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The lucrative new contract made her the highest-paid female player in England. [53] On 15 December 2022, Miedema left a UEFA Champions League match against Lyon at halftime with an injury, which on 19 December was confirmed to be an anterior cruciate ligament tear. She was expected to undergo surgery and miss "an extended period of time". [54]
Prior to women's football teams having oversight from football federations, compensation was still paid for some transfers. The first compensated transfer of a female footballer was of Molly Walker, from Lancaster Ladies to Dick, Kerr Ladies in 1918; Walker was offered expenses paid as well as payment in lieu for joining the team.
In fact, in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, she was named the top player of the tournament after leading the U.S. to the title with a hat trick vs. Japan in the final.
Association football: Argentina: $130 million: $97 million: $33 million 3: Cristiano Ronaldo: Association football: Portugal: $120 million: $70 million: $50 million 4: Dak Prescott: American football: United States: $107.5 million: $97.5 million: $10 million 5: LeBron James: Basketball: United States: $96.5 million: $31.5 million: $65 million 6 ...
While Morgan and Rapinoe were the highest paid female soccer players last year, earning $5.7 million each on and off the pitch, their most successful male counterpart, Cristiano Ronaldo, was ...
Fishlock was awarded the 2011 Club Player of the Year, 2011 Fans Player of the Year, and was named to the league's All-Star Team. She was named Welsh Women's Footballer of the Year the same year. [22] During the 2012 season, Bristol achieved their highest final league position, reached the semi-final of the FA Cup and Continental Cup. Jess was ...
The Washington Spirit's Trinity Rodman was the previous highest-paid player in the league thanks to the four-year, $1.1 million contract she signed in 2022. ... Sánchez went on a mission to show ...
Fara Tanya Franki Merrett MBE (born 25 January 1984), known professionally as Fara Williams, is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.A consistent goalscorer and set-piece specialist, Williams was considered one of England's leading players.