Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport.
The FIFA Puskás Award is an award established on 20 October 2009 by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), at the behest of then-president Sepp Blatter, to be awarded to the player judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant, or "most beautiful", goal of the calendar year. The Puskás award is announced yearly and is considered by voting. From 2024, only male players are eligible to win, with the FIFA Marta Award established for female players instead.
Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England women's national team. She has previously played for Sunderland, Everton, Liverpool, Lyon, Manchester City and Barcelona, as well as North Carolina at college level in the United States and Great Britain at the Olympics. Bronze has won a total of five Champions League titles, three with Lyon and two with Barcelona; three Women's Super League titles, with Liverpool and Manchester City, and the Euro 2022 with England.
Wendie Thérèse Renard is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and captains both Première Ligue club Lyon and the France national team.
Saki Kumagai is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Italian club AS Roma and captains the Japan national team. A versatile defensive midfielder with keen sense of anticipation and exceptional tactical acumen, she is also able to be deployed as a central defender. She is regarded as one of the finest Asian female midfielders of all time. She is one of the most successful East Asian footballers, of any gender, at club and international level.
Lia Joëlle Wälti is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Arsenal and the Switzerland national team. She is the captain of the Swiss national team and the fourth captain of Arsenal. She was also the captain of her previous club Turbine Potsdam. Before signing for Arsenal in July 2018, she played professionally for Nationalliga A club YB Frauen from 2009 until 2013 and for Bundesliga club Turbine Potsdam from 2013 until 2018.
Claudia Christiane Endler Mutinelli is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Première Ligue club Lyon. She has previously played for Colo-Colo, Valencia, Paris Saint-Germain, and the University of South Florida.
Caroline Graham Hansen is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Norway women's national team.
Pernille Mosegaard Harder is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the world's most expensive female footballer following her transfer from VfL Wolfsburg to Chelsea, but the record was broken in September 2022 by Keira Walsh when she was signed to Barcelona. She is considered one of the best footballers in the world.
Caroline Elspeth Lillias Weir is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Spanish Liga F club Real Madrid CF and the Scotland national team.
Asisat Lamina OshoalaMON is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Bay FC and the Nigeria women's national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best female players in women's football and her generation. She is one of the most celebrated African female footballers of all time, having won African Women's Footballer of the Year a record six times.
Sakina Karchaoui is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.
Clàudia Pina Medina is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club FC Barcelona and the Spain women's national team.
Lizbeth Jacqueline Ovalle Muñoz, sometimes known as Jacqueline Ovalle, is a Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tigres UANL and the Mexico women's national team.
Hinata Miyazawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Japan national team.
Racheal Kundananji is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Bay FC and the Zambia national team.
Damaris Berta Egurrola is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Première Ligue club Lyon and the Netherlands national team. At club level, she made her debut with Athletic Club in 2015, moved to Everton in 2020, then signed for Lyon in January 2021.
Vanessa Brigitte Gilles is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon, on loan from National Women's Soccer League team Angel City FC, and the Canada national team.
Olga Carmona García is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Liga F club Real Madrid and the Spain national team. She played for Sevilla previously before joining the Madrid side. Olga is the current Real Madrid captain.
Teresa José Abelleira Dueñas is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga F club Real Madrid CF and the Spain women's national team.
Ada Hegerberg 
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