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List of LGBT women's association footballers

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This is a list of LGBTQ+ women's association footballers, including non-heterosexual female footballers (or those who have openly been in a same-sex relationship) as well transgender and non-binary footballers of any gender who have played for a women's association football team at the level specified.

International footballers

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Ordered by national team alphabetically

Name Nationality Career Notes & references
Lorena Benítez  Argentina [1]
Mackenzie Arnold  Australia [2]
Ellie Carpenter  Australia 2015– [3]
Alex Chidiac  Australia [4]
Brianna Davey  Australia [5]
Michelle Heyman  Australia 2008– [6]
Sam Kerr  Australia 2008– [6]
Chloe Logarzo  Australia 2011– [6]
Sarah Walsh  Australia [7]
Tameka Yallop  Australia 2007– [8]
Manuela Zinsberger  Austria 2010– [9]
Ella Van Kerkhoven  Belgium [10]
Diede Lemey  Belgium [10]
Marta  Brazil 2000– [11]
Francielle  Brazil 2006–2018 l[12]
Andressa Alves  Brazil 2010– [12]
Bárbara  Brazil [13]
Kadeisha Buchanan  Canada [14]
Stephanie Labbé  Canada [15]
Erin McLeod  Canada [16]
Quinn  Canada [17]
Fernanda Pinilla  Chile [18]
Pernille Harder  Denmark [19]
Dorte Dalum Jensen  Denmark [20]
Casey Stoney  England 1994–2018 [21]
Beth Mead  England 2011– [22]
Lauren Hemp  England 2016– [23]
Anita Asante  England [24]
Lucy Bronze  England [25]
Jessica Carter  England [26]
Rachel Daly  England [27]
Bethany England  England [28]
Melanie Garside-Wight  England [29]
Fran Kirby  England [30]
Jordan Nobbs  England [31]
Lianne Sanderson  England [32]
Jill Scott  England [33]
Demi Stokes  England [34]
Jodie Taylor  England [35]
Leah Williamson  England [36]
Pauline Peyraud-Magnin  France [37][38]
Nadine Angerer  Germany [39]
Ann-Katrin Berger  Germany [40]
Linda Bresonik  Germany [41]
Sara Doorsoun  Germany [42]
Inka Grings  Germany [43]
Ursula Holl  Germany [44]
Svenja Huth  Germany [45]
Steffi Jones  Germany [46]
Isabel Kerschowski  Germany [47]
Katja Kraus  Germany [48]
Kim Kulig  Germany [49]
Lea Schüller  Germany [50]
Edda Garðarsdóttir  Iceland [51]
Ólína Guðbjörg Viðarsdóttir  Iceland [51]
Sandra Sigurðardóttir  Iceland [52]
Ruesha Littlejohn  Ireland 2006– [53]
Katie McCabe  Ireland 2011– [54]
Isibeal Atkinson  Ireland 2017– [9]
Lisa Boattin  Italy [55]
Aurora Galli  Italy [56]
Manuela Giugliano  Italy [57]
Elena Linari  Italy [58]
Carolina Morace  Italy [59]
Kumi Yokoyama  Japan [60]
Janelly Farías  Mexico [61]
Bianca Henninger  Mexico [62]
Stephany Mayor  Mexico [63]
Bianca Sierra  Mexico [64]
Nathalie Geeris  Netherlands ?–2000 [65]
Daniëlle van de Donk  Netherlands 2008– [3]
Viviane Miedema  Netherlands 2011– [66]
Anouk Dekker  Netherlands [67]
Sherida Spitse  Netherlands [68]
Stefanie van der Gragt  Netherlands [69]
Merel van Dongen  Netherlands [70]
Kirsty Yallop  New Zealand 2004–2018 [8]
Katie Duncan  New Zealand [71]
Priscilla Duncan  New Zealand [72]
Michaela Foster  New Zealand [73]
Emma Kete  New Zealand [74]
Ria Percival  New Zealand [75]
Hannah Wilkinson  New Zealand [76]
Marissa Callaghan  Northern Ireland [77]
Ingrid Syrstad Engen  Norway [78]
Isabell Herlovsen  Norway [79]
Frida Maanum  Norway [80]
Linda Medalen  Norway [81]
Bente Nordby  Norway [82]
Guro Reitan  Norway [83]
Anja Sønstevold  Norway [84]
Tahnai Annis  Philippines [85]
Nadezhda Karpova  Russia [86]
Lisa Evans  Scotland 2008– [9]
Shannon Lynn  Scotland [87]
Eudy Simelane  South Africa [88]
Mapi León  Spain 2009– [89]
Alba Redondo  Spain 2009– [90]
Teresa Abelleira  Spain 2016– [91][92]
Ivana Andrés  Spain [93]
Ana "Willy" Romero  Spain [94]
Nilla Fischer  Sweden 1998–2022 [95]
Anneli Andelén  Sweden ?–2000 [65]
Filippa Angeldahl  Sweden [96]
Nathalie Björn  Sweden [97]
Lisa Dahlkvist  Sweden [98]
Magdalena Eriksson  Sweden [99]
Jennifer Falk  Sweden [100]
Lina Hurtig  Sweden [101]
Emma Kullberg  Sweden [102]
Jessica Landström  Sweden [103]
Malin Levenstad  Sweden [104]
Hedvig Lindahl  Sweden [105]
Victoria Sandell Svensson  Sweden [106]
Caroline Seger  Sweden [107]
Linda Sembrant  Sweden [108]
Pia Sundhage  Sweden [109]
Julia Zigiotti Olme  Sweden [110]
Ramona Bachmann  Switzerland [111]
Alisha Lehmann  Switzerland [112]
Noelle Maritz  Switzerland 2011– [9]
Ali Krieger  United States 2005–2019 [113]
Ashlyn Harris  United States 2009–2020 [113]
Kelley O'Hara  United States 2009– [114]
Megan Rapinoe  United States 2009– [115]
Kristie Mewis  United States 2013– [116]
Tierna Davidson  United States [117]
Adrianna Franch  United States [118]
Tobin Heath  United States 2010– [119]
Natasha Kai  United States [120]
Lori Lindsey  United States [121]
Joanna Lohman  United States [122]
Kelley O'Hara  United States [123]
Christen Press  United States 2009– [119]
Megan Rapinoe  United States [124]
Abby Wambach  United States [125]
Saskia Webber  United States [126]
Jess Fishlock  Wales 2002– [127]
Angharad James  Wales 2010– [128]
Stephanie Williams  Wales [129]
Andrea Worrall  Wales [130]

Other professional footballers

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Ordered by career start chronologically

Name Nationality Career Notes & references
Lily Parr  England 1920–1951 [131]
Macarena Sánchez  Argentina 2006– [132]
Lisa Hurtig  Sweden 2007– [101]
Toni Pressley  United States 2008– [11]
Keelin Winters  United States 2011– [133]
Emma Lennartsson  Sweden 2013– [134]
Abbey-Leigh Stringer  England 2014– [9]
Claudia Walker  England 2014– [9]
Naomi Hartley  England 2018– [135]
Mara Gómez  Argentina 2022– [136]

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