In recent years, there has been an increasing number of female footballers as well.

These conflicts with the main club were to lead shortly afterwards to the female footballers founding their own independent club.

It was here that she was registered as the first professional female footballer in England.

She was named Czech female footballer of the year in 2000 and 2003.

The previous year she had collected the Diamantbollen award for the best female footballer in the country.

It was reported that this incurred criticism from female footballers and some newspapers.

The best known female footballer is Siri Nordby, who started her career there.

As of the 2007-08 season, a total of 798 female footballers were licensed in 51 Turkish women's football teams.

She is one of the most well known Swedish female footballers.

Ranger was reportedly the first female footballer to earn her living from the sport in Germany.