Bai Jie (; born 28 March 1972) is a Chinese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who made 139 appearances for the

China women's national football team China women's national football team (, recognized as China PR by FIFA) represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football competitions and is governed by the Chinese Football Association. China women's team won silve ...

and was part of their second-place performance at the

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for List of women's national association football teams, women's national association football, soccer teams. It was hosted as well as ...

. Bai initially played left back and was dubbed "Lady

Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), often known as Roberto Carlos and sometimes ''RC3'', is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer. He has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the ...

" for her similar style of play but was later moved into an attacking role on the national team. Bai Jie was named the first AFC Women's Player of the Year in 2003. That year on 11 June, 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.

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"BAI Jie"
(FIFA player profile) 1972 births Living people Chinese women's footballers 21st-century Chinese sportswomen Footballers from Hebei Washington Freedom (soccer) players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Chinese expatriate sportspeople in the United States FIFA Women's Century Club Women's association football fullbacks Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Chinese police officers China women's international footballers Sportspeople from Zhangjiakou Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games footballers for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's United Soccer Association players Asian Games gold medalists in football Asian Games silver medalists in football {{PRChina-women-footy-bio-stub