Xiao Yuyi (; born 10 January 1996 in Shantou,

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) is a

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international

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player who plays for the

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and

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of the

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(CWSL).

Club career

In November 2022, Xiao was loaned to Australian club

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. In February 2023, she ended her loan early so she could have more opportunities to train with the

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ahead of the

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International career

Xiao is seemed as the Miss Fortune of

. At the second leg of Olympic qualifying against South Korea, she made an assist to equalize the score to 2–2. She also scored the winning goal in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final against

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in injury time.

International goals

References

1996 births Living people Chinese women's footballers Women's association football midfielders China women's international footballers Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of China Adelaide United FC (A-League Women) players {{PRChina-women-footy-bio-stub