Ma Li (footballer)
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| Full name | Ma Li | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
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| Beijing | |||||||||||||||||
| Matsushita Denki | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| China | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
Ma Li (Chinese: 马莉; born 3 March 1969) is a Chinese former footballer who played for the China women's national football team.
International career[edit]
At the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, central defender Ma played the full 80 minutes in all four of China's games. The hosts reached the quarter-finals before losing 1–0 to Sweden.[2] Ma scored the first ever goal at a FIFA Women's World Cup after 22 minutes of the opening match; China's 4–0 win over eventual finalists Norway on 16 November 1991.[3] She headed Wu Weiying's free kick from the right flank past Norway's goalkeeper Reidun Seth.[1]
International goals[edit]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 16 November 1991 | Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China |  Norway |
1–0 | 4–0 | 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup |
Personal life[edit]
Ma later emigrated to Brazil, where as of April 2016 she was working as a businesswoman.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Ma: Scoring first Women's World Cup goal was special". FIFA. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup China '91 - Technical Report & Statistics" (PDF). FIFA. p. 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "1 day to go". FIFA. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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- 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Asian Games medalists in football
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