Michelle Akers - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Feb 01, 1966 Santa Clara, California, United States 58 years old

American association football player

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About Michelle Akers

  • Michelle Anne Akers (born February 1, 1966) 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 10 goals. Akers is regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time.
  • 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 (U.S.) National Soccer Hall of Fame; she was inducted in 2004, along with Paul Caligiuri and Eric Wynalda.

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