Sun Wen (footballer)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Sun.

Sun Wen

Personal information

Date of birth

April 6, 1973

Place of birth

Shanghai, China

Height

1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)

Playing position

Forward

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

1989–2000

Shanghai

2001–2002

Atlanta Beat

(7)

2003

Shanghai SVA

2006

Shanghai SVA

National team

1990–2006

China^[1]

152

(106^[2])

Honours

Women's Football
	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

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.

Early life

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.^[3]^[4]

Sun studied Chinese literature at the University of Shanghai.

Playing career

Club

Shanghai SVA

Sun played for the Shanghai team in the Chinese women's league.^[3]

Atlanta Beat

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.^[5]^[6]

During the 2002 season, Sun played in 18 games, making 10 starts. She scored four goals as the Beat earned another chance at the playoffs, but the Beat were eliminated in the semifinals.^[7]

Sun announced her retirement from the WUSA in January 2003 to return to China in preparation for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[8]

International

Sun appeared on China's national squad at the age of 17 and went on to appear in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments for China and became one of three women to have played all of China's 15 matches in its three World Cup appearances.^[9] In 1999, she had 10 goals in her World Cup career, leaving her tied for second place on an all-time scoring list.^[3]

Sun helped the national team win the Asian Cup in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997.^[10]

Sun led China to a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Athens, Georgia. During the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, Sun scored seven goals and earned the Golden Ball (top player) and Golden Boot (top scorer) at the tournament.

She returned to the Chinese women's team from a two-year retirement on December 15, 2005.^[11] Due to injury reasons, Sun retired again after winning AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2006.

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Sun played 28 matches and scored 16 goals in 4 world cup tournaments and 2 Olympics: China 1991, Sweden 1995, Atlanta 1996, USA 1999, Sydney 2000, USA 2003; she played and started every match for China. Sun Wen, with her China teams, won a silver medal at Atlanta 1996 Olympics, and finished second at USA 1999 world cup.

	Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
	1	1991-11-16^{[m 1]}	Guangzhou	Norway	{{{4}}}. off 70' (on Zhu Tao)			4–0 W	Group stage
1	2	1991-11-19^{[m 2]}	Guangzhou	Denmark	Start	37	1–1	2–2 D	Group stage
	3	1991-11-21^{[m 3]}	Foshan	New Zealand	Start			4–1 W	Group stage
	4	1991-11-24^{[m 4]}	Guangzhou	Sweden	Start			0–1 L	Quarter-final
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	5	1995-06-06^{[m 5]}	Gavle	United States	Start	79	3–3	3–3 D	Group stage
	6	1995-06-08^{[m 6]}	Vasteras	Australia	Start			4–2 W	Group stage
3	7	1995-06-10^{[m 7]}	Vasteras	Denmark	Start	76	2–1	3–1 W	Group stage
	8	1995-06-13^{[m 8]}	Helsingborg	Sweden	Start			1–1 (pso 4–3) (W)	Quarter-final
	9	1995-06-15^{[m 9]}	Helsingborg	Germany	Start			0–1 L	Semi-final
	10	1995-06-17^{[m 10]}	Gavle	United States	{{{4}}}. off 59' (on Wei Haiying)			0–2 L	Third place match
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
	11	1996-07-21^{[m 11]}	Miami	Sweden	Start			2–0 W	Group stage
	12	1996-07-23^{[m 12]}	Miami	Denmark	{{{4}}}. off 43' (on Chen Yufeng)			5–1 W	Group stage
	13	1996-07-25^{[m 13]}	Miami	United States	Start			0–0 D	Group stage
	14	1996-07-28^{[m 14]}	Athens GA	Brazil	Start			3–2 W	Semi-final
4	15	1996-08-01^{[m 15]}	Athens GA	United States	Start	32	1–1	1–2 L	Gold medal match
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
	16	1999-06-19^{[m 16]}	San Jose CA	Sweden	{{{4}}}. off 74' (on Pu Wei)			2–1 W	Group stage
5	17	1999-06-23^{[m 17]}	Portland OR	Ghana	Start	9	1–0	7–0 W	Group stage
6						21	3–0
7						54	4–0
8	18	1999-06-26^{[m 18]}	E Rutherford NJ	Australia	{{{4}}}. off 63' (on Qiu Haiyan)	39	1–0	3–1 W	Group stage
9	18	1999-06-26^{[m 18]}	E Rutherford NJ	Australia	{{{4}}}. off 63' (on Qiu Haiyan)	51	2–0	3–1 W
	19	1999-06-30^{[m 19]}	San Jose CA	Russia	Start			2–0 W	Quarter-final
10	20	1999-07-04^{[m 20]}	Boston	Norway	Start	3	1–0	5–0 W	Semi-final
11	20	1999-07-04^{[m 20]}	Boston	Norway	Start	72 pk	5–0	5–0 W
	21	1999-07-10^{[m 21]}	Los Angeles	United States	Start			0–0 (pso 4–5) (L)	Final
Sydney 2000 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
12	22	2000-09-14^{[m 22]}	Canberra	Nigeria	Start	57	2–0	3–1 W	Group stage
13	22	2000-09-14^{[m 22]}	Canberra	Nigeria	Start	83	3–0	3–1 W
14	23	2000-09-17^{[m 23]}	Melbourne	United States	Start	67	1–1	1–1 D	Group stage
15	24	2000-09-20^{[m 24]}	Canberra	Norway	Start	75	1–1	1–2 L	Group stage
USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
16	25	2003-09-21^{[m 25]}	Carson CA	Ghana	Start; (c)	29	1–0	1–0 W	Group stage
	26	2003-09-25^{[m 26]}	Carson CA	Australia	Start; (c)			1–1 D	Group stage
	27	2003-09-28^{[m 27]}	Portland OR	Russia	Start; (c)			1–0 W	Group stage
	28	2003-10-02^{[m 28]}	Portland OR	Canada	Start; (c)			0–1 L	Quarter-final

