Women Soccer Players !!
We all know who the best male soccer player in the world is. Most of us would probably say either Ronaldo or Messi.
But who is the best female soccer player?
Just as we have great players amongst the male footballers, we also have with the women, but not all of us know them.
Let’s not scratch our heads and continue with the article.
Quick Overview
| Name | Club |
| 1. Sam Mewis | Manchester City |
| 2. Sam Kerr | Chelsea |
| 3. Vivianne Miedema | Arsenal |
| 4. Pernille Harder | Chelsea |
| 5. Lucy Bronze | Manchester City |
| 6. Crystal Dunn | Portland Thorns |
| 7. Dzsenifer Marozsan | Lyon |
| 8. Julie Ertz | Chicago Red Stars |
| 9. Caroline Graham Hansen | Barcelona |
| 10. Debinha | North Carolina Courage |
| 11. Wendie Renard | Lyon |
| 12. Fran Kirby | Chelsea |
| 13. Lieke Martens | Barcelona |
| 14. Saki Kumagai | Lyon |
| 15. Rose Lavelle | Manchester City |
| 16. Amandine Henry | Lyon |
| 17. Jennifer Hermoso | Barcelona |
| 18. Ji So-Yun | Chelsea |
| 19. Marie-Antoinette Katoto | Paris Saint-Germain |
Best Female Soccer Players
The information has been obtained from ESPN FC and Wikipedia.
19. Marie-Antoinette Katoto
Club/Country: Paris Saint-Germain/France
Age: 22
Position: Forward
Marie-Antoinette Katoto is a professional French soccer player who plays as a forward for Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.
She has represented France at different youth levels garnering 24 goals and 35 caps.
She is just 22 years old and is a top player in Division 1 who started as a defender.
Katoto watched many Cristiano Ronaldo videos to improve her skills.
Arguably her most crucial moment with PSG came in November 2020, when she scored the only goal that ended Lyon’s record of 80 league games unbeaten.
18. Ji So-yun
Club/Country: Chelsea/South Korea
Age: 30
Position: Midfielder
Ji is one of the finest players from Asia.
She is the national player of South Korea and the midfielder of the women’s Chelsea team.
JI is a complete package of midfielders like Modric (Croatian professional footballer) as she can score, make assists and defend.
She has been around Chelsea since 2014 and is crucial in their progression to one of Europe’s best clubs.
She’s been with Chelsea for three WSL championship wins (2015, 2018, 2020) and two FA Cup successes (2015 and 2018).
17. Jennifer Hermoso
Club/Country: Barcelona/Spain
Age: 30
Position: Forward
Hermosa was born in the city of Madrid and played for her native club, Atletico Madrid.
She stayed in Atletico Madrid for eight years.
After that, she joined the Spanish club Barcelona in 2o14. She is the all-time top scorer for both Spain and Barcelona.
She scored 23 goals in 19 league appearances last season, as Barca won the title for the first time since 2015.
16. Amandine Henry
Club/Country: Lyon/France
Age: 31
Position: Midfielder
Henry is one of those defensive midfielders who make the brutally tricky part of the game appears simple.
Her positional awareness, and ability to read and influence the flow of a match means she is sometimes the unsung star of Lyon’s success.
She received the Silver Ball Award in the tournament at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Henry was also selected among the top players in Europe in 2015, becoming a finalist in the annual UEFA Best Women’s Player in Europe Award, placing 2nd behind Célia Šašić.
She has won it all locally but is still seeking those elusive international honors with France as the country’s captain.
15. Rose Lavelle
Club/Country: Manchester City/United States
Age: 25
Position: Midfielder
Lavelle is the USWNT’s Euclid, a master of geometry who creates offensive possibilities for her teammates by identifying the proper angles.
Do you need a strategy for breaking down a tough defense? Lavelle is most likely the player to discover a solution.
She’s also capable of showing up at critical times.
