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Sun Wen

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Sun Wen is a Chinese former professional footballer regarded as one of the greatest women's players of the twentieth century. A forward for the Chinese national team, she led China to the final of the 1999 Womens World Cup, where the team lost to the United States, and was jointly named FIFA Female Player of the Century alongside American forward Michelle Akers.

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Birth Year
1973 1
Birth Date
1973-04-06 1
Nationality
Chinese 1
Career Highlight
Won the FIFA Female Player of the Century in 2000 jointly with Michelle Akers, and won both the Golden Ball and Golden Boot at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. 1
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1. Wikipedia, Sun Wen
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  • en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-date clause: "born 6 April 1973"
    born 6 April 1973
  • en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-year figure: "born 6 April 1973"
    born 6 April 1973
  • en.wikipedia.org lead sentence, nationality clause
    is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a forward.
  • en.wikipedia.org lead paragraph, career-highlight sentence
    In 2000, she won the FIFA Female Player of the Century along with Michelle Akers. Sun won both the Golden Ball (top player) and Golden Boot (top scorer) for her performance at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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