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2004 Four Nations Tournament (women's Football)
The 2004 Four Nations Tournament (women's football), Four Nations Tournament was the fourth edition of this invitational women's soccer, women's football tournament held in China with four national teams participating in a round robin format. It was held from January 30 to February 3, 2004, in the city of Shenzhen. Final standings Match results ---- ---- References {{DEFAULTSORT:Four Four Nations Tournament (women's football), 2004 2004 in Chinese women's football January 2004 sports events in Asia February 2004 sports events in Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Dongguan to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, and Macau to the southwest. With a population of 17.5 million in 2020, Shenzhen is the List of cities in China by population, third most populous city by urban population in China after Shanghai and Beijing. The Port of Shenzhen is the List of busiest container ports, world's fourth busiest container port. Shenzhen roughly follows the administrative boundaries of Bao'an County, which was established in imperial times. After the Opium Wars, the southern portion of Bao'an County was occupied by the British and became part of British Hong Kong, while the village of Shenzhen was next to the border. Shenzhen turned into a city in 1979. In the early 1980s, Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malin Moström
Malin Sofi Moström (born 1 August 1975) is a Swedish former football midfielder, from 2001 to 2006 she was the captain of the Sweden women's national football team. Nicknamed "Mosan", she retired in December 2006 in order to focus on her family and new career as a property agent. Club career Starting her career in Hägglunds IoFK in her native Örnsköldsvik, she joined Umeå IK in 1995, playing in Damallsvenskan, the highest division of women's football in Sweden. In 2000 she won her first Swedish Championship with the club, and in the following year received the '' Diamantbollen'', the Swedish Football Association's annual prize to the woman player of the year. She also won the Midfielder of the Year in 2003–2005. In 2002 she became the captain of Umeå IK, and in 2003 and 2004, she won the UEFA Women's Cup with the team. When Moström retired after the 2006 season, Umeå IK retired the number six shirt in her honour. The following season she made a brief comeback, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Chinese Women's Football
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josefine Öqvist
Anna Lenita Josefine Öqvist (born 23 July 1983) is a Swedish former footballer who played for Montpellier of the French Division 1 Féminine and the Swedish national team. She scored a critical goal at the 86' minute in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup semifinals against Canada to put Sweden through to the final. Nicknamed Jossan, she was named the Swedish Rookie of the Year in 2003. While her primary position is a forward, she was named as a midfielder for the 2008 Summer Olympics. During the tournament she was injured and replaced with Maria Aronsson. Along with Caroline Jönsson, Öqvist tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) before the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and was consequently removed from the roster to recover. Pin-up girl Öqvist attracted attention for a bikini photoshoot in the magazine, '' Slitz'', in the Spring of 2004. She was also filmed swapping jerseys with a male supporter at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. Club career After t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Jie (footballer)
Li Jie (; born 8 July 1979, in Beijing) is a Chinese football player who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ... and the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the latter on home soil. International goals External links Li Jie at Yahoo! Sports 1979 births Living people Chinese women's footballers 21st-century Chinese sportswomen China women's international footballers Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for China 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Beijing Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Fawcett
Joy Lynn Fawcett (; born February 8, 1968) is an American soccer coach and former professional player. She earned 241 caps with the United States women's national soccer team and retired in 2004 as the highest scoring defender in team history. Fawcett was a founding member of the WUSA and was elected for induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009. She was in the movie '' Soccer Mom'' as herself. Youth Fawcett grew up in southern California, where she attended Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California. Her high school team won four league championships. She then attended the University of California, Berkeley where she played on the women's soccer team from 1987 to 1989. She was a three-time, first team All-American. She holds the school record for single-season scoring with 23 goals in 1987. Fawcett graduated from UC Berkeley in 1992 with a BA degree in Physical Education. Cal inducted her into the school's Hall of Fame in October 1997. Club Faw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Palmqvist
Jenny Palmqvist (born 2 November 1969) is a Swedish association football referee. Early life and education Palmqvist was born in South Korea and grew up in Sweden. She is tall and can speak English, as well as her native Swedish. Career Palmqvist has refereed several major women's association football matches at domestic and international level. These include the final of the 2004 Summer Olympics tournament and the 2009 and 2012 UEFA Champions Leagues. In the 2012 Summer Olympics' United States 1–0 North Korea group stage game she showed North Korea's Choe Mi-gyong the only red card in the tournament. She previously signaled the tournament's first penalty in the opening matchday's Brazil 5–0 Cameroon. Major games by tournament National teams * 2004 Summer Olympics — The United States 2–1 Brazil final. * 2006 Asian Cup — The Australia 2–0 Japan semifinal. * 2006 U–20 World Championship — The China 0–0 United States third place game and the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Sinclair
Christine Margaret Sinclair (born June 12, 1983) is a retired Canadian professional Association football, soccer player who most recently played as a Forward (association football), forward for the Portland Thorns FC, Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and, from 2000 until her retirement from international soccer in 2023, was a member of the Canada women's national soccer team, Canadian national team. An Olympic gold medallist, two-time Olympic bronze medallist, CONCACAF champion, and 14-time winner of the Canadian Players of the Year, Canada Soccer Player of the Year award, Sinclair is officially the world's all-time leader for List of international goals scored by Christine Sinclair, international goals scored for List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country, men or List of women's footballers with 100 or more international goals, women with 190 goals, and is one of the most-Cap (sport), capped international soccer pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Therese Sjögran
Kerstin Ingrid Therese Sjögran (born 8 April 1977) is a Swedish Association football, football manager and coach, and former player as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Sweden women's national football team, Sweden national team. A modern pioneer and source of inspiration in women's football, she is considered one of the greatest Swedish footballers of all time and imagined by some as a possible future head coach for the national team. Nicknamed "Terre", Sjögran made her first Damallsvenskan appearances for Kristianstads DFF, Kristianstad/Wä DFF. She joined Malmö FF Dam in 2001 and remained with the club through its different guises as LdB FC and FC Rosengård. Sjögran spent the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer season, 2011 season with American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) club Sky Blue FC. Sweden's all-time record appearance holder, Sjögran is the first player to win 200 Cap (sports), caps for ''Blågult'' and is tied with Birgit Prinz at 214 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Svensson
Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan, she was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, and is one of the most merited Swedish footballers of all time. She was originally known as Victoria Svensson, and then Victoria Sandell Svensson after marrying Camilla Sandell in April 2008 and adding her surname to her own. Career In 1998, and again in 2003, she won the Diamantbollen, an award given to the best female player in Sweden each year. Also in 1998, 2001, and 2003 Sandell Svensson scored the most goals in the Damallsvenskan. Sandell Svensson retired after Sweden's Euro 2009 quarter-final defeat to Norway. She had 166 caps and 68 goals. Sandell Svensson can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series '' The Other Sport'' from 2013. Sandell Svensson has been a sporting dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Four Nations Tournament (women's Football)
The 2003 Four Nations Tournament was the third edition of this invitational women's football tournament held in China with four national teams participating in a round robin format. It was held from January 23 to 29, 2003, in the cities of Yiwu, Wuhan and Shanghai. Final standings Match results ---- ---- Goalscorers References {{DEFAULTSORT:Four 2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ... 2003 in Chinese women's football January 2004 sports events in Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