Lavelle scored the game-winning goal in the 2019 World Cup final against the Netherlands, and she also scored the game-winning goal in the SheBelieves Cup against Canada.
14. Saki Kumagai
Club/Country: FC Bayern Munich/Japan
Age: 30
Position: Midfielder
Saki Kumagai is one of the finest players from East Asia. She plays as a defensive midfielder. She signed with Lyon in 2013.
Similarly, she not only scored for Lyon in the UWCL final, but her talent throughout the tournament was a delight to see.
Kumagai confirmed her departure from Lyon after eight seasons in April 2021.
Kumagai would return to the Frauen Bundesliga the following month, on May 12, 2021, when FC Bayern Munich announced her as their first signing of the season.
13. Lieke Martens
Club/Country: Barcelona/Netherlands
Age: 28
Position: Forward
Martens, who was named FIFA’s Best Player in 2017, is one of the best female soccer players in the world.
Lieke Martens is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Spanish club Barcelona as a midfielder and the Netherlands women’s national team.
Although injury slowed Barcelona’s striker in the past, her graceful movements continue to perplex opponents; her specialty is to sneak in from wide areas and curl the ball into the top corner with her exceptional shooting ability.
Forbes placed her 22nd on their list of the “Most Powerful Women in International Sports” in 2018.
Martens was a key member of FC Barcelona Femeni’s first continental treble in 2021 when they won the UEFA Women’s Champions League, the Primera Division, and the Copa de la Reina, all in the same season.
12. Fran Kirby
Club/Country: Chelsea/England
Age: 27
Position: Forward
Kirby began her career with her hometown club, Reading, before transferring to Chelsea in July 2015. Kirby earned her first senior debut for England in August 2014.
She represented her nation in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada in 2015, the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France in 2019, and the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.
Kirby had to deal with and overcome the heart ailment pericarditis last year, which caused her to miss nine months of football.
Still, in the phases of the emotionally grueling process, she told Hayes and her Chelsea teammates that she’d be back better than ever.
11. Wendie Renard
Club/Country: Lyon/France
Age: 30
Position: Defender
She is the Eiffel Tower of Lyon and the backbone of the ultimate line of defense.
She is 6 feet 2 inches tall and came in third place at the 2020 FIFA Best Awards, trailing the only winner Lucy Bronze. Similarly, she was awarded UEFA Champions League defender of the season.
While attackers generally gain the limelight, her regular presence in several football awards attests to how important a role she plays.
Renard, a goal-scoring defender, is one of the most accomplished women’s club football players. She has a record 14 French League championships and seven European Cups to her name.
The New York Times named her an “institution” at Lyon, the most successful team in European women’s football.
10. Debinha
Club/Country: North Carolina Courage/Brazil
Age: 29
Position: Forward
Debinha of Brazil is tiny in height (5-foot-2) but oozing with ability.
The North Carolina Courage veteran led the league in shot attempts and was second only to the legendary Christine Sinclair in goals scored during the 2020 NWSL Fall Series.
She played her 100th match for Brazil against Argentina on 18th February 2021 in the 2021 SheBelieves Cup.
9. Caroline Graham Hansen
Club/Country: Barcelona/Norway
Age: 26
Position: Midfielder
Teammate of the Martens of Barcelona, Hansen is the most dynamic midfielder on the ground.
Like legend Iniesta, she helped Barcelona reclaim the league championship from Atletico Madrid last season, and they’re unbeaten in the league this season, having won all 19 games.
She scored seven goals in her initial league season in Catalonia, which was cut short due to the pandemic, and has eight this season.
Still, it is her inventiveness that distinguishes her as one of the game’s finest players.
8. Julie Ertz
Club/Country: Chicago Red Stars/United States
Age: 28
Position: Midfielder
Ertz is an American player who plays for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League and the United States women’s national team.
On February 9, 2013, she debuted for the United States national team in an international friendly match against Scotland.
