Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Top 5 Female Soccer Players Footballers in the World

By: Biplob Kishore Deb


Women are not lag behind than their male counterparts in most of the sporting events. Moreover, women sections in sporting events like Tennis, Hockey ect are as popular as its male sections. Recently, football is also getting popularity among the women and there are some great women footballers to be the idol for young grills. I found some of those footballers who made this event more popular by their performances.

If anyone of you thinks something to have included then please feel free to drop your comment in the comment section.


Mia Hamm

Mia Hamm is considered the greatest player of the history of women’s football. She was born in 1972 in USA. She holds the record of scoring highest international goal for both man and women with her 158 international goals. She is in the second position in terms of highest international appearance with hr 276 international caps with USA after her fellow team mate Kristine Lilly. She won two world cup championships with USA. Hamm became the youngest ever player for USA to win a world cup in 1991 when she was 19. She also won two Olympic gold medals for her country. She took retirement form football in 2004 after playing a friendly match against Mexico where her two goals helped her team to win a 5-0 victory over their neighboring country. She became Fifa World Player of the year for twice in 2001 and 2002. This great footballer has been included in the list of 125 greatest living soccer player selected by Pele.


Image Link: Wikipedia



Birgit Prinz

Prinz is currently the leading footballer of the women’s football. She plays for German national women’s football team. She has been awarded as the Fifa World Footballer of the Year for consecutive three times from 2003-2005 which is also a unique achievement in the women’s football. She has been receiving the award of “Women’s Footballer of the Year” in Germany from 2001 to still now. She has been the first women footballer to have been offered to play in the men’s professional league and in 2006 she also got an offer to join with the Real Madrid women’s football team. She won the bronze medal with Germany in the 2004 Athens Olympic. This center forward won world cup in 2003 with her country and she scored 7 goals in the tournaments.


Image Link: fifaworldcup


Kristine Lilly

Lilly is the longest plying footballer for both men and wo0men in terms of appearance. She ahs already played 310 international matches of her country. She has already been the highest goal scorer for her country with 112 international goals. She has been playing for USA since 1887. She won two world cups and two Olympic gold medals with her country. She played for Boston Breakers in her club career and now is playing for KIF Orebro in Sweden.


Image Link: Womensoccer


Faye White

White is one of the famous footballers of women’s football at present. She is the caption of both Arsenal and English Women’s national Team. White started playing with Arsenal in her club career in1996/97 season. In the debut season she could win FA Women’s Premier League. Next season was very successful for this defender as she was named the National Premier League Player of the Year. In 1998 she got the chance for the first time to play for the England national women’s football team against France. She has already won six FA Premier Leagues, five women’s cup and five league cups. She first played as the captain of England in 2002 against Nigeria.


Image Link: Guardian


Julie Foudy

Foudy is one of the greatest women footballers. She played 271 international matches for USA and she won two world cups and two gold medals for her country in Olympic. She started her international career in 1887 and took retirement in 2004. She was one of the pioneers of the golden era of women’s football. She was also the President of the Women’s Sports Foundation.


Image Link: ESPN

61 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:47 AM

    julie foudy doesnt look old enough to have played since 1887?

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    1. Anonymous7:16 PM

      TYPO!!!

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    2. Anonymous2:39 PM

      She has held up very well! LOL Great player.

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  2. Anonymous10:53 PM

    why isnt marta dasilva there ?

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  3. Anonymous3:13 AM

    yeh i think that maybe there was some typos there!

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  4. Anonymous6:52 AM

    yeah!

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  5. Anonymous11:06 PM

    is this true or not cause im doing a project on it soo :S

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  6. Anonymous12:53 PM

    LISTEN I´M SORRY BUT,
    FROM FIFA THE BEST SOCCER PLAYER IS MARTA FROM BRAZIL

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    1. Anonymous2:40 PM

      AGREE, AGREE, AGREE!!!! AND I AM FROM USA AND LOVE BOTH MIA HAMM AND ABBY WAMBAUGH AND CHRISTINE LILY. BUT MARTA IS SUPERB.

