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FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot
At the end of each FIFA Women's World Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game. Awards *There are currently five post-tournament awards from the FIFA Technical Study Group: **the Golden Ball (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Ball") for the best overall player of the tournament (first awarded in 1991); **the Golden Boot (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Boot", formerly known as the ''Golden Shoe'') for the top goalscorer of the tournament (first awarded in 1991); **the Golden Glove (currently commercially termed "adidas Golden Glove", formerly known as the ''Best Goalkeeper'') for the best goalkeeper of the tournament (first awarded in 2003); **the FIFA Young Player Award for the best player of the tournament under 21 years of age at the start of the calendar year (first awarded in 2011); **the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior list of women's national association football teams, women's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's international governing body. The competition has been held every four years and one year after the men's FIFA World Cup since 1991, when the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, inaugural tournament, then called the FIFA Women's World Championship, was held in China. Under the tournament's current format, national teams vie for the remaining 31 slots in a three-year qualification phase. The host nation's team is automatically entered as the first slot. The tournament, called the ''World Cup Finals'', is contested at venues within the host nation(s) over about one month. The nine FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments have been won by five national teams. The United States women's national soccer team, United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Kristin Aarønes
Ann Kristin Aarønes (born 19 January 1973) is a Norwegian former footballer. She first played for Spjelkavik IL, then for Trondheims-Ørn and the Norwegian national team. Later she played for the WUSA's New York Power, during the club's first season of play in 2001. Club career At club level with Trondheims-Ørn she won six Norwegian Women's Cup competitions and five Toppserien championships between 1993 and 2000. Aarønes signed for the professional Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) ahead of the inaugural season in 2001. She was allocated to New York Power alongside compatriot Gro Espeseth. Plagued by lower back and hamstring injuries, she was only able to play for one season before retiring. International career In September 1990 Aarønes won her first cap for the Norway women's national football team at Old Trafford in a 0–0 1991 UEFA Women's Championship qualification draw with England. Aarønes played 111 senior international matches for Norway betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Miyama
is a Japanese former footballer who played for the Japan national team starting in 2003, and from 2012 to 2016 served as captain of the team. She appeared in four World Cups between 2003 and 2015, and was part of the team that won the 2011 World Cup for Japan. Miyama also led Japan to a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Club career Early career Miyama was born in Ōamishirasato, Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture, on 28 January 1985 . She started her career as a football player in the club her father founded. She later joined Nippon TV Beleza in 1999 after playing with their youth team, but when she was in eleventh grade, she left the team and went to the high school football club. Even among male players, she kept playing football. Miyama joined L.League side Okayama Yunogo Belle in 2001, having received an invitation from Midori Honda, the coach. WPS On 24 November 2008, Miyama was selected by the Los Angeles Sol of the U.S. Women's Professional Socc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amandine Henry
Amandine Chantal Henry (born 28 September 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Toluca. Henry made her senior international debut for France in 2009 and captained the national team from October 2017 to 2020. At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, she won the Silver Ball and was named to the All-Star Squad. With Lyon, she has won 7 UEFA Women's Champions League finals, 13 league titles, and 8 French Cup championships. With the Portland Thorns, she won the 2016 NWSL Shield and 2017 league championship. In 2022, Henry was nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award. Career Henry began her career in 2004, at the age of 15, at Hénin-Beaumont. After one season, she attended the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy for two seasons. Olympique Lyonnais, 2007–2016 In 2007, at the age of 18, Henry joined Lyon, the most successful women's team in France. During her first season with Lyon, she injured the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carli Lloyd
Carli Anne Hollins (; born July 16, 1982) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player. She is a two-time Olympic Games, Olympic gold medalist (2008 and 2012), two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion (2015 and 2019), two-time FIFA World Player of the Year, FIFA Player of the Year (2015 and The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016, 2016), and a four-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021). Lloyd scored the gold medal-winning goals in the finals of the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008 Summer Olympics and the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament, 2012 Summer Olympics. Lloyd also helped the United States women's national soccer team, United States win their titles at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups, the bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and she played for the team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where the U.S. finished in second place. After the 2020 Summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope Solo
