#9 Christine Sinclair
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When it comes to consistency, very few footballers can be written in the same line as Christine Sinclair. Carrying an astounding eight FIFA Footballer of the Year nominations, Sinclair is the highest active goalscorer today. In fact, she is only second all-time behind the great Abby Wambach who herself is an admirer of the Canadian skipper.
Wambach once even said, “She (Christine) is perhaps the greatest all-round player in the world.” Her coach, John Herdman, says Christine has a unique willingness to learn, improve and grow and that is what makes her unique. Her hunger, desire, and passion come second to no one when it comes to the game.
Sinclair is two-footed and tall and both of these are attributes that clearly played a great role in making her one of the greatest goal getters in the history of the game with a staggering 168 goals from 259 matches. Voted as the Canadian athlete of the year in 2012, the 34-year-old also won the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup, a Gold Medal at the Pan American Games as well as Bronze Medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
The University of Portland grad represented FC Gold Pride in the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons of the Women's Professional Soccer before moving on to the Western New York Flash in the 2011 season. She currently plays for Portland Thorns FC which she joined in 2013.
Sinclair has, in fact, won three professional championships with all three teams: the 2010 WPS Championship with FC Gold Pride, the 2011 WPS Championship with Western New York Flash, and the 2013 NWSL Championship with Portland Thorns FC.
She was also the leading scorer in the 2012 Olympics and was selected as the Canadian Player of the Year 13 times.
Christine Sinclair’s terrific hat-trick scoring effort which went in vain against the USA in the 2012 Olympic Games can be seen below.
