Prolific Dutch striker Vivianne Miedema has signed a three-year contract with Manchester City.
The Netherlands international joins Gareth Taylor’s squad after an illustrious seven-year spell at Arsenal, where she broke a number of individual records and became the Barclays Women’s Super League’s all-time leading goalscorer.
Her current tally in the division since its inception is 80 and she aims to increase that tally in sky blue.
Before you join your new teammates, find out more about Miedema’s phenomenal feats below…
to the bottom of the net
Miedema made 106 WSL appearances for Arsenal, during which she became the division’s all-time leading scorer with a total of 80 goals.
As a result, she scores an average of 0.74 goals per game – but she is much more than a goalscorer.
Another fantastic milestone the Dutch international could achieve is becoming the first player in the competition’s history to reach 100 goal involvements, with 70 shots and 30 assists.
What makes this feat even more remarkable is that she did it in just 83 games.
Overall, she has recorded 35 assists in the WSL, which ranks third highest in the all-time rankings for this category.
Additionally, she was also the fastest player to reach 50 goals in the WSL (50 games) and recorded the most consecutive games scoring against the same opponent, with seven consecutive matches against Reading.
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frightened opponents
With 11 goals in total, Bristol City have been Miedema’s favourite opponents in the WSL.
Notably, she scored six goals against the Vixens in one match as Arsenal defeated them 11–1 at Meadow Park in December 2019.
The Dutch international also reached double figures against Reading, with 12 goals against the Royals, closely followed by her tally of nine against Liverpool.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, she became the first player in the history of the competition to score against every opponent she faced.
inside out
Given her fantastic ability and numbers in supplying teammates, it would be unfair to suggest that Miedema is little more than a poacher inside the box.
However, the Dutch forward’s numbers inside the 18-yard box further highlight her brilliant value all over the pitch, with the majority of her strikes coming from that part of the pitch.
Of his 80 league goals, 70 have come from inside the box – with an impressive 10 coming from distance.
heroin to HAT-TRICK
Another WSL chart for female forwards is the most hat-tricks in the division with five, tied with her new City teammate Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw.
His first hat-trick came in Arsenal’s 5-0 win over Liverpool in September 2018, before he scored three times in matches against Reading, Bristol City (twice) and Tottenham Hotspur.
compliments
Throughout Miedema’s illustrious career thus far, she has won numerous individual and collective awards.
So far, she has won three top-flight titles, two Bundesliga crowns (2014/15 and 2015/16) and the WSL (2018/19).
During her time with the Gunners, she also won three Continental Cups.
The 27-year-old’s domestic dominance also translated to the international stage, where she helped the Netherlands win the 2017 UEFA Women’s Championship on home soil.
Her outstanding goalscoring exploits earned her the WSL Golden Boot in 2018/19 and 2019/20, a place in the FIFA Women’s World Cup All-Star Team (2019), the PFA Women’s Player of the Year (2018/19), FWA Women’s Footballer of the Year (2019/20), an inclusion in the FIFA FIFPro Women’s World11 (2020 and 2021) (BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year: 2021) and a place in the PFA Team of the Year (2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22).
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