List of international goals scored by Vivianne Miedema

Vivianne Miedema is a Dutch professional footballer who has played as a forward for the Netherlands women's national football team since 2013.[1] She is the all-time top scorer for her country, for both women and men.[2] On 26 September 2013, Miedema made her debut for the Dutch senior team aged seventeen. She was an 84th-minute substitute for Lieke Martens in a 4–0 win over Albania in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5.[1] One month later in her second cap she scored her first goals, a hat-trick, in her country's 7–0 win over Portugal, after only having come onto the pitch as a substitute in the 75th minute.[3]

Two women in football kit with a ball
Vivianne Miedema (right) playing for the Netherlands during the UEFA Women's Euro 2017

Miedema helped the Dutch qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup finals, scoring all three of her side's goals in the two-leg final of the UEFA qualification play-offs against Italy in November 2014.[4] She finished as the top scorer in the qualification campaign with 16 goals.[5] At the finals in Canada, she played all four matches, three group stage games and the round of 16 match, a defeat against Japan. She did not score in Canada.[6] At the 2017 UEFA Women's European Championship, held in the Netherlands, Miedema scored four times, including in the semi-final win over England and in the final against Denmark.[7][8] Her goals helped secure the first ever title for the Dutch women.[8]

In the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA play-offs Miedema scored twice against Switzerland, taking her country to the World Cup finals in France, where she scored three times.[9][10] On 15 June 2019, Miedema became the all-time top scorer of the Netherlands women's national football team after scoring her 60th goal in a 3–1 Group E win against Cameroon.[11] She passed the record held by Manon Melis and extended her lead over the men's team's leading scorer, Robin van Persie, who scored 50 goals before retiring.[12] In the quarter-final against Italy she scored the first goal of the match, helping the Dutch progress.[13] In the final against the United States the Netherlands did not score and lost 2–0.[14] At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Miedema broke the record of most goals scored in a single Olympic tournament: 10.[15] In 118 appearances for the senior national team as of December 2023, Miedema has scored 95 goals.[1] None of her goals have come from penalty kicks.[1] She has scored seven hat-tricks: a double hat-trick (six goals) against Cyprus (2022),[16] four goals against Zambia (2021),[17] and regular hat-tricks against Greece (2013),[18] Russia (2017),[19] and Portugal (twice, in 2013 and 2014).[20][21] Her most productive year was 2017 with 20 goals from 21 games.[1]

