Greatest Women in Football
The finest female football players and champions in history.
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Women's Football Legends
Browse 20 of the greatest female football athletes of all time.
Brazilian
Marta
Forward
Six-time FIFA World Player of the Year and Brazil's all-time leading scorer — widely regarded as the greatest …
Australian
Sam Kerr
Centre Forward
Chelsea and Australia captain — the most clinical striker in women's football of her generation and the all-ti…
American
Megan Rapinoe
Winger
Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year and the most decorated American in women's football history — a two-tim…
American
Alex Morgan
Centre Forward
America's most recognisable female footballer — a two-time World Cup winner whose combination of pace, techniq…
American
Abby Wambach
Centre Forward
The most capped international footballer in history at the time of her retirement — 184 goals for the USA and …
American
Mia Hamm
Forward
The player who built women's football globally — Mia Hamm was the first women's player to become a global supe…
Norwegian
Ada Hegerberg
Centre Forward
The first ever women's Ballon d'Or winner — Ada Hegerberg's goals record at Lyon is without comparison in the …
Dutch
Vivianne Miedema
Centre Forward
The Netherlands' World Cup and European Championship winner whose goal-scoring records at Arsenal broke every …
British
Lucy Bronze
Right Back
England's most decorated female footballer and the finest full-back in women's football — Champions League win…
Spanish
Alexia Putellas
Attacking Midfielder
Two-time Ballon d'Or Féminin winner and the architect of Barcelona's era of dominance — Putellas' vision, pass…
French
Wendie Renard
Centre Back
Olympique Lyonnais and France captain — the most dominant defender in women's club football history, winning t…
Danish
Pernille Harder
Attacking Midfielder
Denmark's greatest footballer and one of the finest attacking midfielders in the women's game — twice named UE…
Dutch
Lieke Martens
Left Winger
The Netherlands' most celebrated winger — FIFA Best Women's Player and UEFA Women's Player of the Year in 2017…
American
Carli Lloyd
Midfielder
Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year and the hero of two Women's World Cup finals — her hat-trick in the 201…
German
Birgit Prinz
Centre Forward
Germany's greatest striker and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year — scored 128 international goals and l…
Brazilian
Formiga
Defensive Midfielder
The most enduring international footballer in history, male or female — Formiga competed at seven consecutive …
German
Nadine Angerer
Goalkeeper
The finest goalkeeper in the history of women's football — FIFA World Player of the Year 2013, Women's World C…
French
Amandine Henry
Defensive Midfielder
France's greatest midfielder and one of the finest players of her generation — captain of Olympique Lyonnais's…
American
Tobin Heath
Right Winger
America's most creative and technically gifted winger — two-time Women's World Cup champion whose dribbling, c…
Scottish
Kim Little
Attacking Midfielder
Scotland's greatest ever footballer — Arsenal's creative fulcrum and the player who has single-handedly raised…