:Bai Jie

{{Short description|Chinese footballer (born 1972)}}

{{for|the American edutainer with the same Chinese name|Jessica Beinecke}}

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{{family name hatnote|Bai|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bai Jie

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|3|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China

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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}

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| youthclubs1 = Hebei Youth and Teenagers Sports School

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| years2 = 2001–2002

| clubs1 = Guangzhou Army

| clubs2 = Washington Freedom

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| nationalyears1 = 1997–2003

| nationalteam1 = China

| nationalcaps1 = 139

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{{MedalSport|Women's football}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Bangkok|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Busan|Team}}

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Bai Jie ({{zh|s=白洁|t=白潔|p=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 of 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{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/eng/awards/annual/awards.jsp_2003awards.html |title=AFC Annual Awards }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} but was later moved into an attacking role on the national team.{{cite web|title=Bai Jie: 'China will not fall behind' |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=6929/news/newsid=11741.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731184035/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=6929/news/newsid=11741.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 July 2012 |date=19 August 2003 |publisher=FIFA }}

Bai Jie was named the first AFC Women's Player of the Year in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168331188.html |title=AFC Women's Awards |date=19 November 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=521/edition=7055/matches/match=33012/report.html |publisher=FIFA |title=China PR-India, 11 June 2003 Match Report |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623063225/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D521/edition%3D7055/matches/match%3D33012/report.html |archivedate=23 June 2010 }}

International goals

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No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 September 2001Chicago, United States{{fbw|JPN}}align=center|1–0align=center| 3–02001 Women's U.S. Cup
2.7 October 2002Busan, South Korea{{fbw|VIE}}align=center|4–1align=center| 4–1rowspan=3| 2002 Asian Games
3.rowspan=2| 9 October 2002rowspan=2| Changwon, South Korearowspan=2| {{fbw|JPN}}align=center|1–2rowspan=2 align=center| 2–2
4.align=center|2–2
5.rowspan=5| 11 June 2003rowspan=5| Nakhon Sawan, Thailandrowspan=5| {{fbw|IND}}align=center|1–0rowspan=5 align=center| 12–0rowspan=7| 2003 AFC Women's Championship
6.align=center|2–0
7.align=center|4–0
8.align=center|9–0
9.align=center|10–0
10.rowspan=2| 19 June 2003rowspan=2| Bangkok, Thailandrowspan=2| {{fbw|KOR}}align=center|1–0rowspan=2 align=center| 3–1
11.align=center|2–0

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