Sun Wen
Personal information
Full name Sun Wen[1]
Date of birth (1973-04-06) 6 April 1973
Place of birth Shanghai, China
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–2000 Shanghai 659 (164)
2001–2002 Atlanta Beat 33 (7)
2003 Shanghai SVA
2006 Shanghai SVA
International career
1990–2006 China[2] 163[3] (106[4])
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
Silver medal – second place2002 BusanTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sun Wen (Chinese: 孙雯; pinyin: Sūn Wén; born 6 April 1973) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a forward. She previously captained the China national 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.[5][6]

Early life

Sun 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.[7][8]

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.[7]

Atlanta Beat

Sun played for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association from 2001 to 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.[9][10]

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.[11]

Sun announced her retirement from the WUSA in January 2003 to return to China in preparation for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.[12]

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.[13] In 1999, she had 10 goals in her World Cup career, leaving her tied for second place on an all-time scoring list.[7]

Sun helped the national team win the Asian Cup in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1997.[14]

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 15 December 2005.[15] 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 parentheses; 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
1
 1991-11-16[m 1] Guangzhou  Norway

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
2
5
 1995-06-06[m 5] Gävle  United States Start 79

3–3

3–3 D

 Group stage
6
 1995-06-08[m 6] Västerås  Australia Start

4–2 W

 Group stage
3
7
 1995-06-10[m 7] Västerås  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] Gävle  United States

off 59' (on Wei Haiying)

0–2 L

 Third place match
11
 1996-07-21[m 11] Miami  Sweden Start

2–0 W

 Group stage
12
 1996-07-23[m 12] Miami  Denmark

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
16
 1999-06-19[m 16] San Jose CA  Sweden

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

off 63' (on Qiu Haiyan)

 39

1–0

3–1 W

 Group stage
9
 51

2–0

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
 72 pk

5–0

21
 1999-07-10[m 21] Los Angeles  United States Start

0–0 (pso 4–5) (L)

 Final
12
 22 2000-09-14[m 22] Canberra  Nigeria Start 57

2–0

3–1 W

 Group stage
13
 83

3–0

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
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 received the FIFA Internet Award in the FIFA Female Player of the Century voting. While the overall award was won by American Michelle Akers, Sun received the most internet votes on the FIFA-website.[16]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 November 1991Guangzhou, China Denmark1–12–21991 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.7 October 1994Fukuyama, Japan South Korea1–02–01994 Asian Games
3.2–0
4.12 October 1994 Japan2–02–0
5.6 June 1995Gävle, Sweden United States3–33–31995 FIFA Women's World Cup
6.10 June 1995Västerås, Sweden Denmark2–12–1
7.24 September 1995Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Philippines1–021–01995 AFC Women's Championship
8.?–0
9.?–0
10.30 September 1995 South Korea1–04–0
11.2 October 1995 Japan1–02–0
12.1 August 1996Athens, United States United States1–11–21996 Summer Olympics
13.12 December 1997Guangdong, China Chinese Taipei1–010–01997 AFC Women's Championship
14.2–0
15.24 January 1998Guangzhou, China Sweden1–04–01998 Four Nations Tournament
16.3–0
17.21 July 1998Montreal, Canada Canada1–04–0Friendly
18.3–0
19.4–0
20.14 March 1999Faro, Portugal Portugal1–04–01999 Algarve Cup
21.2–0
22.18 March 1999Albufeira, Portugal Australia1–02–0
23.22 April 1999Hershey, United States United States1–11–2Friendly
24.23 June 1999Portland, United States Ghana1–07–01999 FIFA Women's World Cup
25.3–0
26.4–0
27.26 June 1999East Rutherford, United States Australia1–03–1
28.2–0
29.4 July 1999Foxborough, United States Norway1–05–0
30.5–0
31.7 November 1999Bacolod, Philippines South Korea3–?5–21999 AFC Women's Championship
32.9 November 1999 Guam2–015–0
33.7–0
34.19 November 1999 North Korea3–03–0
35.12 March 2000Lagoa, Portugal Canada1–04–02000 Algarve Cup
36.4–0
37.18 March 2000Quarteira, Portugal Sweden1–01–0
38.31 May 2000Canberra, Australia United States1–01–0Friendly
39.2 June 2000Sydney, Australia Australia1–01–1
40.8 June 2000Newcastle, Australia Canada1–22–2
41.14 August 2000Yangzhou, China Australia2–03–0Friendly
42.14 September 2000Canberra, Australia Nigeria2–03–12000 Summer Olympics
43.3–0
44.17 September 2000Melbourne, Australia United States1–11–1
45.20 September 2000Canberra, Australia Norway1–11–2
46.9 December 2001New Taipei City, Taiwan Philippines2–010–02001 AFC Women's Championship
47.14 December 2001 North Korea1–21–3
48.26 January 2003Wuhan, China United States2–02–02003 Four Nations Tournament
49.22 February 2003Marmande, France France2–02–1Friendly
50.16 March 2003Ferreiras, Portugal France1–03–02003 Algarve Cup
51.3–0
52.18 March 2003Albufeira, Portugal Denmark2–12–1
53.9 June 2003Nakhon Sawan, Thailand Vietnam2–06–02003 AFC Women's Championship
54.11 June 2003 India3–012–0
55.7–0
56.8–0
57.11–0
58.12–0
59.19 June 2003Bangkok, Thailand South Korea3–13–1
60.7 September 2003Dalian, China South Africa2–013–0Friendly
61.5–0
62.7–0
63.21 September 2003Carson, United States Ghana1–01–02003 FIFA Women's World Cup

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sun Wen at Olympedia
  2. ↑ 中国女足出局玫瑰提前凋零 孙雯宣布挂靴 (in Chinese). 潇湘晨报. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "FIFA Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Sun's retirement leaves China to suffer wait for new genius". China Daily.
  5. ↑ Lewis, Michael (3 August 2016). "The 20 greatest female football players of all time". the Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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  7. 1 2 3 Hersh, Philip (6 July 1999). "Hot? Chinese Star Sun Blazing". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
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Match reports

  1. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Group matches: China PR – Norway". FIFA. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Group matches: China PR – Denmark". FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013.
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  5. ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup Sweden 1995: MATCH Report: Group matches: USA – China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013.
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  11. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996: MATCH Report: First stage: Sweden – China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996: MATCH Report: First stage: Denmark – China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996: MATCH Report: First stage: USA – China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996: MATCH Report: Semi-finals: China PR – Brazil". FIFA. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996: MATCH Report: Gold medal match: China PR – USA". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
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