Liu Shanshan

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| name = Liu Shanshan
刘杉杉

| image = Liu Shanshan (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Liu at the 2015 Algarve Cup

| fullname = Liu Shanshan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|3|16}}

| height = 1.68 m{{cite web |title=List of Players – China PR |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2015/pdf/FWWC_2015_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |access-date=8 June 2015 |page=5 |date=30 May 2015}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

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| years1 = 2016

| clubs1 = Changchun Public Excellence

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 2017

| clubs2 = Hebei

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| years3 = 2018-2020

| clubs3 = Beijing

| caps3 = 1

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021-2023

| clubs4 = Wuhan Jianghan University

| caps4 = 30

| goals4 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2012

| nationalteam1 = China U20

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2012–2019

| nationalteam2 = China

| nationalcaps2 = 115

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| ntupdate = 10 November 2019

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Liu Shanshan ({{zh|s=刘杉杉|t=劉杉杉|p=Liú Shānshān}}; born 16 March 1992) is a former Chinese footballer who played as a defender.{{Cite web |title="三连冠"功勋球员刘杉杉退役，获赠33号纪念球衣_要闻_新闻中心_长江网_cjn.cn |url=http://news.cjn.cn/whpd/yw_19947/202303/t4476505.htm |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=news.cjn.cn}}

Career

Liu began football training when she was 5, following her father who had also been a footballer.{{cite news |title=保定国脚刘杉杉：90后的"玫瑰"期待世界杯绽放 |publisher=网易河北 |url=http://hebei.news.163.com/15/0228/14/AJI3STES02790ACT.html |access-date=11 June 2015 |language=Chinese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614033211/http://hebei.news.163.com/15/0228/14/AJI3STES02790ACT.html |archive-date=14 June 2015 |url-status=dead }} She attended Hebei Normal University{{cite news |title=선수 정보 |url=https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5112017&lang=ko |access-date=8 June 2015 |publisher=2014 Asian Games |language=Korean |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613132807/https://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5112017&lang=ko |archive-date=13 June 2015 }} and played for China at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.{{cite web |title=List of Players – China PR |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FU20W/2012/pdf/FU20W_2012_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |access-date=8 June 2015 |date=4 August 2014 |page=4}}

On 8 December 2012, Liu made her debut for the China women's national football team,{{cite web |title=Liu Shanshan |url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=357313/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609012813/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player=357313/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 June 2015 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=12 June 2015}} in a 4–0 defeat by the United States at Ford Field, Detroit.

At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, 23-year-old Liu entered the tournament with 33 caps and was one of the more experienced members of the Chinese squad.{{cite news |last1=Van Diest |first1=Derek |title=Going into kickoff against host country, Team China feels the pressure is all on Canada |url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/06/04/going-into-kickoff-against-host-country-team-china-feels-the-pressure-is-all-on-canada |access-date=8 June 2015 |publisher=Edmonton Sun |date=4 June 2015 |quote=At 23, Shanshan is considered one of the team’s veterans, with 33 international games to her credit.}}