Vivianne Miedema reaching 100 senior international goals for the Netherlands is a huge individual landmark, but UEFA’s figures show why it carries more weight than a round number alone. According to UEFA, the Manchester City and Netherlands forward got there against Wales at Women’s EURO 2025.

That goal made Miedema the first Netherlands player to hit 100 at senior international level. UEFA also says only five other players in European women’s football had reached the same total at that point. So this is not simply a new Dutch record; it puts her in rare company on a wider European stage.

The key fact: a first for the Netherlands

The central part of UEFA’s account is clear. Miedema was the first player from the Netherlands to score 100 senior international goals, with the milestone arriving against Wales at Women’s EURO 2025.

That matters because it is a national first. No other Netherlands player had previously reached three figures for the senior national team. The number is neat, of course, but the real point is that it marked a level no Dutch player had managed before.

UEFA presents the goal as part of Miedema’s wider international scoring record, rather than as a one-off statistical curiosity. It was the moment a long-running total crossed an especially high threshold.

UEFA places her in rare European company

There is another layer to the 100-goal mark. UEFA says that, at the time, only five other players in European women’s football had scored 100 international goals.

That does not make a claim about every international scorer anywhere in world football. But within the European women’s game, UEFA’s figure underlines how unusual the total is. Miedema did not only become the first Dutch player to get there; she joined a group UEFA describes as extremely limited.

Put simply, the Wales goal had two meanings at once. It set a new standard for the Netherlands and placed Miedema alongside a small number of European players who had also reached 100 international goals.

The 60-goal record came much earlier

The 100th goal did not arrive out of nowhere. UEFA records that Miedema had already become the Netherlands’ all-time top scorer at the 2019 World Cup, when she reached 60 goals.

That earlier milestone is important context. At 60, she moved to the top of the Netherlands scoring list. By the time she reached 100 at Women’s EURO 2025, she was not just holding that record; she had extended it into completely new territory for the country.

There is a difference between the two moments. The 2019 World Cup landmark established Miedema as the Netherlands’ leading scorer. The Women’s EURO 2025 goal made her the first Dutch player to reach the separate benchmark of 100 senior international goals.

The gap between those figures is 40 goals, but the bigger story is the sequence. First, she took the all-time national scoring record. Later, she became the first player from the same country to enter three-figure territory.

Major tournaments feature throughout the record

UEFA’s profile also connects Miedema’s scoring record with several major tournaments. The 60th Netherlands goal came at the 2019 World Cup, while the 100th arrived at Women’s EURO 2025.

Those settings give both milestones extra context, although they remain separate events. One was the point at which she became the Netherlands’ all-time top scorer. The other was the point at which she became the country’s first senior international centurion.

UEFA also credits Miedema with a record ten goals at the 2021 Olympic tournament. That is a different type of record from her overall Netherlands total. A tournament record concerns scoring in one competition, while 100 senior international goals reflects scoring accumulated across international appearances over time.

Still, the two achievements fit together in UEFA’s picture of her. The 2021 Olympic tally shows a record noted in one major tournament, while the 100-goal mark shows sustained scoring for the Netherlands over a much longer period.

Earlier success at Under-19 level

Miedema’s documented tournament scoring distinctions go back further. UEFA says she was the top scorer when the Netherlands won the 2014 Women’s Under-19 EURO.

That belongs to youth international football, so it should not be mixed up with her senior total of 100 goals. But it is another recorded example of her being recognised for scoring in a Netherlands tournament campaign.

The 2014 achievement also came with a Netherlands title. UEFA lists Miedema as the tournament’s top scorer in that Under-19 EURO-winning side, adding an earlier international chapter to the later senior records.

A senior European champion too

UEFA also records that Miedema won Women’s EURO 2017 with the Netherlands. This is team-achievement context rather than another individual scoring total, and it is separate from her top-scorer recognition at the 2014 Under-19 EURO.

It is also separate from the 2021 Olympic tournament record, the 2019 World Cup milestone and the 100th senior international goal at Women’s EURO 2025. Each achievement has its own setting and should be treated that way.

Together, though, they show the pattern in UEFA’s profile: a top scorer in the Netherlands’ 2014 Under-19 EURO triumph, a Women’s EURO winner in 2017, a record ten-goal scorer at the 2021 Olympic tournament, and the Netherlands’ all-time senior top scorer before becoming its first player to reach 100.

What is confirmed, and what comes next

What UEFA confirms is specific. Miedema scored her 100th senior international goal for the Netherlands against Wales at Women’s EURO 2025. It made her the first Netherlands player to reach that total, and UEFA says only five other players in European women’s football had done the same by then.

UEFA’s profile is dated 31 May 2026 and describes her as a Manchester City and Netherlands forward. That description is source-dated context, not a claim about anything beyond the date of that UEFA profile.

The next verifiable point is simple: any further Netherlands goals would add to a total that has already broken new ground. For now, the confirmed landmark stands on its own — Vivianne Miedema is the first Dutch player to reach 100 senior international goals, and UEFA places that achievement among the rarest in European women’s football.