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Vivianne Miedema

Vivianne Miedema

Dutch footballer (born 1996)

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  • She previously played for Arsenal, Bayern Munich, and SC Heerenveen.
  • In 2019, she led the Netherlands to a second-place finish at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.
  • Miedema won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award in November 2021.
  • She was named PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year in 2019.
  • She was named to the Top 10 of The Guardian 's The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (Dutch: [ˈɑnaː mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː maːˈrinaː ˈʔɑstrɪt fiviˈjɑnə ˈmidəmaː]; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker or attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team. She previously played for Arsenal, Bayern Munich, and SC Heerenveen.

Regarded as one of the greatest strikers in women's football history, Miedema is the all-time leading scorer in the Barclays WSL and has scored more goals at the international level for the Netherlands than any other player, across both the women's and men's teams, being the first Dutch player to score one hundred international goals. She won the UEFA Women's Euro in 2017 with the Dutch national team, two consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich in 2015 and 2016, and the 2018–19 FA WSL title with Arsenal. In 2019, she led the Netherlands to a second-place finish at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. She has also scored the most goals in a single Women's Olympics tournament with 10 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Miedema won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award in November 2021. In 2020, she was named Women's Player of the Year at the London Football Awards and by England's Football Writers' Association. She was named PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year in 2019. She was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or Féminin in 2019, 2021, and 2022. She was named to the Top 10 of The Guardian's The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

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