Wang Shanshan

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

Wang at the 2015 Algarve Cup
Personal information
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	Tianjin Huisen
National team^‡
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–	China	139	(49)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 February 2020

Career

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]

At the 2018 Asian Games, she scored 9 goals in a match against Tajikistan after appearing as a 56th minute substitute.[6]

See also

• List of women's footballers with 100 or more caps

References

1. "List of Players – China PR" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
2. "Host China takes women's football 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.
6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45294908

External links

• Wang Shanshan at Soccerway