Maria Teresa Andreu Grau

Maria Teresa Andreu Grau (21 January 1952), also written as Mª Teresa Andreu, is a Spanish former football goalkeeper and leading women's football executive considered a main pioneer of women's football in Spain and Catalonia.

She served as the president of women's football within the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for eighteen years, becoming the inaugural president upon the RFEF recognising women's football in 1980, despite still actively playing for Barcelona at the time. She resigned in protest in 1998 after the players of the women's national team highlighted concerns with their coach but the RFEF president refused to let Andreu fire him.

Football career Andreu joined Barcelona in May 1971, and Marisa. She made a substitute appearance in the team's 5–0 victory over Gramanet on 21 May 1971,

By March 1974, at which point Núria Llansà had moved to Espanyol, Andreu was Barcelona's first-choice goalkeeper.

She stopped playing for the team in 1982. During the 1982–83 season, Andreu suggested that the team be called Club Femenino/Femení (CF) Barcelona, to be closer to the name of the men's team, with this change made official before the 1983 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol.

In 2000, she was elected to the board of directors of FC Barcelona. Andreu then convinced the club to fully integrate the women's team as an official section of the club in 2002. with Andreu later reflecting that she often had to step up. She was again on the slate running against Laporta in the 2026 FC Barcelona presidential election as he was seeking his third presidency; as an active spokesperson for Víctor Font's candidacy, Andreu said the Font plans for FC Barcelona would see more women's sections and more financial independence for Barça Femení.

Spanish Football Federation Upon the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) formally recognising women's football in 1980, Andreu was appointed the president of women's football in both the Catalan Football Federation (FCF) and the RFEF.

In 1988, Andreu appointed Ignacio Quereda to be manager of the Spain women's team, with Quereda being the friend and preferred choice of Villar. Andreu submitted her resignation in 1998 due to the lack of action.

Others In 1990, she became a member of UEFA's Women's Football Committee, a position she held until 2004.

She has also been part of the Catalan Women's Olympic Committee and the Women and Sport Commission of the Sports Federation Union of Catalonia (UFEC).