Shui Qingxia
Personal information
Full name Shui Qingxia[1]
Date of birth (1966-12-18) 18 December 1966[2]
Place of birth Funing, China[2]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[3]
Team information
Current team
 China (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Shanghai[4]
International career
1991–2000 China
Managerial career
2021– China
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaTeam
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1994 HiroshimaTeam
Gold medal – first place1998 BangkokTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shui Qingxia (Chinese: 水庆霞; pinyin: Shuǐ Qìngxiá; born 18 December 1966) is a Chinese football manager and former player who is the head coach of the China women's national team. As a player, she competed as a midfielder for the China in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic football tournaments.

Playing career

In 1996, Shui won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played all five matches.

Four years later she was a squad member of the Chinese team which finished fifth in the women's tournament, but she did not see any action.

Managerial career

In September 2021, Shui coached the "United Team", made up largely of international players, at the 2021 National Games of China. On 18 November 2021, she was appointed as manager of the China women's national team, becoming the first Chinese woman to lead the team.[5] She led the team to win the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, the country's first Women's Asian Cup title in sixteen years.[3]

Career statistics

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.24 September 1995Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Philippines?–021–01995 AFC Women's Championship
2.30 September 1995 South Korea4–04–0
3.12 December 1997Guangdong, China Chinese Taipei7–010–01997 AFC Women's Championship
4.4 June 2000Sydney, Australia Japan2–02–02000 Pacific Cup
5.24 June 2000Foxborough, United States Guatemala11–014–02000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
6.12–0
7.14–0
8.1 July 2000Louisville, United States Brazil1–02–3 (a.e.t.)

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: China PR (CHN)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 5. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Shui Qingxia at Olympedia
  3. 1 2 Roy, Shilarze Saha (20 January 2023). "Shui Qingxia, the Chinese showstopper". FIFA. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Facts and Figures – China PR". China '91, 1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup – Technical Report (PDF). FIFA. 1991. p. 66. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Ex-Olympian Shui Qingxia takes over as China women's coach as national team prepare for January's Asian Cup in India". South China Morning Post. Reuters. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2023.


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