Michelle Akers

Michelle Akers
Personal information
Full name	Michelle Anne Akers
Date of birth	February 1, 1966
Place of birth	Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder, forward
College career
Years	Team
1985–1988	UCF Knights
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990	Tyresö FF
1992	Tyresö FF
1992	Orlando Lions Women
1994	Tyresö FF
International career
1985–2000	United States
Managerial career
2022	Orlando Pride (assistant)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing United States
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michelle Anne Akers (formerly Akers-Stahl; born February 1, 1966) is an American former soccer player who starred in the 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup and 1996 Olympics victories by the United States. At the 1991 World Cup, she won the Golden Shoe as the top scorer, with ten goals.

Akers is regarded as one of the greatest female soccer players in history. She was named FIFA Female Player of the Century in 2002, an award she shared with China's Sun Wen. In 2004, Akers and Mia Hamm were the only two women named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living soccer players selected by Pelé and commissioned by FIFA for that organization's 100th anniversary.

Akers is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame; she was inducted in 2004, along with Paul Caligiuri and Eric Wynalda.

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