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    PEOPLE & POINTS

    Apr 14, 2022 3 minutes

    WOMEN’S FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR

    Wang Shuang was named 2021 Chinese Women’s Footballer of the Year during a ceremony in Beijing on March 31.

    Last year, the Chinese midfielder and forward helped China qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in April before leading her team, Wuhan Jiangda, to victory in the Chinese Women’s Super League championships in November.

    Despite a disappointing performance at Tokyo 2020, China bounced back six months later, in February, winning the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Asian Cup after 16 years following consecutive comeback wins over Japan and the Republic of Korea in the semifinal and final.

    The occasion marked Wang’s fourth time winning the honor,

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