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  7. Anonymous12:56 PM

    MARTA DA SILVA BRAZILIAN PLAYER IS THE BEST PLAYER A LONG TIME

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  8. Anonymous7:08 PM

    weird! it should put the names next to the pics!!!!

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  9. Anonymous3:09 PM

    Seems like many womens soccer players started in 1887! Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly. I guess its that hard to find people who want to play women's soccer

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  10. Anonymous7:51 AM

    hi but i love football

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  11. Anonymous5:11 PM

    you people are freaks!!!!

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  12. Anonymous5:12 PM

    I love football I've been playing it for a long time and i plan on being a the best women's soccer player!!!

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  13. Anonymous4:19 PM

    can remmember seeing her in a pub in 1890, she was well pissed.

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  14. Anonymous6:41 PM

    omg me to she was like my bff lol

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  15. Anonymous7:23 PM

    yea right

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  16. Anonymous3:15 PM

    i have to do a S.A. which one should i choose???



    any answers???

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  17. Anonymous7:35 AM

    Christine Sinclair should be near the top of this list. I'm sure whoever made this list is an American. v.v

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  18. Anonymous3:31 PM

    I think Marta is really the best. She brings the same techniques that the men use in their game. I think Mia Hamm is good as well, but Marta is just a different class altogether.
    I've played my whole life and I know what I'm talking about. I know things from the Busby Babes days to Pep Guardiola's Barca and Johan's Total Football. There are so many things to do in a game (tricks, different shots/passes and thinking). For me, Marta is the best at all these things. She should def be on here!!
    I'm going to be better than her one day. I'm going to be the best in the world. One day soon, I'll be the top spot on this list.

    - Ronalda

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  19. Anonymous3:32 PM

    Christine Sinclair is a good finisher, but I disagree about her being on the list. Marta should be. That is an outrage!

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    1. Anonymous10:42 AM

      well im sisters with mia hamm im NOT lying:)

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  20. Anonymous3:35 PM

    What about Birgit Prinz!??!?! HELLO PEOPLE!
    I also agree with 'anonymous' about Marta, she is really good and should be on here!
    Birgit Prinz has won the UEFA Women's Championship 5 times and the world cup in 2003 & 2007. Hello!?! None of these people on this list have achieved that.

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  21. Anonymous4:44 PM

    julie played for 117

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  22. Anonymous10:29 AM

    UP DATE THIS LIST PEOPLE!!! IT IS A SHAME THAT MARTA DA SILVA FROM BRAZIL IS NOT EVEN ON THIS LIST...BEING 5 TIMES IN SEQUENCE THE VERY BEST IN THE WORLD GETTING THE OSCAR AND ALL THE HONOR SHE INTENSIVILY DESERVES ...5 TIMES WINNER OF THE GRAMMY OSCAR... HELLO OO!!!! GET THIS RIGHT...

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  23. Anonymous9:47 AM

    WTF?!?!?!?! WHERE'S MARTA?!?!?!?! :S
    SHE SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST!!! DON'T YOU KNOW THAT SHE'S THE BEST FEMALE FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD?!?!?!? WHICH IDIOT MADE THIS LIST???? :/

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  24. Anonymous1:38 PM

    NOOOOOOOO!!!!! MARTA IS NOT THE BEST PLAYER!!! SHE SUCKS!!!! MIA HAMM AND ABBY WOMBACH ARE THE BEST PLAYERS EVER TO LIVE ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET!!!! THE REST OF YOU WHO THINK MARTA IS THE BEST ARE COMPLETELY MESSED UP DIMWITS!!!

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    1. Anonymous1:19 PM

      I AGREE WITH U 100% THEY R THE BEST N I WANNA BE JUST LIKE THEM

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  25. Anonymous1:43 PM

    marta may be a good player but she is a horrible person and teammate is is completely unsportsmanlike and arrogant so even though she may technically be the best player she is an awful role model for girls who play soccer and should absolutely be considered the best all-around player or called the best player because it puts women's soccer in a negative light. mia hamm is definitely the best ever and abby wombach is a great player with a great personality and huge drive to win and let's not forget about hope solo who is amazing and also is a great person who is a perfect role model for girls who play soccer! this list is good and marta SHOULD NOT be on it!

