On December 2, Beijing time, former women's football international Zhang Ouying died of lung cancer in San Diego, USA. The No. 7 sonorous rose, who has participated in the World Cup 3 times and the Olympic Games twice, has left us forever, and may there still be her flying figure in heaven.
As early as March this year, Zhang Ouying has been diagnosed with lung cancer, expensive medical expenses have made her family unaffordable, had to raise funds through crowdfunding of 200,000 US dollars, since then all sectors of society, including members of the old women's football team, have done their best to raise funds for Zhang Ouying and treat diseases. Strong, she never gave up treatment, but in the face of the disease, human beings are really too small.
Born in 1975, Zhang Ouying plays a forward or right forward and is one of the representatives of the golden generation of Chinese women's football. She has the speed of flying like a seagull and the keen sense of smell of a hound, and she is a rare fast knife striker in Chinese women's football.
Zhang Ouying is talented, and at the age of 18, he was selected for the Chinese women's national football team and started his international career. Due to his younger age, Zhang Did not participate with the Chinese women's football team in the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, the 1995 Women's World Cup in Sweden and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Since the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Zhang Ouying has gradually emerged in the Chinese women's football team.
Zhang Ouying changed direction to break through
The 1999 U.S. Women's World Cup was the first time Zhang Ouying represented the Chinese women's football team in the World Series, and in the second round of the group stage against Ghana, Zhang Ouying scored 2 goals in 5 minutes to help the Chinese women's football team win 7-0 against the opponent.
That tournament was the last glory of the golden generation of women's football, the outstanding performance of Sun Wen, Liu Ailing, Liu Ying and other older generation internationals, the Chinese women's football team almost stood on the top of the world, but the fate is so tricky, the goal line suspense case made the Chinese women's football team rank second. Fortunately, the Chinese women's football team stood on the top of Asia that year and won the Asian Cup in the Philippines.
The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games was the first time that Zhang Ouying participated in the World Series as the main force, but unfortunately, the Chinese women's football team failed to qualify from the group in that Olympic Games. Subsequently, Zhang Ouying also participated in the 2003 and 2007 World Cups, as well as the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Zhang Ouying's life photos
Zhang Ouying is also one of the few Chinese women's soccer players who has played in major league soccer. During his time with the San Diego Genie, Zhang Ouying wore his favorite No. 7 player and was once the most lethal star forward in the Major Leagues. At the end of 2005, Zhang Ouying, who had entered the twilight of his career, officially announced his retirement and immediately went to the United States to study.
At the retirement press conference, Zhang Ouying said angrily: "I originally wanted to play for two years, but now people don't want me, so what else do I play? "Expressed the condemnation of the relevant leaders of the Football Association!
In 2007, Zhang Ouying, who had retired, returned to the national team as a veteran to compete with the team in the World Cup held locally. In the end, the Chinese women's football team lost to Norway in the quarterfinals and missed the quarterfinals. After the game, Zhang Ouying walked through the mixed picking area with tears, she was very reluctant to lose, in the interview she reviewed the difficulties of the 1999 World Cup when the Chinese women's football team won the runner-up, and encouraged the young players to continue to go.
Zhang Ouying in the 07 Women's World Cup
In fact, Zhang Ouying's resume should have read "3 Olympic Games", but...
In 2008, the then Chinese women's football coach Elizabeth was very optimistic about Zhang Ouying. He hopes to recruit her into the Beijing Olympic Games, as well as other events that year.
In the training roster for the Algarve Cup that year, Elizabeth originally drew up 28 people in the list submitted to the Football Association, but when the Football Association announced the list, it became 27 people, of which Zhang Ouying was missing. At that time, Zhang Ouying had already received Elizabeth's notice in advance and was ready to leave for Home to train with the team.
It is reported that Zhang Ouying traveled 18,000 kilometers from Santiago alone under unknown circumstances to qinhuangdao football school with luggage. After arriving at the training ground, Elizabeth said that she wanted Zhang Ouying herself to greet the leader first, and when she found the team leader Zhang Jianqiang and asked to return to the team, the team refused to return to the team on the grounds that she was not in the 27-person list.
The Football Association refused Zhang Ouying's return to the team
Surprisingly, the Football Association not only did not accept the return of the meritorious veteran Zhang Ouying, but even refused her request to temporarily stay in the team station for one night, and finally spent a night in the room of teammate Han Duan.
At that time, there were serious contradictions and differences between the coach Elizabeth and the Football Association, and there were even rumors that the women's football coach was overtaken by the Football Association. Most of those who disagreed with Elizabeth in terms of roster and team management later went to jail in the "anti-fake black" storm. It is also reported that zhang Ouying was not accepted by some leaders of the Football Association because of his repeated blunt criticism of his teammates in the media.
Affected by the pressure of public opinion, the Football Association temporarily added Zhang Ouying to the team roster. But after the End of the Algarve Cup, Elizabeth was "fired", and Zhang Ouying completely ended his national team career.
Former women's football coach Elizabeth
Zhang Ouying, who has a brilliant career for many years, although she finally fell into the situation of serving the country without a way out, but in terms of marriage, she is happy.
In 2004, Zhang Ouying, who played in major leagues, met an ordinary company employee, The American Eddie. The two met, knew, fell in love, and finally registered their marriage in the United States in June 2006. Zhang Ouying gave birth to a pair of mixed-race children after marriage, and the children are not only very famous in the Santiago where she lives, but also quite famous in the domestic women's football circle.
Zhang Ouying's family
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Ouying was quite frugal during her life in the United States, when the world was just popular with Apple mobile phones, but Ouying did not follow this trend, but asked the reporter to help her buy an ordinary domestic dual-CARD dual-standby mobile phone in China.
After retiring, Zhang Ouying did not leave the green field and served as the coach of the women's football team of Santiago Football Club for a long time. She also held a football training class in San Diego, hoping to bring together children from the local Chinese community and use her professional football knowledge to enable more children who are wandering to play football.
Zhang Ouying has a dream, he dreams of one day being able to coach the Chinese women's football team, like Lang Ping led the women's volleyball team to lead the women's football team to win the world championship. Under the development and progress of China in recent years, the men's football team is still weak, but the women's football team has been on the road to rejuvenation. The new generation of sonorous roses represented by Wang Shuang and Wang Shanshan is leading the women's football team to a bright path.
Zhang Ouying was interviewed
It is believed that in the near future, Zhang Ouying in heaven will soon be able to see the women's football team regain the glory of that year.