In the history of the Chinese women's national football team, there is a player who has made a total of 219 appearances for the national team, maintaining the record of the first appearance in the history of the women's national team, she is the former captain of the women's national team Pu Wei.
Pu Wei was born on August 20, 1980, her game experience is quite rich, her physical condition is outstanding, her running ability is strong, her ball control level is first-class, she has a great general demeanor, and she has become an old qualification of Chinese women's football. Pu Wei played as a forward in the early days, but in order to strengthen the defense, she was put on the back line, and eventually fixed at the center back, with the advantage of height and rich experience in the game, she occupied the main position in the team. She has a strong sense of responsibility and collective honor, and has a spirit of never accepting defeat and running undead on the field, and once became the captain of the national team.
Pu Wei entered Shanghai Yangpu Sports School in 1990 and was selected for the national team in 1998, has been a regular visitor to the national team, participated in the 1999 World Cup, and helped the team to win the runner-up. She joined the Shanghai team in 1998 under Ma Liangxing, and made her debut for the national team at the Asian Games in Bangkok that year, helping the team win the championship.
In the 2013 Women's Asian Cup, she again wore the national team shirt and the captain's armband against Japan. He announced his retirement after the 2014 Yongchuan Shikoku Invitational Tournament. During the national team, he participated in three World Cups, three Olympic Games, and made a total of 219 appearances for the national team, becoming the first person to appear in the history of Chinese women's football, experiencing the peak and bottom of Chinese women's football. As the first record holder in history, the spirit of Pu Wei's chinese women's football team not to accept defeat and fight to the end will surely become a valuable asset and guide Chinese footballers to continue to move forward for national honor.
Pu Wei is also a beauty-level player in the circle, her boyfriend is a Chinese-American, a Shanghainese living in the United States, more than ten years older than her, met in 2002, and her boyfriend is also very supportive of Pu Wei playing football. Last year, Pu Wei also opened a restaurant in Shanghai, and naturally her shop is full of football elements.