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Canada's captain Christine Sinclair scored her first international goal in 2000 as a 16-year-old. Now, 20 years later at the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship she has set a new world record for most international goals of any football player, male or female. The goalgetter broke Abby Wambach's previous record of 184 goals.

Christine Sinclair

Christine Sinclair rewrites football history - more than Messi!

A look at the greatest female football players in the Olympics through the 21st century.

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Female football stars of the Olympics

We celebrate the most goal-hungry women's football players to grace the Olympic stage.

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Top women's football goalscorers at the Olympics

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Abby WAMBACH

Abby

If someone asked you to name the leading goal-scorer in international football, you might be inclined to name Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo.
That, however, is not the case.
In fact, if you were to slot top male scorer Ronaldo's tally of 122 goals among the top 15 scorers in women's football,

Football | Women's World Cup 2023

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Christine Sinclair #12 of Team Canada celebrates with Julia Grosso #7 following their team's victory in the penalty shoot out in the Women's Gold Medal Match between Canada and Sweden on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at International Stadium Yokohama on August 06, 2021 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

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Top scorer in international women's football: From Alex Morgan and Marta to Christine Sinclair 

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Carli Lloyd scores twice as the United States beat Japan 2-1 in the final at London 2012.

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