Wang Shuang (footballer)

{{short description|Chinese footballer (born 1995)}}

{{EngvarB|date=July 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Wang Shuang
王霜

| image = 20180912 UEFA Women's Champions League 2019 SKN - PSG Shuang Wang 850 5092 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Wang with PSG in 2019

| fullname = Wang Shuang{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: China PR |publisher=FIFA |page=7 |date=27 May 2019 |access-date=27 May 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708190751/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=8 July 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|1|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wuhan, Hubei, China

| height = 1.64m{{cite web |title=Wang Shuang |url=https://universiade2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-60/Participant/ParticipantInfo/ecb5f195-0c5e-4c1e-b3ef-841a7d665d65 |website=universiade2013.sportresult.com |publisher=Swiss Timing |access-date=20 April 2017 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144833/https://universiade2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-60/Participant/ParticipantInfo/ecb5f195-0c5e-4c1e-b3ef-841a7d665d65 |url-status=live }}

| position = Winger

| currentclub = Wuhan Jianghan University

| clubnumber = 7

| years1 = 2012–2013

| clubs1 = Wuhan Jianghan University

| caps1 = 10

| goals1 = 15

| years2 = 2013–2014

| clubs2 = Daejeon Sportstoto

| caps2 = 14

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2015

| clubs3 = Wuhan Jianghan University

| caps3 = 5

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2016–2017

| clubs4 = Dalian Quanjian

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 9

| years5 = 2018

| clubs5 = Wuhan Jianghan University

| caps5 = 8

| goals5 = 7

| years6 = 2018–2019

| clubs6 = Paris Saint-Germain

| caps6 = 18

| goals6 = 7

| years7 = 2019–2022

| clubs7 = Wuhan Jianghan University

| caps7 = 30

| goals7 = 9

| years8 = 2022–2023

| clubs8 = Racing Louisville

| caps8 = 22

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2024–2025

| clubs9 = Tottenham Hotspur

| caps9 = 6

| goals9 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2014

| nationalteam1 = China U20

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| nationalyears2 = 2013–

| nationalteam2 = China

| nationalcaps2 = 126

| nationalgoals2 = 47

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fba|CHN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Palembang|Team}}

| club-update = 17:17, 31 January 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 30 March 2025

| image_size = 200

| years10 = 2025–

| clubs10 = Wuhan Jianghan University

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

}}

Wang Shuang ({{zh|c=王霜|p=Wáng Shuāng}}; {{small|Mandarin pronunciation:}} {{IPAc-cmn|wang|2|.|sh|wang|1|}}; born 23 January 1995) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese Women's Super League club Wuhan Jianghan University and the China national team. Being capped more than 100 times for her country,{{Cite web |date=2021-07-24 |title=China run the risk of wasting generational talent Wang Shuang |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37619356/china-run-risk-wasting-generational-talent-wang-shuang |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=ESPN.com |language=en |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715090503/https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37619356/china-run-risk-wasting-generational-talent-wang-shuang |url-status=live }} she is considered one of the most important players for the national team.{{Cite news |title=A guide to Group D at the 2023 Women's World Cup |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65960160 |access-date=2023-07-01 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701183720/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65960160 |url-status=live }}

Club career

Wang Shuang was spotted by scouts of WK-League side Daejeon Sportstoto while preparing for the 2013 National Games with provincial side Hubei. On 3 July 2013, it was announced that she had signed a contract with the club and would join after the 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup.{{cite web |url=http://sports.sohu.com/20130703/n380544017.shtml |title=18岁女足国脚签约韩国联赛 她师兄是蒿俊闵曾诚 [Chinese] |publisher=Wuhan Evening News (via Sohu) |date=3 July 2013 |access-date=29 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202140302/http://sports.sohu.com/20130703/n380544017.shtml |url-status=live }} In her first season with the club, Wang helped Sportstoto reach the Korean Women's FA Cup final and was awarded the most valuable player award for scoring six goals in five appearances. The initial progress was halted due to her commitments with the 2013 National Games and the Chinese women's national team.{{cite web |url=http://wildeastfootball.net/2014/01/exclusive-teenage-star-wang-shuang-gunning-for-success-in-2014/ |title=Teenage Star Wang Shuang Gunning For Success in 2014 |publisher=Wild East Football |date=4 January 2014 |access-date=28 January 2014 |archive-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208002948/http://wildeastfootball.net/2014/01/exclusive-teenage-star-wang-shuang-gunning-for-success-in-2014/ |url-status=live }}

