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Megan Rapinoe is an American soccer player known for her achievements in professional and international soccer. She matters because she has been a prominent figure in women's sports and has used her platform to advocate for various social and political causes.
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Redding, California, USA
Megan Anna Rapinoe (born July 5, 1985) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger and captains OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the United States national team. Winner of the Ballon d'Or Féminin and named The Best FIFA Women's Player in 2019, Rapinoe won gold with the national team at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, 2015 FIFA Women's World…
Known for
- Rapinoe2026
- Soccer's American Dream — Self (archive footage)2026
- Periodical — Self2024
- Sue Bird: In the Clutch — Self2024
- Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer — Self (archive footage)2024
- Under Pressure: The U.S. Women's World Cup Team — Self2023
- Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL — Self - National Womens Soccer League Player (archive footage)2022
- The Soccer Football Movie — Megan Rapinoe (voice)2022
- LFG — Self2021
- Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe — Self2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anna
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Redding
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- University of Portland
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- OL Lyonnes
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 60
- Image
- Megan Rapinoe Stat Sports 2.jpg
- Height
- 170
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- Commons category
- Megan Rapinoe
- date of birth
- 1985-07-05
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- social media followers
- 6070
- unmarried partner
- Sue Bird
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- BBC 100 Women Edit-a-thon
- name in native language
- Juji Itadory
- end of work period
- 2023-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 21, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of September 27, 2023
Megan Anna Rapinoe (/rəˈpiːnoʊ/ ; born July 5, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder and winger. She spent most of her career playing for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. Winner of the Ballon d'Or Féminin and named The Best FIFA Women's Player in 2019, Rapinoe was a member of the national teams that won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015 and 2019, and the team that finished second in 2011. She also won gold at the Olympics in 2012. Rapinoe co-captained the national team alongside Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan from 2018 to 2020. She previously played for the Chicago Red Stars, Philadelphia Independence, and magicJack in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), as well as Lyon Women in France's Division 1 Féminine.
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