Sun Wen (footballer)
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| Date of birth | April 6, 1973 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Shanghai, China | ||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1989–2000 | Shanghai | ||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Atlanta Beat | 33 | (7) | ||||||
| 2003 | Shanghai SVA | ||||||||
| 2006 | Shanghai SVA | ||||||||
| National team | |||||||||
| 1990–2006 | China | 152 | (106) | ||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Sun Wen (simplified Chinese: 孙雯; traditional Chinese: 孫雯; pinyin: Sūn Wén; born April 6, 1973 in Shanghai) is a retired Chinese professional football (soccer) player. She previously captained the China women's national football team and the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). In 2000, she won the FIFA Female Player of the Century along with Michelle Akers. Sun won both the Golden Ball (top player) and Golden Boot (top scorer) for her performance at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. She is considered one of the all-time greats of the women's game.
Sun, whose name means "lovely woman" in Mandarin, began playing football around the age of ten. Her father, Sun Zonggao, was a recreational football player who took Sun with him to watch matches in the Chinese men's league. Sun credits him for influencing her foray into the sport.
Sun studied Chinese literature at the University of Shanghai.
Sun played for the Shanghai team in the Chinese women's league.
Sun played for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association from 2001-2002. She was the first overall pick of the WUSA's Inaugural Draft, but a knee and ankle injury limited her first season with the Beat to 13 games with five starts. During the league's semifinal match against the Philadelphia Charge, the Beat were down 2-0, however, Sun scored on a penalty kick and then provided the assist on the equalizer goal with a corner kick headed in by Cindy Parlow. The Beat would go on to win the match 3-2. She then notched the Beat's third goal in the Founders Cup helping the team to an eventual 3-3 tie during regulation. The San Jose CyberRays won the title in a penalty kick shootout.
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