and the doctor said I couldn’t do sports. But even as a kid, I loved football very much, including my parents. I couldn’t stop me from playing football, when I was 7 or 8 years old, they had to see the doctors to ask what risks I could lead to playing football. My parents didn’t want anything bad to happen to me as an adult. or when I’m playing on the field. As the years go by, my heart is getting stronger and is no longer a problem. 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 about three to four years. I still have that scar on my chest but everything is fine now,” the midfielder shared.
After leading Arsenal to the second place last season. Until now Arteta is leading Arsenal in the right direction with 2 wins and 1 draw after the first 3 matches of the 2023-2024 season.
