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

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who made 139 appearances for the

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and was part their second-place performance at the

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. Bai initially played left back and was dubbed "Lady

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" for her similar style of play but was later moved into an attacking role on the national team. Bai Jie was named the first

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Women's Player of the Year in 2003. 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.

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"BAI Jie"
(FIFA player profile) 1972 births Living people Chinese women's footballers Footballers from Hebei Washington Freedom players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Chinese expatriate sportspeople in the United States FIFA Century Club Women's association football fullbacks Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Chinese police officers China women's international footballers People from Zhangjiakou Asian Games gold medalists 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 {{PRChina-women-footy-bio-stub