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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Liu Shanshan | ||
Date of birth | 16 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Baoding, Hebei, China | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Beijing | ||
Number | 33 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017– | Beijing | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | China U20 | 3 | (0) |
2012– | China | 115 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2019 |
Liu Shanshan (simplified Chinese: 刘杉杉; traditional Chinese: 劉杉杉; pinyin: Liú Shānshān; born 16 March 1992) is a former Chinese football defender, International for the China women's national football team and who last played for Wuhan Chegujiang of the Chinese Women's Super League.[2]
Liu began football training when she was 5, following her father who had also been a footballer.[3] She attended Hebei Normal University[4] and played for China at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5]
On 8 December 2012, Liu made her debut for the China women's national football team,[6] in a 4–0 defeat by the United States at Ford Field, Detroit.
At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 23-year-old Liu entered the tournament with 33 caps and was one of the more experienced members of the Chinese squad.[7]
At 23, Shanshan is considered one of the team's veterans, with 33 international games to her credit.