Shen Mengyu (; born 19 August 2001) is a Chinese professional

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who plays as a midfielder for

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club

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and the China national team.

Club career

Born in Shanghai in 2001, she played for Shanghai Shengli before joining

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in the

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at the age of 19,becoming the first Chinese woman to play in Scotland. In her first season, Shen helped Celtic win the 2021–22 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and the 2021–22 Scottish Women's Cup, the first time the ''Hoops'' achieved the double knockout trophy success. That summer, fellow Chinese player Shen Menglu also signed for Celtic. In 2023, the team retained the Scottish Cup. On 2 August 2024, she joined Women's Championship side London City Lionesses on a three year contract.

International career

On 5 July 2023, Shen was included in the 23-player squad for the

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. She made her senior international debut on 22 July 2023 in a 1–0 loss against Denmark in the World Cup group stage match.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Shen goal.''

Honours

Celtic *

: 2023–24 * Scottish Cup: 2021–22,

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: 2021–22

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* * * 2001 births Women's association football midfielders Celtic F.C. Women players Chinese expatriate women's footballers Footballers from Shanghai Chinese women's footballers Chinese Women's Super League players Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland Living people Scottish Women's Premier League players Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Scotland 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players China women's international footballers Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games {{PRChina-women-footy-bio-stub