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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.
One woman cracked Forbes’ 2023 list of the world’s highest-paid athletes — tennis great Serena Williams, who brought in $45.3 million in her final year of competitive play.
Carli Anne Hollins (née Lloyd; born July 16, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2008 and 2012), two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion (2015 and 2019), two-time FIFA Player of the Year (2015 and 2016 ), [ 4 ] and a four-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021).
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]
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 ...
This is a list of England women's international footballers – association football players who have played for the England women's national football team. This table takes into account all official England matches. Legacy numbers were introduced in November 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of an official England women's team. [1]
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 ...
In 2023, the multi-hyphenate beat her own record for the highest-selling tour by a Black person, which she set with the $256 million-grossing Formation World Tour in 2016.