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Vivianne Miedema

Netherlands

15 July 1996

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Vivianne Miedema 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, being the first Dutch player to score 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.

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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📋 Profile & Career

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⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid Miedema
Date of birth: (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth: Hoogeveen, Netherlands
Height: 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s): Forward

⚽ Team information:
Current team: Manchester City
Number: 10

⚽ Youth career:
2001–2009: HZVV
2009–2011: VV de Weide

⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014: SC Heerenveen 69 (78)
2014–2017: Bayern Munich 61 (35)
2017–2024: Arsenal 106 (80)
2024–: Manchester City 12 (7)

⚽ International career‡:
2010–2011: Netherlands U15 9 (10)
2010–2012: Netherlands U16 11 (4)
2011–2012: Netherlands U17 11 (22)
2013: Netherlands U19 10 (7)
2013–: Netherlands 127 (100)