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Miedema with Arsenal in 2020

Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid Miedema RON (born 15 July 1996), commonly known as Vivianne Miedema (Dutch pronunciation: [viviˈjɑnə ˈmidəmaː]), is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) club Arsenal and the Netherlands national team. She previously played for Bayern Munich and SC Heerenveen.

Regularly cited as one of the greatest strikers in modern women's football, Miedema is the all-time leading scorer in the FA WSL and has scored more goals at the international level for the Netherlands than any other player, across both the women's and men's teams. She won the UEFA Women's Euro in 2017 with the Dutch national team, two consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich in 2015 and 2016, and the 2018–19 FA WSL title with Arsenal. In 2019, she led the Netherlands to a second-place finish at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.

In 2020, Miedema was named Women's Player of the Year at the London Football Awards and by England's Football Writers' Association. She was named PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year in 2019. The same year, she was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or Féminin. She was named to the Top 10 of Guardian's The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World in 2017 and 2019.