Bai Jie

Bai Jie (simplified Chinese: 白洁; traditional Chinese: 白潔; pinyin: Bái Jié; born March 28, 1972 in Hebei, China) is a Chinese footballer who made 139 appearances for the China women's national football team and was part 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[1] but was later moved into an attacking role on the national team.[2]

For the American edutainer with the same Chinese name, see Jessica Beinecke.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Bai.
Bai Jie
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-03-28) March 28, 1972
Place of birth Hebei, China
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Youth career
Hebei Youth and Teenagers Sports School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Guangzhou Army
2001–2002 Washington Freedom
National team
1997–2003 China 139
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bai Jie was named the first AFC Women's Player of the Year in 2003.[3] That year on June 11, 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.[4]

References
  1. "AFC Annual Awards".
  2. "Bai Jie: 'China will not fall behind'". FIFA. 19 August 2003. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012.
  3. "AFC Women's Awards". 19 November 2008.
  4. "China PR-India, 11 June 2003 Match Report". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2010-06-23.


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