List of LGBT women's association footballers

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

Other professional footballers

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Ordered by career start chronologically

Name Nationality Career Notes & references
Lily Parr   England 1920–1951 [123]
Macarena Sánchez   Argentina 2006– [124]
Lisa Hurtig   Sweden 2007– [94]
Toni Pressley   United States 2008– [9]
Keelin Winters   United States 2011– [125]
Emma Lennartsson   Sweden 2013– [126]
Abbey-Leigh Stringer   England 2014– [7]
Claudia Walker   England 2014– [7]
Naomi Hartley   England 2018– [127]
Mara Gómez   Argentina 2022– [128]

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