Wang Shanshan (; born 27 January 1990) is a Chinese
association football
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player who plays for
Chinese Women's Super League
The Chinese Women's Super League (CWSL) is the top level women's association football, football league in China. It was called the Chinese Women's National Football League from 2011 to 2014.
History
The league started in 1997 as the Chinese Wome ...
club
Tianjin Tengde.
International career
Wang played at the
2011 Summer Universiade. She made her
senior team debut in March 2012 against
Germany
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. In April 2015, she scored in China's 2–1
friendly defeat to
England
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.
At the 2018 Asian Games, she scored 9 goals against Tajikistan after appearing as a 56th-minute substitute.
To date, she has scored 55 goals in 146 appearances.
Style of play
Wang can play in many positions, much like
Ruud Gullit
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, but she mainly plays as a
striker. Coach
Hao Wei took advantage of her all-roundedness at the
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
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, playing her both in defence and attack.
International goals
See also
*
List of women's footballers with 100 or more caps
References
External links
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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
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