Vivianne Miedema

Vivianne Miedema
	Miedema in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid Miedema
Date of birth	15 July 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Hoogeveen, Netherlands
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Manchester City
Number	6
Youth career
2001–2009	HZVV
2009–2011	VV de Weide
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2014	SC Heerenveen
2014–2017	Bayern Munich
2017–2024	Arsenal
2024–	Manchester City
International career‡
2010–2011	Netherlands U15
2010–2012	Netherlands U16
2011–2012	Netherlands U17
2013	Netherlands U19
2013–	Netherlands
Medal record
Women's football
Representing the Netherlands
FIFA Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2024

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

Regularly cited as one of the greatest strikers in modern women's football, Miedema is the all-time leading scorer in the FA 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] 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.

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.

^ ^a ^b "List of Players – Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^ Ruszkai, Ameé (18 October 2020). "Vivianne Miedema: The most prolific goalscorer and possibly the greatest player in Women's Super League history". Goal. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^ Devonport, Jack (21 June 2020). "Opinion: Why Vivianne Miedema is the Best Striker in the World". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^ Tomas, Fiona (18 October 2020). "Vivianne Miedema makes WSL history as ruthless Arsenal punish sorry Spurs". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^ Wrack, Suzanne (4 December 2019). "Vivianne Miedema: Arsenal's six-goal headline stealer who hates limelight". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

[fifa-1] "List of Players – Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

[2] Ruszkai, Ameé (18 October 2020). "Vivianne Miedema: The most prolific goalscorer and possibly the greatest player in Women's Super League history". Goal. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

[3] Devonport, Jack (21 June 2020). "Opinion: Why Vivianne Miedema is the Best Striker in the World". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

[4] Tomas, Fiona (18 October 2020). "Vivianne Miedema makes WSL history as ruthless Arsenal punish sorry Spurs". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

[5] Wrack, Suzanne (4 December 2019). "Vivianne Miedema: Arsenal's six-goal headline stealer who hates limelight". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

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