She rubs shoulders with Ronaldinho and showboats with outrageous skill while wearing high-heels — and she's only 18.
Former World Cup winner Ronaldinho and Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba both exhibit skills to pay the bills — but both footballers have been given a run for their money by teenage sensation Lisa Zimouche.
So who is this 18-year-old who has a million followers on Instagram?
Zimouche is an outstanding freestyle football talent. She joined the Paris Saint Germain women's youth team, but left at the age of 14 as she preferred freestyling, and wanted to develop her skills further on the streets.
One year later, she was 2015 Female Panna World Champion.
Now 18, she's touring the world showcasing her talents in front of iconic landmarks in France, England, and Los Angeles. She has even met some of the world's most recognisable stars like Drake and Usain Bolt.
Scroll down for a look at the life of Instagram star and freestyle footballer Lisa Zimouche.
This is 18-year-old freestyle footballer and Instagram star Lisa Zimouche. She has a million followers on Instagram who are mesmerised by her skills.
Freestyling in football is the art of juggling the ball using your head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Zimouche gives an expert demonstration in this slow-motion clip.
Zimouche started playing football at seven years old but became fascinated with freestyling at 10, according to the BBC. In the eight years since, she has developed her craft and become an Instagram star.
The art of Panna, or 'nutmeg,' is to play the football between the legs of an opponent. It is an instant source of embarrassment for the player who has been 'megged.' Zimouche constantly megs on guys taller and bigger than she is.
She is just as good at Panna when she's in jeans and high-heels. Perhaps that is because she practices for at least two hours every day even though she has been sitting exams at school.
'In freestyle football I love the fact we are free to do whatever we want, we have no rules, nothing, we can express ourselves,' Zimouche told the BBC earlier this year. Here, she can be seen expressing herself against passers-by on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
A jet-setter, Zimouche has travelled all over the world to help promote the growing sport. 'I want to make freestyle known to more people and to motivate more girls to play freestyle because I know many girls want to play,' she told the BBC.
Zimouche says there are currently only three or four female freestyle footballers in France, but they all try to develop the discipline.
Zimouche often competes against boys but remains unfazed. 'A girl is maybe smaller but we are smarter than boys, you have to know that!'
She has even taught ball skills to eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. But the retired sprinter struggled to master one particular trick…
Zimouche also rubs shoulders with some of the biggest stars in world football. Here, she is casually hanging out with Paul Pogba, a midfielder with a valuation of €157 million.
She also managed to hypnotise Brazil icon and former World Cup winner Ronaldinho in the Paris Saint-Germain player tunnel.
If that wasn't enough, she also showed off in front of Canadian rapper Drake, a three-time Grammy award winner.
Earlier this year her skills were tested to the limit against key members of the 2016-2017 Arsenal football team. Though she bested defender Shkodran Mustafi, there was one player who managed to stop her in her tracks.
Do you think you could beat Zimouche?
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