In December 2013, she signed a one-year contract with the club and was joined by Wu Haiyan. In 2015, she returned to Wuhan Jianghan University to prepare for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. On 31 December 2015, Wang transferred to Chinese Women's Super League side Dalian Quanjian despite interest from several FA WSL clubs.{{cite web |url=http://isports.ifeng.com/46909897_0_1/news.shtml |title=女足新星将加盟大连权健为奥预赛暂放弃留洋 |publisher=Phoenix Sports |date=31 December 2015 |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-date=16 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816143916/http://isports.ifeng.com/46909897_0_1/news.shtml |url-status=live }}

On 3 August 2018, Wang transferred to Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain signing a two-year contract.{{cite web |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/03/c_137366674.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804014155/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/03/c_137366674.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 August 2018 |title=Chinese midfielder Wang Shuang joins PSG women's team for two years |publisher=xinhuanet |date=3 August 2018 |access-date=4 August 2018}} On 5 July 2019, Wang left the club by mutual consent and returned to Wuhan Jianghan University once again.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

On 10 August 2022, Wang signed with National Women's Soccer League club Racing Louisville FC through the 2023 season.{{cite press release |url=https://www.racingloufc.com/news/2022/08/10/racing-signs-star-chinese-forward-shuang-through-2023/ |title=Racing signs star Chinese forward Wang Shuang through 2023 |date=10 August 2022 |access-date=10 August 2022 |publisher=Racing Louisville FC |archive-date=10 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810125827/https://www.racingloufc.com/news/2022/08/10/racing-signs-star-chinese-forward-shuang-through-2023/ |url-status=live }}{{cite tweet |user=Tyler_Greever |author=Tyler Greever |title=Some context on Wang Shuang and Racing Louisville FC: She just got her visa to start training with the team and is available to play on Friday. Shuang has been in Louisville for more than a week, but couldn't do anything with the team until the visa went through. |number=1557350293125439489 |date=10 August 2022 |access-date=10 August 2022}} She made her debut against Houston Dash on 12 August 2022 as a 60th-minute substitute.{{cite news |url=https://theathletic.com/3508747/2022/08/15/nwsl-rookie-of-the-year-laura-harvey-diana-ordonez/ |title=Competition for NWSL rookie of the year, a Courage-Current thriller, and more NWSL chaos |date=15 August 2022 |access-date=15 August 2022 |publisher=The Athletic |first1=Meg |last1=Linehan |first2=Steph |last2=Yang |archive-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815170652/https://theathletic.com/3508747/2022/08/15/nwsl-rookie-of-the-year-laura-harvey-diana-ordonez/ |url-status=live }}

On 8 December 2023, Wang signed for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur.

International career

Wang represented China PR U-17 at the age of 12.{{cite web |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/c/2013-07-03/05106650818.shtml |title=武汉"花木兰"留洋韩国联赛 不满18岁已入选国足 [Chinese] |date=3 July 2013 |access-date=29 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202195656/http://sports.sina.com.cn/c/2013-07-03/05106650818.shtml |url-status=live }} In 2012, she was included for the U-20 side at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Wang was called up to the China women's national football team for the first time in 2013 making her debut on 12 January 2013 in a 1–0 loss against Canada. After the match, then-manager Hao Wei described the then 17-year-old as a player "of great potential".{{cite web |url=http://sports.sohu.com/20130113/n363277249.shtml |title=中国女足又有"武汉伢" 小将王霜首秀不打酱油 [Chinese] |date=13 January 2013 |access-date=28 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202135831/http://sports.sohu.com/20130113/n363277249.shtml |url-status=live }} On 21 July 2013, she made her full international debut in a 2–0 loss against Japan in the 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/w1.pdf |title=Match Report |date=21 July 2013 |access-date=28 January 2014 |archive-date=7 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807130024/http://eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/w1.pdf |url-status=live }}

Wang was the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship's second top goalscorer. She was later nominated for the AFC Young Player of the Year award.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/awards-nominees.html |title=Annual Awards 2013 Nominees |publisher=The AFC |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=28 January 2014 |archive-date=4 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204054559/http://www.the-afc.com/en/awards-nominees.html |url-status=live }}

Wang was used largely as a substitute at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, was selected for the 2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup and started 10 consecutive international matches to end the year 2015. She was the top goalscorer at the 2015 Yongchuan International Tournament.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