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  26. Anonymous10:44 AM

    does anyone know any famous french women soccer players?

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    1. Anonymous1:12 PM

      Louisa Necib is my favourite womens soccer player. She's french, look her up. She is like the female french Iniesta. So nasty

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  27. Anonymous3:47 PM

    You peole are mixed up. Mia Hamm is the best player ever! Marta is nothing compared to her. People, get your facts straight!!!!

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  28. Anonymous8:10 PM

    nobody likes women soccer.

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    1. Anonymous1:55 PM

      U R SOOOOO SEXIST Y WOULD U SAY THAT AND U R PREJUDICE MIA HAMM SET WAYYYY MORE RECORDS THAN U EVER WOULD U IDIOT!!!!!!!

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  29. Anonymous2:22 AM

    marta is a good player,no matter wat kinda personality she has but its a fact she is the best!!

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  30. Anonymous12:58 PM

    Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach are definately the best

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  31. Anonymous8:52 AM

    I think that Marta is the worst player in the world u mean
    Did u see her in the world cup she acted like shee had an injury
    Just to waist time and once the took her off the field with the thing that
    Can carry people she jumped right off of it and started to run like nothing ever happened I hate hate hate her and who ever likes her must be blind. And she is the worst roll model a girl could ever have. =[
    Oh and for who ever said I am going to be the best girl soccer player in the world
    You are sounding reall mean selfish and stupid

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    1. Anonymous10:48 AM

      Shes my rolemodel

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    2. Anonymous1:56 PM

      mia hamm is my rolemodel

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  32. Anonymous7:58 PM

    I agree with that girl and please more people write comments

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  33. Anonymous3:27 PM

    you forgot about hope solo the worlds #1 goalie

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  34. Anonymous10:36 AM

    Interesting how Canada's Christine Sinclair always gets overlooked in this discussion. Probably one of the most well rounded women's football players in the game today, and she is only 28! Before her career is over she will easily surpass Mia Hamm's 158 international goals.

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      She proved herself today with an excellent performance!

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  35. Anonymous1:18 PM

    MIA HAMM IS THE BEST WOMEN SOCCER PLAYER NO LIE I WILLBE JUSTB LIKE HER SHE IS MY IDOL N THE BEST YOUTH SOCCER CLUB IS PIPELINE

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  36. Anonymous3:00 PM

    Miaaaa Hamm!! She is who got me startedd in soccer!! I have playedd since i was 5! <3 Herrr(:

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    1. Anonymous1:57 PM

      iv played since i was 3 and mia hamm got ME started not u idiot

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  37. Too bad none of them play now, I bet they would have some solid odds for Olympic betting in London 2012

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  38. Anonymous4:19 AM

    Please ! Whoever wrote this artical, learn to write correct English okay! And your facts are inaccurate !!! Porra.Sinceramente ?

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  39. Anonymous2:31 AM

    I'm very much happy that faye white's been included in this list...and yeah, she deserves it ! Go Ahead Girls !!! :))

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  40. Anonymous8:01 AM

    You should eb out of this world is you make such a list without marta of brazil being at the top.Review your list

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  41. Anonymous12:17 PM

    Where is Christine Sinclair of Canada on this list?

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  42. Anonymous11:15 PM

    Christine Sinclaire is pretty damn good. She scores at will and is a very clutch goal scorer. until she breaks Mia Hamm's records though you have to give it to Mia.

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  43. We shouldn't forget one of the best goalkeepers of the world. Hope Solo. I consider her as a legend...

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  44. Anonymous10:10 PM

    Im a teenage mutant ninja turtle

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  45. Anonymous1:58 PM

    melanie is right u should include hope sola just dont take mia hamm off

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  46. Anonymous12:08 PM

    Alex Morgan! Go usmnt!

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  47. Thanks for compiling this great list of famous soccer players. My daughter is greatly impressed by such female players. She always loves to read articles based on soccer players whenever gets time for surfing and it really motivates her towards her target in life.

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  48. Anonymous6:55 AM

    Alex Morgan?

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