Shui Qingxia

{{Short description|Chinese footballer and manager (born 1966)}}

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| fullname = Shui Qingxia{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce93/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: China PR (CHN) |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=11 July 2023 |access-date=11 July 2023}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|12|18}}

| birth_place = Funing, China

| height = 1.67 m{{Olympedia}}

| position = Midfielder

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| clubs1 = Shanghai{{cite book |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/282858719d9227c9/original/pcq1fcktjwzzyi2gsm7c-pdf.pdf |title=China '91, 1st FIFA World Championship for Women's Football for the M&M's Cup – Technical Report |chapter=Facts and Figures – China PR |publisher=FIFA |page=66 |year=1991 |access-date=11 July 2023}}

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| nationalyears1 = 1991–2000

| nationalteam1 = China

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| manageryears1 = 2021–2023

| managerclubs1 = China

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|1996 Atlanta|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|1994 Hiroshima|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Bangkok|Team}}

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Shui Qingxia ({{zh|s=水庆霞|p=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

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

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3156680/ex-olympian-shui-qingxia-takes-over-china-womens-coach-national-team |title=Ex-Olympian Shui Qingxia takes over as China women's coach as national team prepare for January's Asian Cup in India |work=South China Morning Post |agency=Reuters |date=19 November 2021 |access-date=11 July 2023}} 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.{{cite web |last=Roy |first=Shilarze Saha |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/shui-qingxia-the-chinese-showstopper |title=Shui Qingxia, the Chinese showstopper |publisher=FIFA |date=20 January 2023 |access-date=11 July 2023}}

Career statistics

=International goals=

class="wikitable"
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.24 September 1995rowspan=2| Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia{{fbw|PHI}}align=center|?–0align=center| 21–0rowspan=2| 1995 AFC Women's Championship
2.30 September 1995{{fbw|KOR}}align=center|4–0align=center| 4–0
3.12 December 1997Guangdong, China{{fbw|TPE}}align=center|7–0align=center| 10–01997 AFC Women's Championship
4.4 June 2000Sydney, Australia{{fbw|JPN}}align=center|2–0align=center| 2–02000 Pacific Cup
5.rowspan=3| 24 June 2000rowspan=3| Foxborough, United Statesrowspan=3| {{fbw|GUA}}align=center|11–0rowspan=3 align=center| 14–0rowspan=4| 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
6.align=center|12–0
7.align=center|14–0
8.1 July 2000Louisville, United States{{fbw|BRA}}align=center|1–0align=center| 2–3 {{aet}}

References

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