Vivianne Miedema is a Dutch professional footballer who has played as a forward for the Netherlands women's national football team since 2013. She is the all-time top scorer for her country, for both women and men, and the first Dutch player and 19th woman to score one hundred international goals. 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. 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.

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. She finished as the top scorer in the qualification campaign with 16 goals. 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. 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. Her goals helped secure the first ever title for the Dutch women.

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. 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. She passed the record held by Manon Melis and extended her lead over the men's team's leading scorer at the time, Robin van Persie, who scored 50 goals before retiring. At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Miedema broke the record of most goals scored in a single Olympic tournament: 10. In 132 appearances for the senior national team as of March 2026, Miedema has scored 104 goals. None of her goals have come from penalty kicks.

She has scored eight hat-tricks: a double hat-trick (six goals) against Cyprus (2022), four goals against Zambia (2021) and South Korea (2025), and regular hat-tricks against Greece (2013), Russia (2017), and Portugal (twice, in 2013 and 2014). Her most productive year was 2017 with 20 goals from 21 games.

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.

+ Goals by Miedema for the Netherlands' senior national team Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 2 26 October 2013 Estádio José de Carvalho, Maia, Portugal 5–0 7–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 2 6–0 3 7–0 4 3 30 October 2013 Kras Stadion, Volendam, Netherlands 1–1 1–2 5 4 23 November 2013 Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2–0 7–0 6 3–0 7 6–0 8 5 12 February 2014 Oosterenkstadion, Zwolle, Netherlands 1–0 1–1 9 6 5 March 2014 GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–0 2–2 2014 Cyprus Women's Cup 10 9 12 March 2014 1–0 4–1 11 10 5 April 2014 Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion, Greece 3–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 12 11 7 May 2014 Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium 1–0 2–0 13 13 13 September 2014 De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands 1–0 3–2 14 2–1 15 3–2 16 17 22 November 2014 Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands 1–1 1–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification play-offs 17 18 27 November 2014 Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona, Italy 1–0 2–1 18 2–0 19 20 9 March 2015 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus 1–0 1–1 2015 Cyprus Women's Cup 20 28 17 September 2015 De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands 4–0 8–0 Friendly 21 6–0 22 32 25 January 2016 Spice Hotel, Belek, Turkey 1–0 2–1 23 33 2 March 2016 Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands 2–1 4–3 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic qualification 24 35 9 March 2016 Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 1–1 25 37 7 June 2016 Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, Netherlands 1–0 2–0 Friendly 26 2–0 27 39 20 October 2016 Tony Macaroni Arena, Livingston, Scotland 1–0 7–0 28 3–0 29 40 25 October 2016 Scholz Arena, Aalen, Germany 2–4 2–4 30 41 20 January 2017 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain 6–1 7–1 31 7–1 32 42 24 January 2017 1–0 4–0 33 2–0 34 4–0 35 44 3 March 2017 VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 1–3 2–3 2017 Algarve Cup 36 46 8 March 2017 Estádio Algarve, Faro-Loulé, Portugal 3–2 3–2 37 48 11 April 2017 De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands 1–0 4–0 Friendly 38 2–0 39 50 13 June 2017 De Adelaarshorst, Deventer, Netherlands 2–0 3–0 40 51 8 July 2017 Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands 3–0 5–0 41 4–0 42 55 29 July 2017 De Vijverberg, Doetinchem, Netherlands 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 43 56 3 August 2017 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands 1–0 3–0 44 57 6 August 2017 1–1 4–2 45 4–2 46 58 19 October 2017 NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria 2–0 2–0 Friendly 47 59 24 October 2017 Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands 1–0 1–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 48 60 24 November 2017 NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia 