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Michelle Akers, United States footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Michelle Akers
Michelle Akers
United States
February 1, 1966
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Michelle Akers is an American former soccer player who starred in the 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup and 1996 Olympics victories by the United States. At the 1991 World Cup, she won the Golden Shoe as the top scorer, with ten goals.

Akers is regarded as one of the greatest female soccer players in history. She was named FIFA Female Player of the Century in 2002, an award she shared with China's Sun Wen. In 2004, Akers and Mia Hamm were the only two women named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living soccer players selected by Pelé and commissioned by FIFA for that organization's 100th anniversary.

Akers is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, inducted in 2004.

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📋 Profile & Career

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⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Michelle Anne Akers
Date of birth: (1966-02-01) February 1, 1966 (age 60)
Place of birth: Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Positions: Midfielderforward
⚽ College career:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989: UCF Knights
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1990: Tyresö FF 18 (8)
1992: Tyresö FF
1992: Orlando Lions Women 29 (8)
1994: Tyresö FF 19 (3)
⚽ International career:
1985–2000: United States 155 (107)
⚽ Managerial career:
2022: Orlando Pride (assistant)

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Channel Image Michelle Akers Goals - Norway 1 USA 2 - 1991 Women's World Cup Final
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Channel Image Michelle Akers - All 12 World Cup’s Goals [Highlights] ⚽🏆
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Channel Image Michelle Akers on Building the USWNT, Scoring the Team's 1st Goal & Changing Women’s Soccer Forever
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Channel Image Michelle Akers Testimonial Match Tribute Video - Sept. 14 2002
12 years ago • 1.57K views
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Channel Image Michelle Akers: The US had no idea what was happening at that first World Cup
7 years ago • 2.65K views
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4 years ago • 198 views
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11 years ago • 9.78K views
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14 years ago • 120.61K views
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10 years ago • 1.79K views
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Soccer Star Michelle Akers: From Scoring Goals to Rescuing Horses - Guideposts

WOMEN’S SOCCER HISTORY MONTH (Day 16): Michelle Akers: Soccer’s iron woman (1999) - Front Row Soccer

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