Zhang Ouying
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Zhang Ouying[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 2 November 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 December 2018 | (aged 43)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | San Diego, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1991–2002 | Hebei | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | San Diego Spirit | 37 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | San Diego WFC SeaLions | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1998–2007 | China | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Zhang Ouying (
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.[3] She was a member of the Chinese team that won the silver medal at the 1999 World Cup.[4]
Life
Zhang was born in
2004 Summer Olympics. She played in one match.[citation needed
]
She married an American in 2006, and moved to the United States after retirement.[4]
From 2010 to 2012, she coached numerous teams at the San Diego Futbol Academy in Rancho Peñasquitos, California. After that, she coached teams for the San Diego Soccer Club[5] and was often referred to as "Coach O".[6]
Zhang was diagnosed with lung cancer in March 2018,[7] and died in San Diego on 1 December 2018, at the age of 43.[4]
References
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – List of Players: China PR" (PDF). FIFA. 15 September 2007. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Zhang Ouying". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - ZHANG Ouying". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ a b c "送别昔日铿锵玫瑰,前女足国脚张欧影今晨病逝年仅43岁". The Paper (in Chinese). 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "Soccer community loses a legend".
- ^ White, Jonathan (2 December 2018). "Steel Roses star Zhang Ouying dies at 43 after cancer battle". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "张欧影患病罕见复杂 曾梦想像郎平带女足拿世界冠军". Sina (in Chinese). 2 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.