“Women’s football needed boots. They scanned 200 feet to make it happen”

Key points

• NITA, an Argentine startup, announced a line of football boots for women in 2026.
• The project began in 2023, sparked by the World Cup spotlight on women’s boots.
• Researchers scanned over 100 Argentine women footballers to shape sizing.
• Boot design focuses on width, arch height, and ankle width for better fit.
• Two boot types were developed: long metal cleats for grass/mixed pitches and shorter rubber ones for synthetic fields.