Widely regarded as the most marketable athlete of her generation, she had numerous sponsorship deals, appeared in TV commercials with Michael Jordan, and had her own video game.įive times US Women’s Athlete of the year, she was the first female star inducted into the World Hall of Fame.īirgit Prinz is a retired German international who played in five World Cups, and scored 14 goals in the finals, second on the all-time list only to Marta. Hamm, at the height of her playing career, was a massive media star. When she retired from the game, she had made no fewer than 276 appearances for the national team, and had scored 158 goals, a record that stood until another American, Abby Wambach, broke it.
She went on to win the World Cup with the USA in 19, and to claim Olympic gold with the team at Atlanta in 1996, and again in Athens in 2004.
The forward began playing football at an early age, and, at aged 15, became the youngest player to appear for the US National Team. Mia Hamm is regarded as the first international star of the women’s game. However, wherever she goes, she scores goals and averages nearly a goal a game for both club and country. Since then she has had an itinerant club career, alternating between Europe and North and South America – she currently plays for Orlando Pride, in the National Women’s Soccer League. A scout discovered her from Vasco de Gama that wanted to start a women’s side, before making her way to Sweden, and Umea IK. She began her playing career in the backstreets of her home town, using grocery bags as an improvised ball, before starting to play with a local boys’ team. She became the first player (male or female) to score in five different World Cup finals, while her penalty against Italy, her 17th in World Cup finals, made her the highest goal scorer of all time in FIFA’s most significant international tournament. She has been named FIFA Player of the Year six times, making her one of the top women's soccer players, and during the 2019 World Cup in France, set two new records. Marta (Marta Vieira da Silva is a Brazilian striker who is widely regarded as one of the best female players of all time. While these judgments are always subjective, here are some of the names likely to be in contention as the best women's soccer player. Out of all the famous girl soccer players, who stands above the rest? It has also encouraged more people to look back at the history of the game and to ask who have been the best women soccer players ever. The 2019 World Cup in France has shone the global spotlight on women’s football like never before, and the sport continues to grow in popularity, both in terms of participation, and spectators, as it continues to spread throughout the World.
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