Vivianne Miedema is a Dutch professional footballer who has played as a forward for the Netherlands women's national football team since 2013.[1] She is the all-time top scorer for her country, for both women and men.[2] On 26 September 2013, Miedema made her debut for the Dutch senior team aged seventeen. She was an 84th-minute substitute for Lieke Martens in a 4–0 win over Albania in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5.[1] One month later in her second cap she scored her first goals, a hat-trick, in her country's 7–0 win over Portugal, after only having come onto the pitch as a substitute in the 75th minute.[3]
Miedema helped the Dutch qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup finals, scoring all three of her side's goals in the two-leg final of the UEFA qualification play-offs against Italy in November 2014.[4] She finished as the top scorer in the qualification campaign with 16 goals.[5] At the finals in Canada, she played all four matches, three group stage games and the round of 16 match, a defeat against Japan. She did not score in Canada.[6] At the 2017 UEFA Women's European Championship, held in the Netherlands, Miedema scored four times, including in the semi-final win over England and in the final against Denmark.[7][8] Her goals helped secure the first ever title for the Dutch women.[8]
In the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs Miedema scored twice against Switzerland, taking her country to the World Cup finals in France, where she scored three times.[9][10] On 15 June 2019, Miedema became the all-time top scorer of the Netherlands women's national football team after scoring her 60th goal in a 3–1 Group E win against Cameroon.[11] She passed the record held by Manon Melis and extended her lead over the men's team's leading scorer, Robin van Persie, who scored 50 goals before retiring.[12] In the quarter-final against Italy she scored the first goal of the match, helping the Dutch progress.[13] In the final against the United States the Netherlands did not score and lost 2–0.[14] At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Miedema broke the record of most goals scored in a single Olympic tournament: 10.[15] In 118 appearances for the senior national team as of December 2023, Miedema has scored 95 goals.[1] None of her goals have come from penalty kicks.[1] She has scored seven hat-tricks: a double hat-trick (six goals) against Cyprus (2022),[16] four goals against Zambia (2021),[17] and regular hat-tricks against Greece (2013),[18] Russia (2017),[19] and Portugal (twice, in 2013 and 2014).[20][21] Her most productive year was 2017 with 20 goals from 21 games.[1]
- ^ a b c d e "Vivianne Miedema – Nederlands vrouwenelftal" [Vivianne Miedema – Dutch women's team]. Ons Oranje (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ Wrack, Suzanne (9 November 2020). "Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema: 'A year ago I didn't even know what GOAT meant'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Numbers add up for free-scoring Miedema". FIFA. 15 July 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Netherlands beats Italy 2–1 to reach 1st World Cup". Associated Press. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Miedema: I play very differently to Robben". FIFA. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "Miedema heeft één probleem: ze scoort niet" [Miedema has one problem: she doesn't score]. NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ Murray, Scott (3 August 2017). "Holland 3–0 England: Euro 2017 semi-final – as it happened". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b Farrell, Dom (6 August 2017). "Miedema fires Netherlands to Euro 2017 glory". Goal. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Oranjevrouwen kwalificeren zich voor het WK!" [Oranje women qualify for World Cup!]. Ons Oranje (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Football Association. 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Women's World Cup Top Scorers". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Recordhouder Miedema na dubbelslag: 'Blij dat ik dit aan het team kan geven'" [Record holder Miedema after double hit: 'Glad I can give this to the team'] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ van Warmerdam, Hidde; Reedijk, Tim (18 June 2019). "Miedema: Zonde dat Van Persie niet nog tien jaar voetbalt" [Miedema: It's a shame that Van Persie doesn't play football for another ten years]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Begley, Emlyn (29 June 2019). "Italy 0–2 Netherlands". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ Garry, Tom (7 July 2019). "USA 2–0 Netherlands". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Naeher the hero as USWNT avoid Olympic shootout heartbreak against Netherlands". The Guardian. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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