Honors and awards

A strong striker with great skills and passing abilities, Sun won both the Golden Boot (which she shared with Sissi, of Brazil) and the Golden Ball for the 1999 Women's World Cup, and became the first woman to be nominated for the Asian Football Confederation player of the year award.

In 2002, she was voted FIFA Female Player of the Century, an award she shared with American Michelle Akers.^[12]

References

↑ 中国女足出局玫瑰提前凋零孙雯宣布挂靴 (in Chinese). 潇湘晨报. 2003-10-04. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
↑ "Sun's retirement leaves China to suffer wait for new genius". China Daily.
1 2 3 Hersh, Philip (1999-07-06). "Hot? Chinese Star Sun Blazing". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "Sun Wen: A World-class Soccer Player". Women of China. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "Beat chooses Chinese star forward first in WUSA draft". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "Sun Wen is up'beat' heading into title game". USA Today. 2001-08-24. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "Chinese star leaves Atlanta to concentrate on World Cup". ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "Superstar Striker Retires; Beat Adds German to the Attack". Our Sports Central. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "Legend Sun Wen impessed by Japan". FIFA.
↑ "Sun Wen leads off second day of Olympic Torch Relay in Shanghai". Beijing Olympics. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
↑ "Ma returns to coach women's team; Sun Wen back". China Daily.
↑ Whiteside, Kelly (2001-08-23). "Sun Wen is up'beat' heading into title game". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

Match reports

Asian Women's Footballer of the Year

1999: Sun Wen 2000: No award 2001: No award 2002: No award 2003: Bai Jie 2004: Sawa 2005: Hara 2006: Ma Xiaoxu 2007: Ri Kum-suk 2008: Sawa 2009: No award 2010: Gill 2011: Miyama 2012: Miyama 2013: No award 2014: Gorry 2015: Miyama

Summer Olympics football tournament top scorers

Men's tournament	1900: Peltier & Nicholas 1904: Hall & Taylor 1908: S. Nielsen 1912: Fuchs 1920: Carlsson 1924: Petrone 1928: Tarasconi 1936: Frossi 1948: Hansen & Nordahl 1952: Mitić & Zebec 1956: Veselinović, Milanov & D'Souza 1960: H. Nielsen 1964: Bene 1968: Kamamoto 1972: Deyna 1976: Szarmach 1980: Andreyev 1984: Cvetković, Deverić & Xuereb 1988: Romário 1992: Juskowiak 1996: Bebeto & Crespo 2000: Zamorano 2004: Tevez 2008: Rossi 2012: Leandro Damião

Women's tournament	1996: Aarønes, Medalen & Pretinha 2000: Sun Wen 2004: Cristiane & Prinz 2008: Cristiane 2012: Sinclair

FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Ball

1991: Jennings 1995: Riise 1999: Sun Wen 2003: Prinz 2007: Marta 2011: Sawa 2015: Lloyd

FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot

1991: Akers 1995: Aarønes 1999: Sun Wen & Sissi 2003: Prinz 2007: Marta 2011: Sawa 2015: Šašić

China Women's Squad

China squad – 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Zhong Honglian 2 Chen Xia 3 Ma Li 4 Li Xiufu (c) 5 Zhou Yang 6 Shui Qingxia 7 Wu Weiying 8 Zhou Hua 9 Sun Wen 10 Liu Ailing 11 Sun Qingmei 12 Wen Lirong 13 Niu Lijie 14 Zhang Yan 15 Wei Haiying 16 Zhang Honghong 17 Zhu Tao 18 Li Sa Coach: Shang Ruihua

China squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Fourth Place

1 Zhong Honglian 2 Wang Liping 3 Fan Yunjie 4 Yu Hongqi 5 Zhou Yang 6 Zhou Hua 7 Wei Haiying 8 Shui Qingxia 9 Sun Wen (c) 10 Liu Ailing 11 Sun Qingmei 12 Wen Lirong 13 Niu Lijie 14 Xie Huilin 15 Shi Guihong 16 Chen Yufeng 17 Zhao Lihong 18 Man Yanling 19 Li Ying 20 Gao Hong Coach: Ma Yuanan

China women's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Silver Medalists

1 Zhong Honglian 2 Wang Liping 3 Fan Yunjie 4 Yu Hongqi 5 Xie Huilin 6 Zhao Lihong 7 Wei Haiying 8 Shui Qingxia 9 Sun Wen (c) 10 Liu Ailing 11 Sun Qingmei 12 Wen Lirong 13 Liu Ying 14 Chen Yufeng 15 Shi Guihong 16 Gao Hong 18 Zhang Yan 20 Niu Lijie Coach: Ma Yuanan

China squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Runners-up

1 Han Wenxia 2 Wang Liping 3 Fan Yunjie 4 Man Yanling 5 Xie Huilin 6 Zhao Lihong 7 Zhang Ouying 8 Jin Yan 9 Sun Wen (c) 10 Liu Ailing 11 Pu Wei 12 Wen Lirong 13 Liu Ying 14 Bai Jie 15 Qiu Haiyan 16 Fan Chunling 17 Zhu Jing 18 Gao Hong 19 Gao Hongxia 20 Wang Jingxia Coach: Ma Yuanan

China women's football squad – 2000 Summer Olympics

1 Han Wenxia 2 Wang Liping 3 Fan Yunjie 4 Bai Jie 5 Xie Huilin 6 Zhao Lihong 7 Shui Qingxia 8 Jin Yan 9 Sun Wen 10 Liu Ailing 11 Pu Wei 12 Wen Lirong 13 Liu Ying 14 Pan Lina 15 Qiu Haiyan 16 Zhu Jing 17 Zhang Ouying 18 Gao Hong 19 Fan Chunling 22 Bai Lifang Coach: Ma Yuanan

China squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Han Wenxia 2 Sun Rui 3 Li Jie 4 Gao Hongxia 5 Fan Yunjie 6 Zhao Lihong 7 Bai Jie 8 Zhang Ouying 9 Sun Wen 10 Liu Ying 11 Pu Wei 12 Qu Feifei 13 Teng Wei 14 Bi Yan 15 Ren Liping 16 Liu Yali 17 Pan Lina 18 Zhao Yan 19 Han Duan 20 Wang Liping Coach: Ma Liangxing

China Squad – 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup Champions (8th Title)

1 Han Wenxia 2 Liu Huana 3 Li Jie 4 Weng Xinzhi 5 Pu Wei 6 Shi Mengyu 7 Bi Yan 8 Zhang Ying 9 Ma Xiaoxu 10 Han Duan 11 Bai Lili 12 Zhang Tong 13 Wang Dandan 14 Wang Kun 15 Ren Liping 16 Liu Yali 17 Pan Lina 18 Yuan Fan 19 Zheng Qin 20 Zhang Yanru 21 Zhou Xiaoxia 22 Xiao Zhen 23 Guo Yue 24 Zhang Na 25 Qu Feifei 26 Sun Yongxia 27 Zhao Xiaoyan 28 Ge Yang 29 Bi Shuai 30 Sun Wen Coach: Ma Liangxing

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Sun Wen (footballer)

Early life

Playing career

Club

Shanghai SVA

Atlanta Beat

International

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Honors and awards

See also

References