MIEDEMA Vivianne

Date of Birth: 15 Jul 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'8''

Place of birth: HOOGEVEEN

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : LONDON

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Women NED Netherlands	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group F #04 ZAM Zambia 3 NED Netherlands 10	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group F #10 NED Netherlands 3 BRA Brazil 3	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Women's Group F #15 NED Netherlands 8 CHN China 2	Finished
	International Stadium Yokohama	Women's Quarter-final #20 NED Netherlands 2 (2) USA United States 2 (4) PSO	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

FIFA Women's World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Senior	2019	France
13	Senior	2015	Canada

UEFA Women's Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2017	Netherlands

Viv (bbc.co.uk, 18 Oct 2020)

Occupation:

Partner Lisa Evans

Languages spoken:

Arsenal [London, GBR] since 2017

Sarina Wiegman [national], NED

Position style:

Forward (onefootball.com, 21 Jan 2020)

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Lisa Evans has represented Scotland in football, and competed at the 2019 World Cup in France. She has also played football at domestic level in England, including playing alongside Miedema at Arsenal. Her brother Lars has played football at domestic level in the Netherlands with FC Den Bosch. (telegraph.co.uk, 06 Sep 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 23 Jan 2020; klaversma.eu, 20 Sep 2019)

National league:

Women's Super League [ENG] (bbc.co.uk, 10 Feb 2021)

She began playing football at age two or three. (soccerbible.com, 07 Nov 2019)

"My dad used to play football and I went to the pitch with him and once I turned, I think [age] four-and-a-half, I [had] already started playing football in Holland [the Netherlands]." (soccerbible.com, 07 Nov 2019)

To compete at the Olympic Games. (klaversma.eu, 20 Sep 2019)

Dutch footballer Robin van Persie. (90min.com, 19 Oct 2019)

Her parents. (soccerbible.com, 07 Nov 2019)

She was named 2019/20 Women's Footballer of Year by the Football Writers' Association in England. (bbc.co.uk, 01 Jul 2020)

She was named Women's Professional Football Association [PFA] Player of the Year for the 2018/19 season in England. (dreamteamfc.com, 01 Dec 2019)

In 2017 she was made a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau in the Netherlands. The entire Dutch national team received the honour in recognition of their victory at the 2017 European Championships on home soil. (vavel.com, 08 Oct 2019; nos.nl, 25 Oct 2017; womenssoccerunited.com, 14 Jun 2017)

She was named Player of the Tournament at the 2014 U19 European Championships in Norway. (arsenal.com, 01 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
LOW KEY APPROACH
She says she prefers to take an understated and respectful approach to football. "I've never really been a big fan of celebrations, I like to respect the opponent. Sometimes I'll do a little fist pump but that's about it. I'm happy to help the team but I don't really show it as much as other players would do. For me, if I score a goal, I'd rather just open up my arms for the rest to just come in and cuddle me, because you want to celebrate with your team-mates. I don't want to run 30 metres off the pitch to go and do something stupid. It's something you need to enjoy together." (bbc.co.uk, 06 Nov 2020)

FUTURE COACH
She has gained a coaching diploma in England and coaches youth teams at Arsenal. (klaversma.eu, 20 Sep 2019)

AUTHOR
She has co-written a book entitled 'Het Meidenvoetbal Doeboek' [The Girl's Football Book] about women's football. (joe.co.uk, 02 Dec 2018)

Milestones

In December 2019 she scored six goals in one match for Arsenal against Bristol City in the Women's Super League [WSL]. This broke the record for the most goals scored in a single match in the WSL, which was previously set by herself, when she scored five for Arsenal against Liverpool in September 2018. (dreamteamfc.com, 01 Dec 2019)

In June 2019 she scored her 60th goal for the Netherlands, making her the nation's all-time top goalscorer overtaking Manon Mellis. Miedema achieved the feat against Cameroon, scoring twice at the 2019 World Cup in France. She also holds the record across both the men's and women's national teams. (edition.cnn.com, 15 Jun 2019)

She became the youngest player to play in the Dutch Eredivisie when she made her debut for SC Heerenveen at age 15. (90min.com, 02 Dec 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
PSO:: Penalty Shoot-out

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