Sun Wen (footballer)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.
Sun Wen
Personal information
Date of birth April 6, 1973 (1973-04-06) (age 38)
Place of birth Shanghai,  China
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Retired
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1989-2000 Shanghai
2001-2002 Atlanta Beat 33 (7)
2003 Shanghai SVA
2006 Shanghai SVA
National team
1990-2006 China[1] 166 (106)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
Olympic medal record
Women's Football
Competitor for  China
Silver 1996 Atlanta Team Competition

Sun Wen (simplified Chinese: 孙雯; traditional Chinese: 孫雯; pinyin: Sūn Wén; born April 6, 1973 in Shanghai) is a retired well-known female Chinese football (soccer) player.

Sun appeared in the national squad at the age of 17 [2]. A strong striker with great skills and passing abilities, Sun won both the Golden Boot (which she shared with Sissi, of Brazil) and the Golden Ball for the 1999 Women's World Cup, and became the first woman to be nominated for the Asian Football Confederation player of the year award. Some regarded her as even superior to Mia Hamm, whom she has often been compared to. In 2002, she was voted FIFA's Woman Player of the Century, an award she shared with American Michelle Akers.[2] Sun played for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association from 2001 until the league's demise in 2003, and became an international relations student and a journalist in Fudan University. She returned to the Chinese women's team from a two-year retirement on December 15, 2005.[3] Due to injury reasons, Sun retired again after winning AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2006.

References

  1. ^ "中国女足出局玫瑰提前凋零 孙雯宣布挂靴" (in zh-cn). 潇湘晨报. 2003年10月04日. http://sports.sina.com.cn/s/2003-10-04/075866523s.shtml. Retrieved 2009年4月13日. 
  2. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (2001-08-23). "Sun Wen is up'beat' heading into title game". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/wusa/stories/2001-08-23-sunwen.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
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