She made her 100th appearance for China on 7 November 2019 in a 2–0 win against New Zealand during the 2019 Yongchuan International Tournament.{{cite tweet |user=wangshuang7 |number=1192611019744374784 |date=8 November 2019 |title=Yongchuan, where the dream began and witnessed my 100 caps. }}

At the 2020 Olympics she scored four goals in China's group game against Zambia.{{Cite web |title=China 4-4 Zambia (Jul 24, 2021) Game Analysis |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/601560 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=ESPN |language=en |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712230648/https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/601560 |url-status=live }}

Wang Shuang scored five goals in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup to help the team win the title.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Personal life

Writing for The Players' Tribune in June 2019, Wang spoke about her disconnect with her parents, how she was raised by her uncle and aunt growing up and her struggles with impostor syndrome.{{Cite web |title=On the Pitch, You Are Never Alone | By Wang Shuang |url=https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/wang-shuang-china-world-cup |website=The Players' Tribune|date=7 June 2019 }}

Career statistics

= Club =

{{updated|match played 12 December 2024}}{{cite web |title=Wang Shuang |url=https://www.soccerdonna.de/en/shuang-wang/leistungsdaten/spieler_16763.html |website=Soccerdonna |access-date=13 February 2024 |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143253/https://www.soccerdonna.de/en/shuang-wang/leistungsdaten/spieler_16763.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=China - S. Wang - Profile with news, career statistics and history |url=https://my.soccerway.com/players/shuang-wang/260991/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=13 February 2024 |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143253/https://my.soccerway.com/players/shuang-wang/260991/ |url-status=live }}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Women's FA Cup}}

!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes NWSL Challenge Cup, FA Women's League Cup}}

!colspan="2"|Continental{{efn|Includes UEFA Women's Champions League}}

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris Saint-Germain

|2018–19

|D1 Féminine

|18

700colspan="2" |—5100
rowspan="3" |Wuhan Jianghan University

|2020

|CWSL

|13

|4

|?

|?

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|13

|4

2021

|CWSL

|12

|6

|?

|?

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|12

|6

colspan="2" |Total

!25

!10

!?

!?

!

!

! colspan="2" |—

!25

!10

rowspan="3" |Racing Louisville

|2022

|NWSL

|4

0colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—colspan="2" |—40
2023

|NWSL

|18

2colspan="2" |—00colspan="2" |—182
colspan="2" |Total

!22

2colspan="2" |—00colspan="2" |—222
rowspan="3" |Tottenham Hotspur

|2023–24

|Women's Super League

|6

03010colspan="2" |—100
2024–25

|Women's Super League

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!6

!0

!3

!0

!1

!0

! colspan="2" |—

!11

!0

colspan="3"|Career total

!71

193010518111

{{notelist}}

= International =

{{updated|match played 26 October 2024}}{{cite web |title=王霜 - 中国足球协会官方网站 |url=https://www.thecfa.cn/src/PlayerBio/WomanPlayerBio.html?data1=420159 |website=Chinese Football Association |access-date=29 October 2024 |language=Chinese}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="12" |China

|2013

|7

|0

201441
2015183
2016214
2017165
20181912
2019172
202000
202156
2022

|6

|5

2023

|10

|9

2024

|2

|0

colspan="2" |Total12547

:Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wang goal.

class="wikitable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Wang Shuang

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

|14 December 2014

|Brasília, Brazil

|{{fbw|ARG}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|6–0

|2014 International Women's Football Tournament of Brasília

align="center"|2

|rowspan="2"|23 October 2015

|rowspan="2"|Chongqing, China

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|ENG}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2" align="center"|2–1

|rowspan="2"|2015 Yongchuan International Tournament

align="center"|3

|align="center"|2–0

align="center"|4

|15 December 2015

|New Orleans, United States

|{{fbw|USA}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|1–0

|Friendly

align="center"|5

|2 March 2016

|Osaka, Japan

|{{fbw|PRK}}

|align="center"|1–1

|align="center"|1–1

|2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

align="center"|6

|11 April 2016

|Qujing, China

|{{fbw|CRC}}

|align="center"|1–1

|align="center"|1–1

|Friendly

align="center"|7

|20 October 2016

|rowspan="2"| Chongqing, China

|{{fbw|ISL}}

|align="center"|1–1

|align="center"|2–2

|rowspan="2"|2016 Yongchuan International Tournament

align="center"|8

|23 October 2016

|{{fbw|UZB}}

|align="center"|4–1

|align="center"|4–1

align="center"|9

|19 January 2017

|rowspan="3"| Foshan, China

|{{fbw|THA}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|2–0

|rowspan="3"|2017 Four Nations Tournament

align="center"|10

|rowspan="2"|24 January 2017

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|UKR}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2" align="center"|5–0

