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Vivianne Miedema

Vivianne Miedema, Dutch football player

Born
July 15, 1996
Age in 2026
30
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1996

About Vivianne Miedema

Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (Dutch: [ˈɑnaː mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː maːˈrinaː ˈʔɑstrɪt fiviˈjɑnə ˈmidəmaː]; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker or attacking midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team. She previously played for Arsenal, Bayern Munich, and SC Heerenveen. Regarded as one of the greatest strikers in women's football history, Miedema is the all-time leading scorer in the Barclays WSL and has scored more goals at the international level for the Netherlands than any other player, across both the women's and men's teams, being the first Dutch player to score one hundred international goals. She won the UEFA Euro in 2017 with the Dutch national team, two consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich in 2015 and 2016, the 2018–19 FA WSL title with Arsenal and the 2025–26 Women's Super League title with Manchester City. In 2019, she led the Netherlands to a second-place finish at the 2019 FIFA World Cup in France. She has also scored the most goals in a single Women's Olympics tournament with 10 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Miedema won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award in November 2021. In 2020, she was named Women's Player of the Year at the London Football Awards and by England's Football Writers' Association. She was named PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year in 2019. She was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or in 2019, 2021, and 2022. She was named to the Top 10 of The Guardian's The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. She won the UEFA Women's Euro in 2017 with the Dutch national team, two consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich in 2015 and 2016, and the 2018–19 FA WSL title with Arsenal. She made her senior debut at 15 during a match against FC Utrecht on 2 September 2011, becoming the youngest ever player in the league.

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Vivianne Miedema timeline

  1. She made her senior debut at 15 during a match against FC Utrecht on 2 September 2011, becoming the youngest ever player in the league.
  2. She won the UEFA Women's Euro in 2017 with the Dutch national team, two consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich in 2015 and 2016, and the 2018–19 FA WSL title with Arsenal.
  3. Miedema won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award in November 2021.

The world when Vivianne Miedema was born

Vivianne Miedema was born in 1996. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1996

  • #1 song"Macarena" – Los Del Rio
  • Top movieThe English Patient
  • Top TV showER
  • Best-selling bookThe Runaway Jury – John Grisham

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMichael Jordan leads Bulls to 72-10 record and 4th NBA title
  • Top headlineCentennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta
  • Technology milestoneDolly the sheep — first mammal cloned from an adult cell
  • Defining fadMacarena dance craze
  • Notable inventionPalm Pilot
  • World population5.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBill Clinton
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • Also wonChicago Bulls (NBA)
  • U.S. population265.2M

1996 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Vivianne Miedema's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19962026
Gas$1.23$3.45/gal
Average home$115,800$435,000
Average income$44,006$67,500
Minimum wage$4.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$4.42$11.95
Postage stamp$0.32$0.73
Population265.2M341 million

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