Vivianne Miedema
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid Miedema[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Hoogeveen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Bayern Munich | ||
| 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– | FC Bayern Munich | 17 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Netherlands | 34[2] | (23) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:04, 8 June 2015 (UTC). | |||
Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑnaː mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː maːˈrinaː ˈɑstrɪt viviˈɑnə ˈmidəmaː]; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional football forward who plays for German Frauen-Bundesliga club FC Bayern Munich and the Netherlands women's national football team.
Club career
Miedema signed for SC Heerenveen at 14 and made her senior debut at 15, reportedly becoming the youngest ever player in the Eredivisie Vrouwen.[3] Her 39 goals for Heerenveen in the 2013–14 BeNe League won her the top-scorer award.[4] Miedema signed a contract with Bayern Munich in June 2014.[5] In 2014–15, she was part of a young Bayern team who remained unbeaten in the Bundesliga and won the title for the first time since 1976.[6]
International career
In September 2013 coach Roger Reijners gave Miedema her debut for the senior Netherlands women's national football team, in a 4–0 win in Albania. At the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, she was vital for the Dutch success, her six goals in the tournament guided the Netherlands to the title.[7] She was the tournament top scorer and also collected the Golden Player awarded to the best player of the tournament.[8]
In October 2014 Miedema played a key role in the Netherlands' World Cup qualification play-off victory over Scotland. In the first leg at Tynecastle Stadium she stung the palms of Gemma Fay with a rasping drive which was prodded home by Lieke Martens. Then she casually shrugged off burly centre-half Jennifer Beattie only to be crudely upended by Frankie Brown inside the box. Manon Melis dispatched the resultant penalty to leave the Dutch firmly in the driving seat ahead of the second leg in Rotterdam.[9]
In the final qualification play-off versus Italy, Miedema scored all of the Dutch goals as the Netherlands won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1] She finished as the overall top-scorer in the qualification campaign with 16 goals.[7] Coach Reijners praised Miedema's "killer instinct".[3] Despite being still in her teens, she was widely proclaimed "the most gifted striker in Europe" ahead of the Netherlands' first ever FIFA Women's World Cup appearance.[10]
International goals
- Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.
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Personal life
Miedema grew up as a Feyenoord supporter and modelled her game on Robin van Persie. As she is Dutch and wears number 10 for Bayern Munich, she has been compared to Arjen Robben.[7]
Statistics
| Season | Club | Country | Competition | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/12 | SC Heerenveen |  Netherlands | Eredivisie | 17 | 10 |
| 2012/13 | SC Heerenveen | Netherlands | BeNe League | 26 | 27 |
| 2013/14 | SC Heerenveen | Netherlands | BeNe League | 26 | 41 |
| 2014/15 | FC Bayern München |  Germany | Bundesliga | 17 | 7 |
| Total | 86 | 85 | |||
Last updated 11 May 2015
Honours
Club
- Bayern Munich
International
Individual
- BeNe League Top Scorer: 2013–14
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Top Scorer: 2014
- UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Golden Player: 2014
References
- 1 2 3 "List of Players - Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Vivianne Miedema: Der nächste Superstar?" (in German). Sportschau. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ↑ "Star of 2014: Vivianne Miedema". UEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Vivianne Miedema und Katie Stengel". FC Bayern Munich (in German). 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ↑ "Vivianne Miedema kampioen met Bayern München" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Miedema: I play very differently to Robben". FIFA. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "UEFA.com Golden Player 2014: Vivianne Miedema". UEFA.com.
- ↑ "Scotland 1-2 Netherlands: Little penalty gives Scots World Cup hope". STV. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ Taylor, Louise (5 June 2015). "Women’s World Cup 2015: 10 players to watch". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vivianne Miedema. |
- Profile at Onsoranje.nl (in Dutch)
- Profile at vrouwenvoetbalnederland.nl (in Dutch)
- Profile at uefa.com
- Player German domestic football stats (German) at DFB
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