Wang Shanshan
![]() Wang with China at the 2015 Algarve Cup | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wang Shanshan | ||
Date of birth | 27 January 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Luoyang, Henan, China | ||
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6.1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Tianjin Huisen | ||
2018–2019 | Dalian Quanjian | (1) | |
2019–2021 | Wuhan Jianghan University F.C. | 20 | (4) |
2021– | 5 | (2) | |
National team‡ | |||
2012– | China | 146 | (55) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 June 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 July 2021 |
Wang Shanshan (Chinese: 王珊珊; pinyin: Wáng Shānshān; born 27 January 1990) is a Chinese association football player who plays for Chinese Women's Super League club .
International career[]
Wang Shanshan played at the 2011 Summer Universiade.[2] She made her senior team debut in March 2012 against Germany.[3] In April 2015 she scored in China PR's 2–1 friendly defeat by England at Academy Stadium.[4]
At the 2018 Asian Games, she scored 9 goals against Tajikistan after appearing as a 56th minute substitute.[5]
To date, she has scored 55 goals in 146 appearances.
Style of play[]
Wang Shanshan can play in many positions, much like Ruud Gullit, but she mostly plays as a forward. Coach Hao Wei took advantage of her all-roundedness at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, playing her both in defence and attack.[6]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "List of Players – China PR" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "Host China takes women's football title at Universiade". China Daily. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Wang Shanshan". FIFA. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Asian Games 2018: China's Wang Shanshan scores nine goals in one game". BBC Sport. 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Women's World Cup: China edge past Cameroon into last eight". The Guardian. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
External links[]
- Wang Shanshan at Soccerway
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Chinese women's footballers
- China women's international footballers
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Women's association football defenders
- Footballers from Henan
- Sportspeople from Luoyang
- Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Olympic footballers of China
- Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for China
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Universiade gold medalists for China
- Universiade medalists in football
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- FIFA Century Club
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Chinese women's football biography stubs