According to official confirmation, in the 2023 Women's World Cup, the first captain of the Chinese women's football team is veteran Wang Shanshan. The second captain candidate is Zhang Rui. Wang Shanshan has been a 33-year-old veteran since she competed in international competitions in the 2015 World Cup and by the time of the 2023 Women's World Cup. Although the talent of the post-95 players of the Chinese women's football team has shown a blowout momentum, in the center position, among the rising stars of the Chinese women's football team, there is still no candidate who can surpass Wang Shanshan.
The warm-up project became the main project, and it was an accident that Wang Shanshan became the first sister of the women's football team
Wang Shanshan has shown athletic talent since she was a child. The sport she first started playing was actually women's volleyball. Soccer was originally just a warm-up for the women's volleyball team before the volleyball program. But Wang Shanshan eventually chose to turn the warm-up project into her main project. As a result, Wang Shanshan, who may become a member of the women's volleyball team, has become the best striker in the Chinese women's football team since Ma Xiaoxu and Han Duan, and she is also the only strong striker in the Chinese women's football team after Ma Xiaoxu.
Hao Wei has a good eye, and Wang Shanshan has repeatedly scored key goals to repay the trust of the coaching staff
At the age of 22, Wang Shanshan entered the Chinese women's football team and completed the "two goals" in her debut. In order to further play her offensive advantage, Hao Wei even once let Ma Xiaoxu play as a silver striker and let Wang Shanshan play the center in the 4321 formation. In the 2015 Women's World Cup, Wang Shanshan contributed 2 goals. Especially in the 1/8 final between the Chinese women's football team and the Cameroon women's football team, Wang Shanshan showed great courage and scored the only goal of the game, helping the Chinese women's football team to advance to the quarterfinals 1-0 against the African powerhouse.
In Asia, she is the No. 1 center forward in Asia
In the World Cup, Wang Shanshan did not perform brightly, playing in the Olympic Games, Wang Shanshan also rarely had highlight moments. But in Asia, Wang Shanshan is definitely the number one center. In the group stage of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, the Chinese women's football team defeated North Korea 2-0, Tajikistan 16-0, and Taiwan 1-0, and Wang Shanshan scored. Especially against Tajikistan, Wang Shanshan performed like a tiger out of the cage, scoring 9 goals in 27 minutes, becoming a "9-goal diva". The connection between Wang Shuang and Wang Shanshan is also jokingly called the "Wang Fried" connection by fans. In the 2022 Women's World Cup, Wang Shanshan played both a defender and a center, especially against the Japanese women's football team and the South Korean women's football team, Wang Shanshan performed extremely dazzlingly, against the Japanese women's team, Wang Shanshan scored in the 119th minute of the game to help China draw 2-2 with Japan. In the final, Wang Shanshan took the ball on her back to assist Xiao Yuyi's goal, and finally helped the Chinese women's football team defeat the Korean women's football team 3-2, returning to the Asian championship position after 16 years.
Now 33 years old, this may be her last Women's World Cup. It is said that there is an old family, such as a treasure, Wang Shanshan's experience and flexible movement, excellent back to the ball and heading ability, is destined to contribute to the offensive end of the Chinese women's football team. And Wang Shanshan can also be competent for the position of back and defender at special moments. This is an experienced "patch" waiting to be put to good use by the coaching staff of the Chinese women's football team.