Sunglasses are needed for viewing of these 10 ace stars who radiance brightly connected the biggest stage.
From world-famous superstars to the biggest names for their nation, these 10 players person a immense interaction successful women's football.
See who we picked arsenic the 10 superstars astatine the Women's Euros.
Belgium – Tessa Wullaert
Belgium's top goalscorer, antheral oregon woman, Tessa Wullaert tin person a devastating effect connected a crippled – conscionable inquire England. The guardant missed the archetypal of the Red Flames’ encounters with the Lionesses successful the Nations League this twelvemonth arsenic her broadside mislaid 5-0.
Just 4 days later, Wullaert was acceptable capable to commencement and scored doubly wrong the opening 29 minutes to inflict different decision connected England. It was the 2nd clip the 32-year-old had scored a brace successful a 3-2 triumph implicit the Lionesses having derailed their propulsion for Olympic shot successful the erstwhile Nations League campaign.
Lethal connected the counter-attack, the Inter striker has netted astir 100 goals for her state since making her debut successful 2011.
Denmark – Pernille Harder
On the home stage, Pernille Harder is unparalleled. The Danish guardant has won 10 consecutive league titles crossed 3 leagues and 4 teams, astir precocious with Bayern Munich.
Her different victories came astatine Linköping, Wolfsburg and Chelsea with her trophy furniture holding 22 winners’ medals. There volition besides beryllium a spot for her Euros runners-up medal from 2017 erstwhile Denmark mislaid to the Netherlands successful the final.
While planetary squad honours person escaped Harder, individually, she has excelled, winning the Danish Women’s Football Player of the Year 8 times, including six times successful a row. She was besides named UEFA Women’s Player of the Year twice, finishing 2nd successful the women’s Ballon d’Or successful the archetypal of those years successful 2018.
England – Lucy Bronze
When Tough is her mediate name, you cognize what you are getting with Lucy Bronze. The right-back is no-nonsense and has been astatine the apical of her crippled since breaking done astatine Sunderland successful 2007.
Having traversed the North West, playing for Everton, Liverpool and Manchester City, Bronze crossed the Channel to triumph 3 Champions League trophies with Lyon. Individual honours besides came there, winning the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year Award successful 2019 and the FIFA Best Women’s Player a twelvemonth later.
A instrumentality to Manchester City was followed by a determination to Barcelona wherever 2 much Champions League titles followed. Back successful the UK this season, this clip with Chelsea, Bronze became the archetypal women to triumph 3 home trebles successful 3 antithetic countries.
France – Marie-Antoinette Katoto
With the aged defender of France connected the mode out, Marie-Antoinette Katoto is the caller shining prima of Les Bleues. The guardant has a startling grounds astatine planetary level, with 37 goals from her archetypal 51 appearances.
Her numbers astatine nine level are likewise incredible, having scored 180 goals successful 223 appearances for Paris Saint-Germain. She has been an important portion of French shot since a young age, becoming PSG’s apical goalscorer aged conscionable 23.
Katoto has since joined European giants Lyon, a motion of however her prima continues to rise.
Germany – Sara Däbritz
The lone surviving subordinate of Germany’s Olympic gold-medal winning squad successful 2016, Sara Däbritz has an awesome medal collection. The midfielder has been Germany’s astir experienced subordinate successful caller squads having made implicit 100 appearances for the nationalist squad since making her debut aged conscionable 18.
She concisely dropped backmost down to U-20 level to assistance her broadside triumph the U-20 Women’s World Cup successful 2014, having already won a elder Euros title. With Bayern Munich she won her archetypal league rubric earlier joining Paris Saint-Germain and winning the archetypal of 4 Première Ligue titles betwixt PSG and Lyon.
A determination to Real Madrid volition spot her effort her manus successful a 3rd league but not earlier she aims to gain Germany its ninth Euros title.
Netherlands – Daniëlle van de Donk
A sanction good known to Arsenal fans, Daniëlle van de Donk has been playing for the Netherlands for 15 years. She made her debut aged 19 and has gone connected to registry implicit 150 appearances. Van de Donk chopped her teeth astatine Willem II and PSV earlier joining the Gunners successful 2015 via Häcken successful Sweden and was a cardinal portion of their 2018/19 WSL rubric winning side.
It was besides portion astatine Arsenal that planetary acclaim came, winning the Women’s Euros connected location ungraded earlier finishing runners-up astatine the World Cup 2 years later. More trophies followed aft her determination to Lyon, winning the Champions League arsenic good arsenic 4 league titles successful a row.
Norway – Caroline Graham Hansen
Can a idiosyncratic with a grounds arsenic awesome arsenic Caroline Graham Hansen beryllium described arsenic overlooked? Operating connected the planetary signifier since she was 16, the winger has truthful often been the 1 to assistance others shine, successful portion owed to the outrageous prime of her passes.
In 2019, she became the archetypal Norwegian ever to play for Barcelona arsenic they began their tally of dominance successful Liga F. Graham Hansen was the Liga F’s apical scorer successful the 2023-24 arsenic she was besides named successful the Best FIFA Women’s 11 and nominated for the Ballon d’Or for the archetypal time, finishing second.
For Norway, she has been crucial, including starring the enactment astatine the 2019 World Cup, and has been named their apical pistillate subordinate of the twelvemonth connected 5 occasions.
Poland – Ewa Pajor
While Poland are preparing for their archetypal large tournament, they already person a bona fide prima successful Ewa Pajor. The skipper of her nationalist broadside has been dominating for nine and state since 2013 and scored the winning extremity to nonstop Poland to the Euros.
Having won the 2013 U-17 Euros that year, Pajor wasted nary clip making an content connected the elder stage, scoring 9 minutes into her debut. A determination to Wolfsburg beckoned with Pajor adding 5 Bundesliga titles to the 2 Ekstraliga trophies she had won successful Poland.
She has been the apical scorer successful 4 antithetic competitions, including successful the Copa de la Reina aft making the determination to Barcelona past season. Since joining Barcelona she has already netted 43 goals successful 45 matches to amusement she is peaking astatine the close time.
Spain – Aitana Bonmati
Arguably the champion subordinate successful the satellite close now, Aitana Bonmati has been dominating shot for the past fewer seasons. The Spanish midfielder is simply a merchandise of Barcelona’s celebrated academy and has repaid them handsomely, winning 3 Champions League titles and six consecutive league titles.
Individually, Bonmati is simply a back-to-back Ballon d’Or and FIFA Best winner, besides picking up the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year grant successful 2024 to amusement her interaction is crossed much than conscionable football. With La Roja she has been arsenic palmy – astatine property people she won the U-17 and U-19 Euros, besides reaching the last of the U-17 and U-20 World Cups.
As a elder player, Bonmati was a cardinal subordinate of their World Cup triumph successful 2023, winning the Golden Ball.
Wales – Jess Fishlock
There would beryllium nary Euros for Wales without Jess Fishlock, their skipper and all-time apical scorer. Since making her debut successful 2006, she has fixed her bosom and psyche to Cymru, each the portion travelling the world.
Fishlock has not played connected British shores since 2013, isolated from a indebtedness quality for Reading during the pandemic. Instead, the midfielder is 1 of the originals of NWSL broadside Seattle Reign, having besides played successful 7 antithetic countries since starting astatine Cardiff City successful 2002.
For Wales, she has been the archetypal subordinate to 100 and 150 appearances, and besides leads the mode successful goals crossed some the men’s and the women’s team.
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