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The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World. The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World is an annual global ranking of the best female footballers. The list was started by The Offside Rule podcast in 2016. Since 2018 it has also been published in association with the British newspaper The Guardian who have published the male equivalent since ...
Contents. Christine Sinclair. Christine Margaret Sinclair OC OBC OLY [ 6 ][ 7 ] (born June 12, 1983) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and, from 2000 until her retirement from international soccer in 2023, was a member of the Canadian national ...
Megan Anna Rapinoe (/ rəˈpiːnoʊ / ⓘ; born July 5, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a winger. She spent most of her career playing for OL Reign [ a ] of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. Winner of the Ballon d'Or Féminin and named The Best FIFA Women's Player ...
Abby Wambach scored 100 goals in 9 years, while Christine Sinclair reached the milestone in just under 10 years while Mia Hamm is the youngest player to score 100 international goals at the age of 26 years 185 days. Most played exclusively in the forward position, with Kristine Lilly and Michelle Akers having also played as midfielder.
Sam Mewis was heralded as the world's best player after Team USA's 2019 Women's World Cup win. Now, the 31-year-old is retiring due to ongoing knee issues.
Alexia Putellas. (2 awards) Website. fifa.com. The Best FIFA Women's Player is a football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. [1] From 2001 to 2015, the award was known as the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year.
The currently active most-capped women's international football player is Sherida Spitse of the Netherlands, with 235 caps. Three American players, Kristine Lilly, Carli Lloyd and Christie Pearce, and one player from Canada, Christine Sinclair, have 300 or more caps. In total, 29 players — fourteen of them American; three from Canada; two ...
Kristine Lilly is the all-time highest internationally capped player in soccer with 354 appearances from 1987 to 2010. The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is fielded by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the governing body of soccer in the United ...