Pu Wei

Pu Wei
Personal information
Full name Pu Wei
Date of birth (1980-08-20) 20 August 1980
Place of birth Shanghai, China
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Shanghai FC
2002 Washington Freedom 20 (1)
2003–2008 Shanghai FC
2011–2014 Shanghai FC
International career
1998–2014 China 219
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  China
Asian Games
2002 BusanTeam
2006 DohaTeam
FIFA Women's World Cup
Runner-up1999 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pu Wei (simplified Chinese: 浦玮; traditional Chinese: 浦瑋; pinyin: Pǔ Wěi; born 20 August 1980) is a Chinese former footballer who played as a midfielder. A veteran of three FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments and three Olympics, Pu Wei competed in USA 1999, USA 2003, China 2007, Sydney 2000 Olympics, Athens 2004 Olympics, and Beijing 2008; as China did not qualify for Germany 2011 World Cup and London 2012 Olympics. Until 2013, Pu was the captain of China women's national football team. She retired after a friendly with North Korea on 15 February 2014.