Wang Shanshan

Wang Shanshan

Wang at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
Full name Wang Shanshan
Date of birth (1990-01-27) January 27, 1990
Place of birth Luoyang, Henan, China
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6.1 in)[1]
Playing position Defender / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Tianjin Huisen
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– China 70 (9)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2016

Wang Shanshan (Chinese: 王珊珊; pinyin: Wáng Shānshān; born 27 January 1990) is a Chinese football defender who plays on the China women's national football team.

Wang Shanshan played for China's gold medal-winning team at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen.[2] She made her senior China women's national football team debut in March 2012, versus Germany.[3] In April 2015 she scored in China's 2–1 friendly defeat by England at Academy Stadium, Manchester.[4]

At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Wang Shanshan had been advertised as a defender but was deployed as a centre-forward by China's coach Hao Wei.[5] She scored in a 2–2 draw with New Zealand which secured China's qualification from the group, then hit the only goal as China beat Cameroon in the second round.

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players - China PR" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Host China takes women's footbal title at Universiade". China Daily. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Wang Shanshan". FIFA. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Leighton, Tony (9 April 2015). "England hold on to beat China thanks to Jodie Taylor and Fran Kirby goals". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Women's World Cup: China edge past Cameroon into last eight". The Guardian. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.


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