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
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 (0)
National team‡
2013– Netherlands 57 (45)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:39, 8 August 2017 (UTC+1)[2].
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:39, 8 August 2017 (UTC+1)[3]

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 English Premier League club Arsenal and the Netherlands women's national football team.[4][5]

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.[6] Her 39 goals for Heerenveen in the 2013–14 BeNe League won her the top-scorer award.[7] Miedema signed a contract with Bayern Munich in June 2014.[8] 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.[9] In May 2017, Miedema went on to sign and thus link up with English club Arsenal.[5]

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.[10] 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".[6] 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 initially was not the most visible player for the Dutch team at the 2017 UEFA Women's European Championship but she certainly proved her worth for the team when it mattered the most, scoring a goal in the semi-final against England and two goals in the final against Denmark. Enough to secure the title.

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[10]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 26 October 2013 Estádio José de Carvalho, Maia, Portugal  Portugal 5–0 7–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2. 6–0
3. 7–0
4. 30 October 2013 Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands  Norway 1–1 1–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5. 23 November 2013 Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Greece 2–0 7–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6. 3–0
7. 6–0
8. 12 February 2014 Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands  Belgium 1–0 1–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9. 5 March 2014 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Australia 1–0 2–2 2014 Cyprus Cup
10. 12 March 2014 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus   Switzerland 1–0 4–1 2014 Cyprus Cup
11. 5 April 2014 Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece  Greece 3–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
12. 7 May 2014 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium  Belgium 1–0 2–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13. 13 September 2014 De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands  Portugal 1–0 3–2 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
14. 2–1
15. 3–2
16. 22 November 2014 Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands  Italy 1–1 1–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
17. 27 November 2014 Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy  Italy 1–0 2–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
18. 2–0
19. 9 March 2015 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  England 1–0 1–1 2015 Cyprus Cup
20. 17 September 2015 De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands  Belarus 4–0 8–0 Friendly
21. 6–0
22. 25 January 2016 Spice Hotel, Belek, Turkey  Denmark 1–0 2–1 Friendly
23. 2 March 2016 Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands   Switzerland 2–1 4–3 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
24. 9 March 2016 Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Sweden 1–0 1–1 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
25. 7 June 2016 Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, Netherlands  South Africa 1–0 2–0 Friendly
26. 2–0
27. 20 October 2016 Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, Scotland  Scotland 1–0 7–0 Friendly
28. 3–0
29. 25 October 2016 Scholz Arena, Aalen, Germany  Germany 2–4 2–4 Friendly
30. 20 January 2017 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain  Romania 6–1 7–1 Friendly
31. 7–1
32. 24 January 2017 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain  Russia 1–0 4–0 Friendly
33. 2–0
34. 4–0
35. 3 March 2017 VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal  Australia 1–3 2–3 2017 Algarve Cup
36. 8 March 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal  Japan 3–2 3–2 2017 Algarve Cup
37. 11 April 2017 De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands  Iceland 1–0 4–0 Friendly
38. 11 April 2017 De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands  Iceland 2–0 4–0 Friendly
39. 13 June 2017 De Adelaarshorst, Deventer, Netherlands  Austria 2–0 3–0 Friendly
40. 8 July 2017 Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Wales 3–0 5–0 Friendly
41.  Wales 4–0 5–0 Friendly
42. 29 July 2017 De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands  Sweden 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017
43. 3 August 2017 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands  England 1–0 3–0
44. 6 August 2017 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands  Denmark 1–1 4–2
45. 4–2 4–2

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.[11]

Statistics

Playing for Bayern Munich in 2015
As of 18 January 2017
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
2015/16 FC Bayern München  Germany Bundesliga 22 14
2016/17 FC Bayern München  Germany Bundesliga 22 14
2017/18 Arsenal Ladies  England FA WSL 0 0
Total 130 113

Honours

Club

Bayern Munich

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 8 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Vivianne Miedema profile". OnsOranje. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Vivianne Miedema: Bayern Munich striker joins Arsenal Ladies". BBC.com.
  6. 1 2 "Vivianne Miedema: Der nächste Superstar?" (in German). Sportschau. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Star of 2014: Vivianne Miedema". UEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "FC Bayern verpflichtet Vivianne Miedema und Katie Stengel". FC Bayern Munich (in German). 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Vivianne Miedema kampioen met Bayern München" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Profile". onsoranje.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  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.
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