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| Full name | Ma Li | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 March 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Beijing | |||||||||||||||||
| Matsushita Denki | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| China | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
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Ma Li (Chinese: 马莉; born 3 March 1969) is a Chinese former footballer who played for the China women's national football team.
International career
At the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, central defender Ma played the full 80 minutes in all four of China's games. The hosts reached the quarter-finals before losing 1–0 to Sweden.[2] Ma scored the first ever goal at a FIFA Women's World Cup after 22 minutes of the opening match; China's 4–0 win over eventual finalists Norway on 16 November 1991.[3] She headed Wu Weiying's free kick from the right flank past Norway's goalkeeper Reidun Seth.[1]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 November 1991 | Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China |  Norway | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup |
Personal life
Ma later emigrated to Brazil, where as of April 2016 she was working as a businesswoman.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Ma: Scoring first Women's World Cup goal was special". FIFA. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China '91 - Technical Report & Statistics" (PDF). FIFA. p. 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ "1 day to go". FIFA. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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