Sun Wen (footballer)

Sun Wen
Personal information
Full name Sun Wen
Date of birth (1973-04-06) 6 April 1973
Place of birth Shanghai, China
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–2000 Shanghai 659 (164)
2001–2002 Atlanta Beat 33 (7)
2003 Shanghai SVA
2006 Shanghai SVA
International career
1990–2006 China 163 (106)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  China
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaTeam
Asian Games
1994 HiroshimaTeam
1998 BangkokTeam
2002 BusanTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sun Wen (Chinese: 孙雯; pinyin: Sūn Wén; born 6 April 1973) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a forward. She previously captained the China national team and the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).

In 2000, she won the FIFA Female Player of the Century along with Michelle Akers. Sun won both the Golden Ball (top player) and Golden Boot (top scorer) for her performance at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. She is considered one of the all-time greats of the women's game.

After the retirement, she became vice-president of the Chinese Football Association in 2019.