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Ma Li (footballer)

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Ma Li
马莉
Personal information
Full name Ma Li
Date of birth (1969-03-03) 3 March 1969 (age 55)
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
Women's football
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Beijing Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2015

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

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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

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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

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Ma later emigrated to Brazil, where as of April 2016 she was working as a businesswoman.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ma: Scoring first Women's World Cup goal was special". FIFA. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup China '91 - Technical Report & Statistics" (PDF). FIFA. p. 66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ^ "1 day to go". FIFA. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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