Bai Jie

Bai Jie
Personal information
Date of birth	March 28, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Hebei, China
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Youth career
	Hebei Youth and Teenagers Sports School
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Guangzhou Army
2001–2002	Washington Freedom
International career
1997–2003	China
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Bai Jie (simplified Chinese: 白洁; traditional Chinese: 白潔; pinyin: Bái Jié; born March 28, 1972 in Hebei, China) 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]

Bai Jie was named the first AFC Women's Player of the Year in 2003.^[3] That year on June 11, 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]

References

^ "AFC Annual Awards".^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Bai Jie: 'China will not fall behind'". FIFA. 19 August 2003.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "AFC Women's Awards". 19 November 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "China PR-India, 11 June 2003 Match Report". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2010-06-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

"BAI Jie" (FIFA player profile)

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[1] "AFC Annual Awards".^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Bai Jie: 'China will not fall behind'". FIFA. 19 August 2003.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "AFC Women's Awards". 19 November 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "China PR-India, 11 June 2003 Match Report". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2010-06-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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