Bai Jie

Bai Jie (simplified Chinese: 白洁; traditional Chinese: 白潔; pinyin: Bái Jié; born 28 March 1972) is a Chinese footballer who made 139 appearances for the China women's national football team and was part their second-place performance at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Bai initially played left back and was dubbed "Lady Roberto Carlos" for her similar style of play[1] but was later moved into an attacking role on the national team.[2]

For the American edutainer with the same Chinese name, see Jessica Beinecke.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Bai.
Bai Jie
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-03-28) 28 March 1972
Place of birth Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Youth career
Hebei Youth and Teenagers Sports School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Guangzhou Army
2001–2002 Washington Freedom
International career
1997–2003 China 139
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1998 BangkokTeam
Silver medal – second place2002 BusanTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bai Jie was named the first AFC Women's Player of the Year in 2003.[3] That year on 11 June, in a World Cup qualifying game, Bai scored five goals in China's 12–0 win over India. Teammate Sun Wen also tallied five goals.[4]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 September 2001Chicago, United States Japan1–03–02001 Women's U.S. Cup
2.7 October 2002Busan, South Korea Vietnam4–14–12002 Asian Games
3.9 October 2002Changwon, South Korea Japan1–22–2
4.2–2
5.11 June 2003Nakhon Sawan, Thailand India1–012–02003 AFC Women's Championship
6.2–0
7.4–0
8.9–0
9.10–0
10.19 June 2003Bangkok, Thailand South Korea1–03–1
11.2–0

References
  1. "AFC Annual Awards".
  2. "Bai Jie: 'China will not fall behind'". FIFA. 19 August 2003. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.
  3. "AFC Women's Awards". 19 November 2008.
  4. "China PR-India, 11 June 2003 Match Report". FIFA. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010.
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