Zhang Ouying

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{{short description|Chinese footballer}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Zhang Ouying

| image = Zhang Ouying.jpg

| full_name = Zhang Ouying{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: China PR |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=15 September 2007 |access-date=10 April 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923143137/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2007/pdf/FWWC_2007_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2019}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1975|11|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China{{cite web |title=Zhang Ouying |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zh/zhang-ouying-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zh/zhang-ouying-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=2 December 2018}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|01|1975|11|2|df=y}}

| death_place = San Diego, California, United States

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| position = Forward

| height = 5ft 5in

| years1 = 1991–2002

| clubs1 = Hebei

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| years2 = 2002–2003

| clubs2 = San Diego Spirit

| caps2 = 37

| goals2 = 6

| years3 = 2006–2008

| clubs3 = San Diego WFC SeaLions

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| nationalteam1 = China

| nationalyears1 = 1998–2007

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{{MedalSport|Women's football}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Bangkok|Team}}

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Zhang Ouying ({{zh|s=张欧影|t=張歐影|p=Zhāng Ōuyǐng}}; 2 November 1975 – 1 December 2018) was a Chinese football (soccer) player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics as well as the 1999, 2003, and 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=70/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913221951/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=70/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2015|title=FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - ZHANG Ouying|website=FIFA.com|language=en-GB|access-date=21 May 2017}} She was a member of the Chinese team that won the silver medal at the 1999 World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2696947 |title=送别昔日铿锵玫瑰,前女足国脚张欧影今晨病逝年仅43岁 |work=The Paper |date=2 December 2018|access-date=2 December 2018|language=zh}}

Life

Zhang was born in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, in 1975. In 2000, she finished fifth with the Chinese team in the 2000 Summer Olympics. She played all three matches. Four years later she finished ninth with the Chinese team in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She played in one match.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

She married an American in 2006, and moved to the United States after retirement.

From 2010 to 2012, she coached numerous teams at the San Diego Futbol Academy in Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego. After that, she coached teams for the San Diego Soccer Club{{Cite news|url=https://scrippsranchnews.com/news/soccer-community-loses-a-legend|title=Soccer community loses a legend}} and was often referred to as "Coach O".{{Cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/2176013/chinese-footballer-zhang-ouying-part-steel-roses-team-1999-fifa-womens|title=Steel Roses star Zhang Ouying dies at 43 after cancer battle|last=White|first=Jonathan|date=2 December 2018|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=2 December 2018|language=en}}

Zhang was diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2018,{{Cite news|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/womenfootballs/2018-12-02/doc-ihmutuec5530620.shtml|title=张欧影患病罕见复杂 曾梦想像郎平带女足拿世界冠军|date=2 December 2018|work=Sina|access-date=4 December 2018|language=zh}} and died in San Diego on 1 December 2018, at the age of 43.

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