Meet the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year nominees

25 April 2018

Lucy Bronze. Big moment of 2017: Scored to help her team Man City win FA Cup final. Career highlights: Named PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year in 2014 and 2017, and also the English FA's Player of the Year in 2015. Says: “You'll probably see me with a smile on my face and joking but I take the game 100% seriously.” — Image caption,
Plays for: Olympique Lyonnais and England. Position: Right-back

Sam Kerr. Big moment of 2017: Top scorer in Australia’s National Women's Soccer League with 17 goals and became the league's all-time leading scorer with 43. Career highlights: She was named Young Australian of the Year 2018 in January. Says: I love celebrating, whether I'm doing a backflip, sliding on my knees, hugging my team-mates, it's pure emotion and it's fun.”

Plays for: Chicago Red Stars, Perth Glory and Australia. Position: Forward.

Dzsenifer Marozsan. Big moment of 2017: Helped Olympique Lyon win treble of Champions League, French league and cup. Career highlights: Became the Bundesliga's youngest ever player when she made her debut at the age of 14. She was named Germany's Female Footballer of the Year in 2017.

Plays for: Olympique Lyonnais and Germany. Position: Midfielder.

Lieke Martens. Big moment of 2017: Helped Netherlands win Euro 2017, scoring three goals in tournament and being named Player of the Tournament. Career Highlights: Martens was named Best Fifa Women's Player in 2017 and Uefa Women's Player of the Year for 2016-17. Says: “I think it is also a privilege that I can be a professional football player, I dreamed about it and as a kid I always said it. I can't see a life without football.”

Plays for: FC Barcelona Femeni and Netherlands. Position: Midfielder/Forward

Pernille Harder. Big moment of 2017: Helped Wolfsburg win the Bundesliga and German Cup, captained Denmark to runners-up spot at Euro 2017. Career highlights: Has won Denmark's Player of the Year award for the past three years. Says: “David Beckham was my footballing inspiration - he was an amazing player.”

Plays for: VfL Wolfsburg and Denmark. Position: Forward

The winner will be announced on Tuesday 22 May 2018. Best of luck to all five footballers!

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