3–0 5–0 49 4–0 50 63 6 April 2018 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 3–0 7–0 51 64 4 September 2018 Intility Arena, Oslo, Norway 1–2 1–2 52 67 9 November 2018 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands 3–0 3–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification play-offs 53 68 13 November 2018 LIPO Park, Schaffhausen, Switzerland 1–0 1–1 54 69 19 January 2019 Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa 2–0 2–1 Friendly 55 72 6 March 2019 Estádio Municipal, Albufeira, Portugal 1–0 1–1 2019 Algarve Cup 56 73 5 April 2019 GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands 1–0 2–0 Friendly 57 74 9 April 2019 AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar, Netherlands 5–0 7–0 58 75 1 June 2019 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 2–0 3–0 59 77 15 June 2019 Stade du Hainaut, Valenciennes, France 1–0 3–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup 60 3–1 61 80 29 June 2019 1–0 2–0 62 83 30 August 2019 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 1–0 7–0 2022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification 63 5–0 64 84 4 October 2019 Fazanerija City Stadium, Murska Sobota, Slovenia 1–0 4–2 65 85 8 October 2019 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands 2–0 2–0 66 86 8 November 2019 Bornova Stadium, İzmir, Turkey 3–0 8–0 67 5–0 68 87 12 November 2019 GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands 3–1 4–1 69 4–1 70 91 27 October 2020 Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, Kosovo 5–0 6–0 7192 18 February 2021 King Baudouin Stadium, Belgium 1–0 6–1 Friendly 72 96 15 June 2021 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands 1–0 7–0 73 5–0 74 97 21 July 2021 Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan 1–0 10–3 2020 Summer Olympics 75 3–0 76 4–1 77 7–1 78 98 24 July 2021 1–0 3–3 79 2–1 80 99 27 July 2021 Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Japan 5–1 8–2 81 8–2 82 100 30 July 2021 1–0 2–2 83 2–2 84101 17 September 2021 Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands 1–1 1–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 85103 22 October 2021 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus 1–0 8–0 86 107 8 April 2022 Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands 1–0 12–0 87 4–0 88 5–0 89 7–0 90 10–0 91 11–0 9210812 April 2022ADO Den Haag Stadium, The Hague, Netherlands 3–1 5–1 Friendly 93 111 2 July 2022 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands 1–0 2–0 94 2–0 951142 September 2022MAC³PARK Stadion, Zwolle, Netherlands 1–0 2–1 9612016 July 2024Brann Stadion, Bergen, Norway 1–1 1–1 2025 UEFA Women's Euro qualification 971248 April 2025Cashpoint Arena, Altach, Austria 3–1 3–1 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League 98 125 26 June 2025 Kooi Stadion, Leeuwarden, Netherlands 1–0 2–1 Friendly 99 2–0 1001265 July 2025Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland1–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2025 101 130 2 December 2025 Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, Netherlands 1–0 5–0 Friendly 102 2–0 103 3–0 104 4–0

Hat-tricks

+ List of international hat-tricks scored by Vivianne MiedemaNo.DateVenueOpponentGoalsResultCompetition126 October 2013Estádio José de Carvalho, Maia, Portugal3 (78’, 81’, 90+4’)7–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification223 November 2013 Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam, Netherlands3 (23’, 29’, 64’)7–0313 September 2014De Koel, Venlo, Netherlands3 (28’, 54’, 68’)3–2424 January 2017Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain3 (42’, 59’, 90+1’)4–0Friendly521 July 2021Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan4 (9’, 15’, 29’, 59’)10–32020 Summer Olympics68 April 2022Euroborg, Groningen, Netherlands6 (23’, 41’, 44’, 54’, 69’, 76’)12–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification782 December 2025Mandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, Netherlands4 (9’, 17’, 31’, 38’)5–0Friendly

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNetherlands2013472014141120151232016108201721202018742019191620204120211315202211102023202024312025108202620Total132104

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 36 FIFA World Cup qualifiers 31 UEFA European Championship qualifiers 10 FIFA World Cup finals 3 5 UEFA Women's Nations League 1 Olympic Games 10 Other 8 Total 104

See also List of top international women's football goal scorers by country List of women's footballers with 100 or more international goals

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