align="center"|11

|align="center"|4–0

align="center"|12

|6 April 2017

|Kunshan, China

|{{fbw|CRO}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|2–0

|Friendly

align="center"|13

|21 October 2017

|Chongqing, China

|{{fbw|MEX}}

|align="center"|3–2

|align="center"|3–2

|2017 Yongchuan International Tournament

align="center"|14

|19 January 2018

|rowspan="2"| Foshan, China

|{{fbw|VIE}}

|align="center"|3–0

|align="center"|4–0

|rowspan="2"|2018 Four Nations Tournament

align="center"|15

|23 January 2018

|{{fbw|COL}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|2–0

align="center"|16

|6 April 2018

|rowspan="4"| Amman, Jordan

|{{fbw|THA}}

|align="center"|2–0

|align="center"|4–0

|rowspan="4"|2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup

align="center"|17

|rowspan="3"|12 April 2018

|rowspan="3"|{{fbw|JOR}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="3" align="center"|8–1

align="center"|18

|align="center"|3–1

align="center"|19

|align="center"|7–1

align="center"|20

|17 August 2018

|rowspan="6"| Palembang, Indonesia

|{{fbw|HKG}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|7–0

|rowspan="6"|2018 Asian Games

align="center"|21

|20 August 2018

|{{fbw|TJK}}

|align="center"|5–0

|align="center"|16–0

align="center"|22

|22 August 2018

|{{fbw|PRK}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|2–0

align="center"|23

|rowspan="3"|25 August 2018

|rowspan="3"|{{fbw|THA}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="3" align="center"|5–0

align="center"|24

|align="center"|3–0

align="center"|25

|align="center"|5–0

align="center"|26

|rowspan="2"|7 November 2019

|rowspan="2"| Chongqing, China

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|NZL}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2" align="center"|2–0

|rowspan="2"|2019 Yongchuan International Tournament

align="center"|27

|align="center"|2–0

align="center"|28

|8 April 2021

|Goyang, South Korea

|{{fbw|KOR}}

|align="center"|2–1

|align="center"|2–1

|rowspan="2"|2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

align="center"|29

|13 April 2021

|Suzhou, China

|{{fbw|KOR}}

|align="center"|2–2

|align="center"|2–2

align="center"|30

|rowspan="4"|24 July 2021

|rowspan="4"| Rifu, Japan

|rowspan="4"|{{fbw|ZAM}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="4" align="center"|4–4

|rowspan="4"|2020 Summer Olympics

align="center"|31

|align="center"|2–1

align="center"|32

|align="center"|3–1

align="center"|33

|align="center"|4–4

align="center"|34

|rowspan="2"|20 January 2022

|rowspan="4"| Mumbai, India

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|TPE}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2"align="center"|4–0

|rowspan="5"|2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup

align="center"|35

|align="center"|4–0

align="center"|36

|rowspan="2"|23 January 2022

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|IRI}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2"align="center"|7–0

align="center"|37

|align="center"|3–0

align="center"|38

|30 January 2022

|Navi Mumbai, India

|{{fbw|VIE}}

|align="center"|1–1

|align="center"|3–1

align="center"|39

|28 July 2023

|rowspan="2"| Adelaide, Australia

|{{fbw|HAI}}

|align="center"|1–0

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2"|2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

align="center"|40

|1 August 2023

|{{fbw|ENG}}

|align="center"|1–3

|align="center"|1–6

align="center"|41

|rowspan="5"|22 September 2023

|rowspan="7"| Hangzhou, China

|rowspan="5"|{{fbw|MNG}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="5" align="center"|16–0

|rowspan="7"|2022 Asian Games

align="center"|42

|align="center"|3–0

align="center"|43

|align="center"|5–0

align="center"|44

|align="center"|7–0

align="center"|45

|align="center"|11–0

align="center"|46

|rowspan="2"|30 September 2023

|rowspan="2"|{{fbw|THA}}

|align="center"|2–0

|rowspan="2" align="center"|4–0

align="center"|47

|align="center"|3–0

Honours

Dalian

Wuhan Jianghan University

China

Individual

References

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