The Netherlands international joins Gareth Taylor’s side following an illustrious seven-year stay at Arsenal where she broke a swathe of individual records and became the all-time leading Barclays Women’s Super League goalscorer.
Her current tally in the division since its inception stands at 80 and she’ll be aiming to add to that tally in sky blue.
Ahead of her linking up with her new team-mates, find out more about Miedema’s phenomenal scoring feats below…
Back of the net
Miedema tallied 106 appearances in the WSL with Arsenal during which she became the division’s all-time leading markswoman with a total of 80 goals.
As a result, she’s netted 0.74 times per match on average – but she is much more than a goalscorer.
Another fantastic milestone that the Netherlands international can claim is being the first player in the competition’s history to reach 100 goal involvements, with 70 strikes and 30 assists.
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What makes this feat even more remarkable is that she did so in just 83 appearances.
Overall, she has registered 35 WSL assists which ranks her third highest in the all-time division standings for this category.
What’s more, she was also the quickest player to 50 WSL goals (50 games) and has recorded the most consecutive games scoring against the same opponents with seven straight matches against Reading.
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With 11 goals overall, Bristol City have been Miedema’s favourite opponents to face in the WSL.
Remarkably, she hit six against the Vixens in one match when Arsenal beat them 11-1 at Meadow Park in December 2019.
The Netherlands international has also reached double figures against Reading with 12 strikes against the Royals which is closely followed by her tally of nine against Liverpool.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, she became the first player in the history of the competition to score against every opponent faced.
INSIDE OUT
Due to her fantastic ability and numbers when providing for team-mates, it would be unfair to suggest Miedema is little more than a poacher inside the area.
However, the Dutch forward’s numbers inside the 18-yard box further highlight her sparkling value all over the field with the majority of her strikes arriving from that part of the pitch.
Across her 80 league goals, 70 have come from inside the box – with an impressive 10 still arriving from range.
HAT-TRICK HERO
Another WSL chart the forward tops is the most hat-tricks in the division with five, level with her new City colleague ‘Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw’.
Her first treble came in a 5-0 victory over Liverpool for Arsenal in September 2018 before she netted three times in matches against Reading, Bristol City (twice) and Tottenham Hotspur.
ACCOLADES
Throughout Miedema’s illustrious career so far, she has won numerous team and individual honours.
So far, she has won three top-flight titles in the form of two Bundesliga crowns (2014/15 and 2015/16) and the WSL (2018/19).
During her time with the Gunners she also lifted three Continental Cups.
The 27-year-old’s domestic dominance has also translated onto the international stage where she helped the Netherlands win the 2017 UEFA Women’s Championship in her homeland.
Her stellar goalscoring exploits earned her the WSL Golden Boot in 2018/19 and 2019/20, a place in the FIFA Women’s World Cup All-Star Squad (2019), the PFA Women’s Players’ Player of the Year (2018/19), FWA Women’s Footballer of the Year (2019/20), an inclusion in the FIFA FIFPro Women’s World11 (2020 and 2021) (BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year: 2021) and a place in the PFA Team of the Year (2018/19, 2019/20, 2021/22).
