Arsenal forward Beth Mead shot to superstardom in the summer of 2022 when the Lionesses made history by beating German🌄y in the Euroꦑ 2022 final at Wembley.
Mead has enjoyed plenty of team success throughout her career while col﷽lecting countless individual 𓄧records and accolades.
Speaking of the final, Mead said: “It was a proud moment for me and a surreal moment – walking out of that tunnel and going to play in front of a home crowd.
“The day in general, the noise in general, the atmosphere was honestly something I’ll never feel or experience again.”
We have covered all you need to k🎃now about Mead’s career to dateꦰ.
Beth Mead’s England Career Achievements
- Mead was the star player for England as they won Euro 2022.
- Mead scored six goals and assisted five on the Lionesses’ route to glory, earning Player of the Tournament and the Golden Boot.
- Mead’s efforts at the Euros contributed to a runner-up placing in Ballon d’Or Féminin voting in 2022 behind Alexia Putellas.
- Mead also finished second to Putellas for UEFA Player of the Year, but was named BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year.
- Mead won 2022 BBC Sports Personality of the Year ahead of Ben Stokes and Ronnie O’Sullivan, becoming the first women’s footballer to ever win the award.
- Mead is the first footballer to win Sports Journalists’ Association Sportswoman of the Year.
- Mead was named England Player of the Year for 2021-22 after winning Young Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.
- In the 2021-22 season, Mead scored 20 goals to break Jimmy Greaves’ previous record of 13 for the most England goals in a season.
- Mead has scored 29 goals in 50 England caps.
- Mead’s average of 0.58 goals per game is the best mark of the top 10 Lioness goalscorers.
- On 23rd October 2021 against Northern Ireland, Mead became the first woman to score a hat-trick for England at Wembley.
- Mead is the only English player in men’s or women’s football to win Player of the Tournament and the Golden Boot at a Euros or World Cup.
Beth Mead’s Arsenal Career Achievements
- Mead has made 144 appearances for Arsenal in all competitions, scoring 57 goals in the process.
- Mead has scored 52 goals in the Women’s Super League, 37 of which have come during her Arsenal stint.
- Only four players, including teammate Vivianne Miedema, have scored more WSL goals than Mead.
- Mead scored seven goals in 19 appearances as Arsenal won the 2018-19 league title.
- Mead has registered more assists (42) than any other player in Women’s Super League history.
- Mead has won three WSL Player of the Month awards, which is the most since the league was founded.
- After being shifted from central striker to winger, Mead registered a WSL record 12 assists in the 2018-19 season.
- In September 2022, Mead recorded her 93rd WSL goal involvement, placing second on the all-time list.
Beth Mead’s Sunderland Career Achievements
- Mead won the Women’s Premier League with Sunderland in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
- Mead scored 13 in 15 appearances as Sunderland won the Super League 2 title in 2014
- Mead was named North East FWA Player of the Year in 2015.
- The Whitby native was named Sunderland Player of the Year in 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2015-16.
- In 2015, Mead became the youngest Golden Boot winner in WSL history at 20 years old.
- Mead was named WSL Player of the Season in 2015, and was included in the 2015-16 PFA Team of the Year.
- In total, Mead scored 77 goals in 78 matches for Sunderland and was selected to their Team of the Decade in 2019.
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