Hope Amelia Stevens (; born July 30, 1981) is an American former soccer goalkeeper. She was a goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team from 2000 to 2016, and is a World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. After playing at the collegiate level for the University of Washington, she played professionally for the Philadelphia Charge in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). When the WUSA folded after her first season, she traveled to Europe to play for the top division leagues in Sweden and France. From 2009 to 2011, she played in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) for Saint Louis Athletica, Atlanta Beat and magicJack. After the WPS ceased operations in early 2012, she played for the Seattle Sounders in the W-League. She most recently played for Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Solo is regarded as one of the top female goalkeepers of all time and curren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abby Wambach
Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired Association football, soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach was a regular on the U.S. women's national soccer team from 2003 to 2015, earning her first Cap (sport), cap in 2001. As a Forward (association football), forward, she currently stands as the United States women's national soccer team#Player records, highest all-time goal scorer for the national team and is second in international goals for both female and male soccer players with 184 goals, behind Canadian Christine Sinclair. Wambach was awarded the 2012 FIFA World Player of the Year, becoming the first American woman to win the award in 10 years. She was included on the 2015 Time 100, ''Time'' 100 list as one of the most influential people in the world. Wambach competed in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2003 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homare Sawa
is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or a midfielder. Regarded by many as one of the greatest female footballers of all time, Sawa had a professional club career spanning 24 seasons, mostly with Nippon TV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa. She also spent 22 years with the Japan national team, most notably captaining them to a FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 and an Olympic silver medal finish in 2012. Sawa made her club debut in 1991 at the age of 12, and went on to win five titles with Nippon TV Beleza between 1991 and 1999 before departing to the United States to play football in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). She played for two WUSA clubs, the Atlanta Beat and the Denver Diamonds, before returning to the Japanese league in 2004. Sawa won another nine titles with Nippon TV Beleza in four years, but left the club again in 2008. That year, Japan reached their first Olympic medal match at the Summer Olympics, and Sawa was Japan's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristiane (footballer)
Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva (born 15 May 1985), known as Cristiane (), is a Brazilian Association football, footballer who plays for Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (women), Flamengo and the Brazil women's national football team, Brazilian women's national team. A prolific Forward (association football), forward, she was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning teams at the Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2004 and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008 Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic football tournaments. In total she has participated in five FIFA Women's World Cups and four Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympics. At club level, Cristiane has played Professional sports, professionally in France, Germany, Sweden, the United States, Russia and South Korea, as well as in her native Brazil. Career Early beginnings Cristiane started her career at the local football clubs São Bernardo (in São Bernardo do Campo) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta (footballer)
Marta Vieira da Silva (; born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as Marta, is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for National Women's Soccer League club Orlando Pride. Regarded by many as the greatest female footballer of all time, she has been named FIFA World Player of the Year six times, five of them being consecutive (from 2006 through 2010) and the latest award coming in 2018. Marta holds the record for being Brazilian Football Confederation, Brazil's top goalscorer with 119 goals. With 17 goals, Marta also holds the record for most goals scored in any World Cup, women’s or men's. Moreover, she was the first footballer of any gender to score at five different World Cups, a feat matched by Christine Sinclair in 2019 and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2022, and also the first footballer, female or male, to score at five consecutive Olympic Games. She was a member of the Brazilian national teams that won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maren Meinert
Maren Meinert (born 5 August 1973) is a German football coach and former player who played as a midfielder and striker. She was most recently the head coach of Germany women's national under-20 football team. As a player, Meinert played for German clubs FCR Duisburg and FFC Brauweiler Pulheim, as well as Boston Breakers in the United States. She also represented the Germany women's national football team. Club career Meinert was the first player inducted into Boston Breakers' "Pillars of Excellence" during a ceremony held at half-time of the 17 May 2009 game between the Breakers and Washington Freedom. International career Meinert played for the German national team between 1991 and 2003, making appearances at three FIFA Women's World Cup finals and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Germany won the 2003 World Cup. She scored the first goal in the final against Sweden. International goals Management career Meinert coached various German youth national teams for the German Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Svensson
Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan, she was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, and is one of the most merited Swedish footballers of all time. She was originally known as Victoria Svensson, and then Victoria Sandell Svensson after marrying Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and adding her surname to her own. Career In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the Diamantbollen, an award given to the best female player in Sweden each year. Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Sandell Svensson scored the most goals in the Damallsvenskan. Sandell Svensson retired after Sweden's Euro 2009 quarter-final defeat to Norway. She had 166 caps and 68 goals. Sandell Svensson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series '' The Other Sport'' from 2013. Sandell Svensson has been a sporting dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