International goals

"Score" represents the score in the match after Miedema's goal. "Score" and "Result" list the Netherlands' goal tally first. Cap represents the player's appearance in an international level match at senior level.[1]
Goals by Miedema for the Netherlands' senior national team
GCDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionR
1226 October 2013Estádio José de Carvalho, Maia, Portugal  Portugal5–07–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[20]
26–0
37–0
4330 October 2013Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands  Norway1–11–2[22]
5423 November 2013Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Greece2–07–0[18]
63–0
76–0
8512 February 2014Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands  Belgium1–01–1[23]
965 March 2014GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Australia1–02–22014 Cyprus Women's Cup[24]
10912 March 2014  Switzerland1–04–1[25]
11105 April 2014Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece  Greece3–06–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[26]
12117 May 2014Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium  Belgium1–02–0[27]
131313 September 2014De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands  Portugal1–03–2[21]
142–1
153–2
161722 November 2014Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands  Italy1–11–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification play-offs[28]
171827 November 2014Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy  Italy1–02–1[29]
182–0
19209 March 2015GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus  England1–01–12015 Cyprus Women's Cup[30]
202817 September 2015De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands  Belarus4–08–0Friendly[31]
216–0
223225 January 2016Spice Hotel, Belek, Turkey  Denmark1–02–1[32]
23332 March 2016Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands  Switzerland2–14–32016 UEFA Women's Olympic qualification[33]
24359 March 2016Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Sweden1–01–1[34]
25377 June 2016Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, Netherlands  South Africa1–02–0Friendly[35]
262–0
273920 October 2016Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, Scotland  Scotland1–07–0[36]
283–0
294025 October 2016Scholz Arena, Aalen, Germany  Germany2–42–4[37]
304120 January 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain  Romania6–17–1[38]
317–1
324224 January 2017  Russia1–04–0[19]
332–0
344–0
35443 March 2017VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal  Australia1–32–32017 Algarve Cup[39]
36468 March 2017Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé, Portugal  Japan3–23–2[40]
374811 April 2017De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands  Iceland1–04–0Friendly[41]
382–0
395013 June 2017De Adelaarshorst, Deventer, Netherlands  Austria2–03–0[42]
40518 July 2017Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands  Wales3–05–0[43]
414–0
425529 July 2017De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands  Sweden2–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 2017[44]
43563 August 2017De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands  England1–03–0[45]
44576 August 2017  Denmark1–14–2[46]
454–2
465819 October 2017NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria  Austria2–02–0Friendly[47]
475924 October 2017Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands  Norway1–01–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[48]
486024 November 2017NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia  Slovakia3–05–0[49]
494–0
50636 April 2018Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands  Northern Ireland3–07–0[50]
51644 September 2018Intility Arena, Oslo, Norway  Norway1–21–2[51]
52679 November 2018Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands  Switzerland3–03–02019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification play-offs[52]
536813 November 2018LIPO Park, Schaffhausen, Switzerland  Switzerland1–01–1[53]
546919 January 2019Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa  South Africa2–02–1Friendly[54]
55726 March 2019Estádio Municipal, Albufeira, Portugal  China1–01–12019 Algarve Cup[55]
56735 April 2019GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands  Mexico1–02–0Friendly[56]
57749 April 2019AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands  Chile5–07–0[57]
58751 June 2019Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands  Australia2–03–0[58]
597715 June 2019Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France  Cameroon1–03–12019 FIFA Women's World Cup[59]
603–1
618029 June 2019  Italy1–02–0[60]
628330 August 2019A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia1–07–02022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification[61]
635–0
64844 October 2019Fazanerija City Stadium, Murska Sobota, Slovenia  Slovenia1–04–2[62]
65858 October 2019Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands  Russia2–02–0[63]
66868 November 2019Bornova Stadium, Izmir, Turkey  Turkey3–08–0[64]
675–0
688712 November 2019GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands  Slovenia3–14–1[65]
694–1
709127 October 2020Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo  Kosovo5–06–0[66]
719218 February 2021King Baudouin Stadium, Belgium  Belgium1–06–1Friendly[67]
729615 June 2021De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands  Norway1–07–0[68]
735–0
749721 July 2021Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan  Zambia1–010–32020 Summer Olympics[17]
753–0
764–1
777–1
789824 July 2021  Brazil1–03–3[69]
792–1
809927 July 2021Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan  China5–18–2[70]
818–2
8210030 July 2021  United States1–02–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
[71]
832–2
8410117 September 2021Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands  Czech Republic1–11–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[72]
8510322 October 2021AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus1–08–0[73]
861078 April 2022Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands  Cyprus1–012–0[16]
874–0
885–0
897–0
9010–0
9111–0
9210812 April 2022ADO Den Haag Stadium, The Hague, Netherlands  South Africa3-15-1Friendly[74]
931112 July 2022De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands  Finland1–02–0[75]
942–0
951142 September 2022MAC³PARK Stadion, Zwolle, Netherlands  Scotland1–02–1[76]

Statistics

As of match played 5 December 2023
Goals by competition
CompetitionGoals
Friendlies30
FIFA World Cup qualifiers31
UEFA European Championship qualifiers9
FIFA World Cup finals3
UEFA European Championship finals4
UEFA Women's Nations League0
Olympic Games10
Other8
Total95
Vivianne Miedema in the Dutch national team jersey in 2014

See also

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