Popsugar Health & Fitness Unstoppable Best Football Players at the Women's World Cup 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup: These Are the 26 Players You Want to Keep Your Eyes on 13 May 2019 by Amanda Prahl Image Source: Getty / Harry How This Summer, the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup will be taking place across four cities in France. A total of 24 countries will be represented, with teams from every continent facing off in the huge tournament from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, July 7. One of the most exciting parts of the tournament is getting to see the very best female players in the world team up and face off against each other in an all-star international matchup nearly on par with the Olympics. With so many big names on the rosters, there are a ton of stories to follow. We've rounded up over two dozen of the most interesting players to keep an eye on during the tournament, from big-name stars to talented up-and-comers — check out our picks. 1 Sole Jaimes (Argentina) Image Source: Getty / Bradley Kanaris Age: 30 Position: Forward Career Highlight: Scoring five goals in the 2018 Copa América Femenina 1 / 26 2 Sam Kerr (Australia) Image Source: Getty / Michael Dodge Age: 25 Position: Forward Career Highlight: Selected as the team captain for the Australian national team after becoming the all-time best scorer in the National Women's Soccer League. 2 / 26 3 Marta (Brazil) Image Source: Getty / Rich Barnes Age: 33 Position: Forward Career Highlight: Holding the record for the most goals scored in the FIFA Women's World Cup, she was named the Best FIFA Women's World Player in 2018. 3 / 26 4 Christine Manie (Cameroon) Image Source: Getty / Rich Lam Age: 35 Position: Defender Career Highlight: Manie scored a goal in added time at the CAF 2018 Africa Women's Cup of Nations, sending her country's team to the 2019 World Cup. 4 / 26 5 Christine Sinclair (Canada) Image Source: Getty / Rich Lam Age: 35 Position: Forward Career Highlight: Sinclair is currently second place in all-time international goals scored for players of any gender. 5 / 26 6 Yanara Aedo (Chile) Image Source: Getty / Steve Christo Age: 25 Position: Midfielder Career Highlight: On the way to qualifying the Chilean team for the World Cup, Aedo personally scored three goals out of the team's thirteen. 6 / 26 7 Wang Shuang (China) Image Source: Getty / Wang He Age: 24 Position: Midfielder Career Highlight: In 2018, she became the first Chinese player to score a goal in the UEFA Women's Champions League. 7 / 26 8 Fran Kirby (England) Image Source: Getty / Ker Robertson Age: 25 Position: Forward Career Highlight: In 2018, she won the Professional Footballers' Association Women's Player of the Year and the inaugural Football Writers' Women's Footballer of the Year awards. 8 / 26 9 Amadine Henry (France) Image Source: Getty / Tim Clayton Age: 29 Position: Midfielder Career Highlight: Henry was awarded the Silver Ball Award as the tournament's Second Best Player at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. 9 / 26 10 Dzsenifer Marozsan (Germany) Image Source: Getty / Daniela Porcelli Age: 27 Position: Midfielder Career Highlight: In 2018, she was nominated for the prestigious Ballon d'Or Féminin. 10 / 26 11 Cecilia Salvai (Italy) Image Source: Getty / Tullio M. Puglia Age: 25 Position: Defender Career Highlight: Along with her teammates, Salvai's goal-scoring helped get Italy's team to their first World Cup since 1999. 11 / 26 12 Jody Brown (Jamaica) Image Source: Getty / Omar Vega Age: 17 Position: Forward Career Highlight: In the tournament that sent Jamaica's team to the World Cup, Brown was named the Concacaf Best Young Player of the tournament. 12 / 26 13 Yuka Momiki (Japan) Image Source: Getty / Hiroki Watanabe Age: 23 Position: Forward/midfielder Career Highlight: At the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Momiki scored four times in six matches to help Japan to a third-place finish. 13 / 26 14 Sherida Spitse (Netherlands) Image Source: Getty / Eric Verhoeven Age: 28 Position: Midfielder Career Highlight: Spitse was so in-demand that, in 2014, her transfer from one team to another became the first paid swap in Dutch soccer history. 14 / 26 15 Rosie White (New Zealand) Image Source: Getty / Hannah Peters Age: 25 Position: Forward/striker Career Highlight: Back in 2008, White scored back-to-back World Cup hat tricks: the first against Colombia in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and a second against Chile in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup two weeks later. 15 / 26 16 Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria) Image Source: Getty / Charly Triballeau Age: 19 Position: Forward Career Highlight: In 2017, she was named the most promising young soccer player on the African continent. 16 / 26 17 Lisa-Marie Utland (Norway) Image Source: Getty / Trond Tandberg Age: 26 Position: Forward Career Highlight: In the European qualifiers, Utland scored seven goals, putting her in a tie for the second-highest number in the whole tournament. 17 / 26 18 Erin Cuthbert (Scotland) Image Source: Getty / Eric Verhoeven Age: 20 Position: Forward Career Highlight: At the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship, Cuthbert scored Scotland's historic first-ever goal at a major women's tournament. 18 / 26 19 Kim Little (Scotland) Image Source: Getty / Daniela Porcelli Age: 28 Position: Midfielder Career Highlight: In 2016, she was named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year. 19 / 26 20 Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa) Image Source: Getty / Buda Mendes Age: 23 Position: Forward Career Highlight: Kgetlana is the reigning CAF African Women's Player of the Year. 20 / 26 21 Ji So-Yun (South Korea) Image Source: Getty / Albert Perez Age: 28 Position: Midfielder Career Highlight: Ji is the all-time top goal scorer on the South Korean women's national team. 21 / 26 22 Jennifer Hermoso Fuentes (Spain) Image Source: Getty / Eric Verhoeven Age: 28 Position: Forward/attacking midfielder Career Highlight: During the qualifying rounds for the World Cup, she made an impressive nine assists and seven goals. 22 / 26 23 Stina Blackstenius (Sweden) Image Source: Getty / Eric Verhoeven Age: 23 Position: Forward/striker Career Highlight: Blackstenius scored a goal in the gold-medal match at the 2016 Olympics, where Sweden ultimately won the silver medal. 23 / 26 24 Kanjana Sungngoen (Thailand) Image Source: Getty / Will Russell Age: 32 Position: Forward Career Highlight: Sungngoen helped secure her team's berth in the World Cup with a key goal during the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup. 24 / 26 25 Lindsay Horan (United States) Image Source: Getty / Justin Edmonds Age: 24 Position: Midfielder Career Highlight: In 2018, she was named the year's Most Valuable Player by the National Women's Soccer League. 25 / 26 26 Megan Rapinoe (United States) Image Source: Getty / Justin Edmonds Age: 33 Position: Midwinger/forward Career Highlight: At the 2012 London Olympics, she became the first player ever to score an "Olympic goal" (a goal direct from a corner kick) at Olympic Games. 26 / 26 UnstoppableWomen's World CupAthletesHealthy LivingSoccerWorld Cup