Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is an American retired soccer player. She was a member of the United States women's national team for 23 years and is the most-capped football player in the history of the sport, gaining her 354th and final cap against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier in November 2010. Lilly scored 130 goals for the US national team, behind Mia Hamm's 158 goals, and Abby Wambach's 184.
Birgit Prinz is a German former footballer, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year. In addition to the German national team, Prinz played for 1. FFC Frankfurt in the Frauen-Bundesliga as well as the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's league in the United States. Prinz remains one of the game's most prolific strikers and is the second FIFA Women's World Cup all-time leading scorer with 14 goals. In 2011, she announced the end of her active career. She currently works as a sport psychologist for the men's and women's teams of Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Carlos Alberto Gamarra Pavón is a Paraguayan former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He captained the Paraguay national team at international level and was for a long time the most capped player in Paraguayan football history, having made 110 international appearances and scoring 12 goals. Throughout his career, Gamarra was known for his leadership, physical strength, ability in the air, heading accuracy, and outstanding tackling skills, which made him one of the most respected defenders in South America.
Pu Wei is Chinese former footballer who played as a midfielder. A veteran of three FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments and three Olympics, Pu Wei competed in USA 1999, USA 2003, China 2007, Sydney 2000 Olympics, Athens 2004 Olympics, and Beijing 2008; as China did not qualify for Germany 2011 World Cup and London 2012 Olympics. Until 2013, Pu was the captain of China women's national football team. She retired after a friendly with North Korea on 15 February 2014.
Homare Sawa is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or a midfielder. Regarded by many as one of the greatest female footballers of all time and the greatest Asian female footballer of all time, Sawa had a professional club career spanning 24 seasons, mostly with Nippon TV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa. She also spent 22 years with the Japan national team, most notably captaining them to a FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 and an Olympic silver medal finish in 2012.
Greece has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Football in particular has seen a rapid transformation, with the Greece national football team winning the UEFA Euro 2004. Many Greek athletes have also achieved significant success and have won world and olympic titles in numerous sports during the years, such as basketball, wrestling, water polo, athletics, weightlifting, with many of them becoming international stars inside their sports. The successful organisation of the Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games led also to the further development of many sports and has led to the creation of many world class sport venues all over Greece and especially in Athens. Greek athletes have won a total 161 medals for Greece in 17 different Olympic sports at the Summer Olympic Games, including the Intercalated Games, an achievement which makes Greece one of the top nations globally, in the world's rankings of medals per capital
Maria Lazarou is a retired Greek football player who played for Greece women's national football team, which she also captained, and a former football manager.
Maria Papadopoulou is a Cypriot former swimmer who specialized in butterfly events. She set a Cypriot record of 1:01.67 to earn a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia.
Zanna Proniadou is a Greek volleyball player. She was part of the Greece women's national volleyball team.
Chima Nwosu was a female Nigerian football defender.
Cassandra Kell is a female Australian football goalkeeper.
Maria Peter Yatrakis, known in Greece as Maria Giatrakis, is an American-born Greek football manager and former player, who played as a goalkeeper. She has been a member of the Greece women's national team.
Sophia Antonia Smith is an American-born Greek retired footballer who played as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Greece women's national team.
Eftichia "Efi" Michailidou is a Greek retired football midfielder who played for the Greece women's national football team. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for Kavala 86.
Konstantina Katsaiti is a Greek football defender who played for the Greece women's national football team. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the club level, she played for Aegina.
Angeliki Tefani is a former Greek footballer who played as a forward. She played for Greece at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At club level she played for Ifestos Peristeriou.
Walker Amiel Loseno, known in Greece as Amalia Loseno, is an American-born Greek retired footballer who played as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Greece women's national team.
Alexandra Kavadas, known in Greece as Alexandra Kavvada, is an American-born Greek retired footballer who played as a defender. She has been a member of the Greece women's national team.
Ileana Moschos is an American-born Greek former footballer wbho played as a goalkeeper.
Gitte Krogh is a former Danish female football forward. She was part of the Denmark women's national football team.
