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Shui Qingxia
Personal information
Full name	Shui Qingxia
Date of birth	18 December 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth	Funing, China
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Shanghai
International career
1991–2000	China
Managerial career
2021–2023	China
Medal record
Women's football
Representing China
Olympic Games
Asian Games
	*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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

International goals edit

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 September 1995	Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Philippines	?–0	21–0	1995 AFC Women's Championship
2.	30 September 1995	Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	South Korea	4–0	4–0	1995 AFC Women's Championship
3.	12 December 1997	Guangdong, China	Chinese Taipei	7–0	10–0	1997 AFC Women's Championship
4.	4 June 2000	Sydney, Australia	Japan	2–0	2–0	2000 Pacific Cup
5.	24 June 2000	Foxborough, United States	Guatemala	11–0	14–0	2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
6.				12–0
7.				14–0
8.	1 July 2000	Louisville, United States	Brazil	1–0	2–3 (a.e.t.)

References edit

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Shui Qingxia at Olympedia
^ ^a ^b Roy, Shilarze Saha (20 January 2023). "Shui Qingxia, the Chinese showstopper". FIFA. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^ "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.
^ "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.