She was a regular in the middle of defense throughout the 2015 World Cup, earning her a spot in the FIFA, FIFPRO, World XI.
She is a dangerous set-piece threat, having scored 16 of her 20 international goals from dead-ball situations.
7. Dzsenifer Marozsan
Club/Country: Lyon/Germany
Age: 28
Position: Midfielder
Marozsan is a professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for the OL Reign of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and the German national team.
She formerly played in the German Frauen Bundesliga for 1. FC Saarbrücken and 1. FFC Frankfurt.
During the 2019 World Cup, Phil Neville remarked that Lucy Bronze was “the world’s best female player,” and her star defender was eager to wrong him.
6. Crystal Dunn
Club/Country: Portland Thorns/United States
Age: 28
Position: Defender
Dunn is an American football player who plays for the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and the US women’s national team.
On February 13, 2013, she made her debut for the United States national team in an international friendly match against Scotland. She has since made over 100 appearances for the club.
Dunn’s strength is her adaptability. She was named NWSL MVP in 2015 after scoring 15 goals.
But it was at the 2019 World Cup that Dunn demonstrated her entire range of abilities.
Dunn succeeded as a left-back after being asked to play by then-manager Jill Ellis, despite teams exploiting her apparent inexperience in the position.
5. Lucy Bronze
Club/Country: Manchester City/England
Age: 29
Position: Defender
Lucy Bronze, like her former Lyon colleague Wendie Renard, defies the trend of attackers getting all the attention.
She became the first English female player to win FIFA’s The Best Honors in December.
She was also the first defender to get the honor. She stated at the time that she was “glad” that her “name will now be there for the rest of history.”
Her passing rate is one of the best in the league, and with an accuracy rate of 81 percent, she is an essential element of the City’s engine.
4. Pernille Harder
Club/Country: Chelsea/Denmark
Age: 28
Position: Forward
Harder is a Danish professional footballer who plays forward for English FA Women’s Super League side Chelsea and the Danish national team.
Harder became the most expensive player following her transfer to Chelsea in September 2020.
She won the German domestic double for four years at Wolfsburg and played on a squad full of offensive skill, similar to Chelsea. That didn’t stop her from scoring 103 goals in 113 games.
She earned her second straight Golden Boot at the end of the 2019-20 season, scoring a league-high 27 goals, the highest by any player since 2010.
3. Vivianne Miedema
Club/Country: Arsenal/Netherlands
Age: 24
Position: Forward
Miedema is a Dutch professional footballer who plays forward for Arsenal in the FA Women’s Super League (FA WSL) and the Netherlands national team.
She formerly represented Bayern Munich and SC Heerenveen.
Her record-breaking 56 goals in the Women’s Super League tells all you need to know about her, especially since she broke the league’s all-time scoring record in just three seasons.
She is, without a doubt, one of the world’s greatest finishers.
Her football IQ is improving each time, and she has recently demonstrated how unselfish she is in front of a goal post when another player is in a better position.
2. Sam Kerr
Club/Country: Chelsea/Australia
Age: 27
Position: Forward
Kerr is an Australian soccer player who plays forward for Chelsea in the FA Women’s Super League and captains the Australia women’s national soccer team (the Matildas).
Kerr is the all-time top scorer in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States as of 2021.
She held the record in the Australian W-League until the 2020-21 season.
She is the only female footballer to have won the Golden Boot in three separate leagues: the W-League in 2017–18 and 2018–19, the NWSL in 2017–18 and 2018–19, and the FAWSL in 2020–21.
1. Sam Mewis
Club/Country: Manchester City/United States
Age: 28
Position: Midfielder
Mewis is a professional soccer player from the United States who currently plays for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
Her arrival in the Women’s Super League in August 2020 may not have been the most high-profile signing of the summer, but it has had the most significant immediate and long-lasting influence.
She was immediately inserted into Gareth Taylor’s starting eleven and has scored several key goals, including the game-winning goal in Manchester City’s FA Cup final in January.
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