Wang Fei (female footballer)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.
Wang Fei
王飞

Personal information
Full name Wang Fei[1]
Date of birth (1990-03-22) 22 March 1990
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Olympique Lyonnais
Number 40
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010–2011 Dalian Shide
2012–2013 Liaoning Ladies
2014 Dalian Aerbin
2015 Turbine Potsdam 9 (0)
2015– Olympique Lyonnais 1 (0)
National team‡
2012– China 60 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 August 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 August 2015

Wang Fei (simplified Chinese: 王飞; traditional Chinese: 王飛; pinyin: Wáng Fēi; born 22 March 1990) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French Division 1 Féminine club Olympique Lyonnais and for the China national team.

Club career

After spending years playing for several Chinese clubs, Wang signed for Frauen-Bundesliga team Turbine Potsdam in December 2014. She became the first ever Chinese footballer to play in the Frauen-Bundesliga.[note 1] Turbine's veteran manager Bernd Schröder praised the impact made by Wang and compared her to respected German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer. However, Schröder surprisingly selected departing goalkeeper Anna Felicitas Sarholz ahead of Wang for the 2015 DFB-Pokal final which Turbine lost 3–0 to VfL Wolfsburg.[2][3]

In September 2015 the German press reported that Wang was leaving Turbine for the French Division 1 Féminine champions Lyon, whose usual goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi was injured.[4] In January 2016 Wang terminated her contract with Lyon, only for the French club to demand her return when Méline Gérard was struck down with appendicitis.[5]

International career

Wang played at the 2011 Summer Universiade and kept goal for China's gold medal-winning run.[6] She made her debut for the Chinese women's national team on 24 November 2012 in a 2–1 win against Australia at the 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup.[7]

Wang was also included in China's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1] During the tournament, Wang was described by FIFA as tall, agile, and one of China's "most impressive performers" in the team's progress to the knockout stages. This was despite playing through the pain of an injured shoulder which was sustained in the 1–0 win over the Netherlands.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Although Chou Tai-ying, from Taiwan, played for SV Bergisch Gladbach 09 in the West German Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft der Frauen before the Frauen-Bundesliga started in 1990.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players – China PR" (PDF). FIFA. 30 May 2015. p. 5. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Special Report: Turbine Potsdam's Wang Fei". Deutsche Welle. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Lachmann, Michael (2 May 2015). "Sarholz: Gern einen Titel zum Abschied gehabt" (in German). B.Z. (newspaper). Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Torhüterin Fei Wang wechselt von Turbine zu Olympique Lyon" (in German). Bild. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "转折？里昂女足门将受伤 通知王飞重返俱乐部" (in Chinese). Sina Corp. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Host China takes women's football title at Universiade". China Daily. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Wang Fei". FIFA. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Wang Fei living the World Cup dream". FIFA. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

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