Vivianne Miedema

Vivianne Miedema
Personal information
Full name Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid Miedema[1]
Date of birth (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996
Place of birth Hoogeveen, Netherlands
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 11
Youth career
2001–2009 HZVV
2009–2011 VV de Weide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 SC Heerenveen 69 (78)
2014–2017 FC Bayern Munich 61 (35)
2017– Arsenal 14 (8)
National team‡
2010–2011 Netherlands U15 9 (10)
2010-2012 Netherlands U16 11 (4)
2011–2012 Netherlands U17 11 (22)
2013 Netherlands U19 10 (7)
2013– Netherlands 64 (51)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:10, 24 September 2018 (UTC)[2]
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2018[3]

Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema RON (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑnaː mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː maːˈrinaː ˈʔɑstrɪt fiviˈjɑnə ˈmidəmaː];[4] born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional football forward who plays for English WSL club Arsenal and the Netherlands women's national football team.[5][6]

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.[7] Her 39 goals for Heerenveen in the 2013–14 BeNe League won her the top-scorer award.[8]

Miedema signed a contract with Bayern Munich in June 2014.[9] 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.[10]

In May 2017, Miedema went on to sign and thus link up with English club Arsenal.[6]. On 29 October, Vivianne scored her first goal in England for Arsenal in the match with Everton on 23rd minute.

International career

On 26 September 2013 coach Roger Reijners gave Miedema her debut for the senior Netherlands women's national football team, in a 4–0 win against Albania.[3] 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.[11] She was the tournament top scorer and also collected the Golden Player awarded to the best player of the tournament.[12]

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.[13]

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.[11] Coach Reijners praised Miedema's "killer instinct".[7] 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.[14]

She at the 2017 UEFA Women's European Championship went on to prove her worth when it mattered the most, scoring a winning goal in the semi-final against England. Miedema also netted two goals in the final against Denmark of which was enough to secure the first ever Euro title for the Dutch.[15] After the tournament the whole team was honoured by the Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Sport Edith Schippers and made Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau.[16]

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[3]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 October 2013Estádio José de Carvalho, Maia, Portugal Portugal5–07–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.6–0
3.7–0
4.30 October 2013Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands Norway1–11–22015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5.23 November 2013Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam, Netherlands Greece2–07–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6.3–0
7.6–0
8.12 February 2014Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands Belgium1–01–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9.5 March 2014GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Australia1–02–22014 Cyprus Cup
10.12 March 2014GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Switzerland1–04–12014 Cyprus Cup
11.5 April 2014Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece Greece3–06–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
12.7 May 2014Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium Belgium1–02–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13.13 September 2014De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands Portugal1–03–22015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
14.2–1
15.3–2
16.22 November 2014Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands Italy1–11–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
17.27 November 2014Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy Italy1–02–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
18.2–0
19.9 March 2015GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus England1–01–12015 Cyprus Cup
20.17 September 2015De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands Belarus4–08–0Friendly
21.6–0
22.25 January 2016Spice Hotel, Belek, Turkey Denmark1–02–1Friendly
23.2 March 2016Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands  Switzerland2–14–32016 UEFA Women's Olympic qualification
24.9 March 2016Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands Sweden1–01–12016 UEFA Women's Olympic qualification
25.7 June 2016Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, Netherlands South Africa1–02–0Friendly
26.2–0
27.20 October 2016Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, Scotland Scotland1–07–0Friendly
28.3–0
29.25 October 2016Scholz Arena, Aalen, Germany Germany2–42–4Friendly
30.20 January 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Romania6–17–1Friendly
31.7–1
32.24 January 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Russia1–04–0Friendly
33.2–0
34.4–0
35.3 March 2017VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal Australia1–32–32017 Algarve Cup
36.8 March 2017Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé, Portugal Japan3–23–22017 Algarve Cup
37.11 April 2017De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands Iceland1–04–0Friendly
38.2–0
39.13 June 2017De Adelaarshorst, Deventer, Netherlands Austria2–03–0Friendly
40.8 July 2017Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands Wales3–05–0Friendly
41.4–0
42.29 July 2017De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands Sweden2–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017
43.3 August 2017De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands England1–03–0
44.6 August 2017De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands Denmark1–14–2
45.4–2
46.19 October 2017NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria Austria2–02–0Friendly
47.24 October 2017Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands Norway1–01–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
48.24 November 2017NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia Slovakia3–05–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
49.4–0
50.6 April 2018Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands Northern Ireland3–07–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
51.4 September 2018Intility Arena, Oslo, Norway Norway1–21–22019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Personal life

Miedema grew up as a Feyenoord supporter and modelled her game on Robin van Persie. As she is Dutch and wore number 10 for Bayern Munich, she has been compared to Arjen Robben.[11]

Statistics

Playing for Bayern Munich in 2015
As of 19 September 2018
Season Club Competition Competition Cups International Cups Total
Games Goals Games Goals Games Goals Games Goals
2011/12 Netherlands SC Heerenveen Eredivisie 17 10 2 2 – 19 12
2012/13 BeNe League 26 27 2 2 – 28 29
2013/14 26 41 1 1 – 27 42
Club total697855007483
2014/15 Germany FC Bayern München Bundesliga 17 7 2 1 – 19 8
2015/16 22 14 4 4 2 0 28 18
2016/17 22 14 3 4 6 8 31 26
Club total613599887852
2017/18 England Arsenal Super League 9 4 5 3 – 11 6
2018/19 2 4 2 3 – 4 7
Club total11876001513
Career total 141 121 21 20 8 8 172 152

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich

Arsenal

International

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players – Netherlands" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 16. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Vivianne Miedema profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. ↑ In isolation, Vivianne is pronounced [viviˈjɑnə].
  5. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Vivianne Miedema: Bayern Munich striker joins Arsenal Ladies". BBC.com.
  7. 1 2 "Vivianne Miedema: Der nächste Superstar?" (in German). Sportschau. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Star of 2014: Vivianne Miedema". UEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Vivianne Miedema und Katie Stengel". FC Bayern Munich (in German). 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Vivianne Miedema kampioen met Bayern München" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 "Miedema: I play very differently to Robben". FIFA. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "UEFA.com Golden Player 2014: Vivianne Miedema". UEFA.com.
  13. ↑ "Scotland 1–2 Netherlands: Little penalty gives Scots World Cup hope". STV. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Taylor, Louise (5 June 2015). "Women's World Cup 2015: 10 players to watch". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Miedema fires Netherlands to Euro 2017 glory". Goal.com.
  16. ↑ "Voetbalsters Oranje geridderd in Den Haag (in Dutch)". NOS.nl.
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