Nadia Nadim (Persian: نادیه ندیم; born 2 January 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AC Milan.

[4][5] Shortly after arriving in Denmark, when 12 years old, she tried football for the first time and began playing at the small local club GUG in Aalborg.

Nadim played for B52 Aalborg, Team Viborg from 2005 to 2006 and IK Skovbakken from 2006 to 2012, before moving to Fortuna Hjørring in 2012.

In the 2017 season, she helped the team to a second-place finish in the league[12] and victory in the NWSL Championship game.

On 28 September 2017, Nadim signed for FA Women's Super League side Manchester City for the 2018 season.

[14] In her second match for the team she scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory over Chelsea in the semi-final of the Continental Tyres Cup.

[15] On 26 July 2018, while on the US tour with Manchester City, the BBC reported that Nadim had requested a transfer out of the club, stating that she had never felt at home there and wanted to leave.

In September 2021, with the NWSL reeling from abuse scandals, she accused NJ/NY Gotham FC management of forging her signature on a contract extension so they could trade her rights to Portland in January 2016.

When citizenship was eventually granted in 2008, FIFA eligibility rules blocked Nadim from playing for Denmark, because she had not yet been resident for the requisite five years after turning 18.

[25] A subsequent challenge from the Danish Football Association (DBU) led to FIFA's legal department making an exception to the rules in Nadim's case.

[26] Nadim immediately became a member of the Denmark national team, making her debut in the 2009 Algarve Cup in a 2–0 defeat by the United States.

[30] In Denmark's opening group match against hosts Sweden Nadim featured as a substitute in an eventful 1–1 draw.

[37] Subsequently, Nadim denied having received money for her performance in Qatar, which turned out to be untrue when Danish newspaper B.T.

[40][41] Nadim attended medical school at Aarhus University (remotely during the football season) with the aim of becoming a surgeon when her playing days are over.

When Nadia learned that her mother had died, she departed during her work as a pundit for British broadcaster ITV at the Denmark–Tunisia match in the Men's World Cup.

[53] In 2016, Danish TV station DR released a four-episode long documentary about Nadia that followed her from Denmark to the United States, documenting her player development with the Portland Thorns.