Liu Shanshan (; born 16 March 1992) is a Chinese

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defender who plays on the China women's national football team and for Beijing BG Phoenix of the Chinese Women's Super League.

Career

Liu began football training when she was 5, following her father who had also been a footballer. She attended

Hebei Normal University Hebei Normal University () is a public research university in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China. It is a provincial key university with more than 100 years history, and is supported by both Hebei Province and Education Department of China. Hi ...

and played for China at the

2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 6th edition of the tournament. The tournament was played in Japan from 19 August to 8 September, with sixteen national football soccer teams and mark the first hosting of a FIFA women's football tourna ...

. On 8 December 2012, Liu made her debut for the China women's national football team, in a 4–0 defeat by the

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Ford Field Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the annual Quick Lane Bowl college football bowl game, state champ ...

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. At the

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...

, 23-year-old Liu entered the tournament with 33 caps and was one of the more experienced members of the Chinese squad.

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* * 1992 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 Sportspeople from Baoding Footballers from Hebei Women's association football defenders Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Olympic footballers of China 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Century Club Asian Games competitors for China 21st-century Chinese women {{PRChina-women-footy-bio-stub

Career

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