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Vivianne Miedema and her partner Lisa Evans have become the latest football stars to join Common Goal.
Arsenal striker Miedema is the all-time leading goalscorer in the Women’s Super League and the Dutch national team, male or female, while Scotland international Evans is on loan at West Ham from the Gunners.
They will both pledge one per cent of their salary to the growing social impact movement which supports and empowers football-based charities around the world.
Lisa Evans and Vivianne Miedema are the two latest footballers to join Common Goal
Evans (left) and Miedema will pledge one per cent of their salary to the movement
Common Goal was launched by Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata in 2017 and there are now over 200 players, managers and influential figures in football who have pledged their commitment including Pernille Harder, Paulo Dybala, Alex Morgan, Jurgen Klopp, Casey Stoney, Christiane Endler, Izzy Christiansen and Serge Gnabry.
Miedema and Evans made the decision to join Common Goal after speaking to their Arsenal team-mate Lotte Wubben-Moy, who joined the movement in May. They have chosen to help tackle the negative effects of conflict by supporting high-impact community organisations working with young people in situations of violence and conflict around the world.
Miedema, who is already a long-standing supporter of the NGO War Child, said:
