Ma Xiaoxu
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| Full name | Ma Xiaoxu | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dalian, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Dalian Shide | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Umeå IK | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2018 | Dalian Quanjian | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Beijing BG Phoenix | (5) | |||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | China U-20 | 8 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005– | China | 152 | (61) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 August 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 August 2016  | |||||||||||||||||
Ma Xiaoxu (simplified Chinese: 马晓旭; traditional Chinese: 馬曉旭; pinyin: Mǎ Xiǎoxù; born 5 June 1988) is a Chinese footballer who has played for Dalian Quanjian and Beijing BG Phoenix of the Chinese Women's Super League.[1] She also spent a short time with Umeå IK of the Swedish Damallsvenskan in 2007.
Club career
Umeå
In February 2007 Ma agreed an initial six-month contract with Swedish Damallsvenskan champions Umeå IK,[2] on a reported monthly salary of USD 5,000.[3] She made a substitute appearance as Umeå beat Linköpings FC in the Svenska Supercupen,[4] then scored on her league debut as Umeå defeated QBIK 4–0 on the opening match day.[5]
Ma featured in both legs of Umeå's 2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final defeat by Arsenal. The following month Ma and Marta both scored twice in a 5–2 Damallsvenskan win over Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC.[6] Ma struggled with the intensity of the training at Umeå,[7] and was criticised by the coach Andrée Jeglertz for her lack of mobility and poor work-rate.[8] She was released from her Umeå contract early in July 2007, to return to China in preparation for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup which they were hosting.[9]
Beijing
In December 2020 Ma and several other experienced players left Beijing BG Phoenix amid economic downsizing at the club.[10]
International goals
Honours
Club
- Damallsvenskan: 2007
 - Svenska Cupen: 2007
 - Svenska Supercupen: 2007
 
Dalian Quanjian
- Chinese Women's Super League: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016
 
International
China PR national football team
China national under-20 football team
Individual
- AFC Women's Asian Cup Most Valuable Player: 2006
 - FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Golden Shoe: 2006
 - FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship Golden Ball: 2006
 - Asian Women's Footballer of the Year: 2006
 - Asian Young Footballer of the Year: 2006
 
References
- ^ "Don't call me Rooney, says China's rising women's football star". Thestar.com.my. 3 December 2006. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
 - ^ "Extra: Kinesisk stjärna till Umeå" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 5 February 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
 - ^ "Umeå IKs spelarlön avslöjad i Kina" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 12 February 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
 - ^ Frennstedt, Thorsten (1 April 2007). "Umeå tog revansch i Supercupen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
 - ^ Skogh, Karin (11 April 2007). "Succé direkt för Ma Xiaoxu" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
 - ^ "Umeå vann - som vanligt" (in Swedish). Upsala Nya Tidning. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
 - ^ "Mas form ingen synvilla" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
 - ^ Maaherra, Petter (21 April 2007). "Umeås nya stjärna sågas av tränaren" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
 - ^ "Ma Xiaoxu har lämnat Umeå" (in Swedish). Expressen. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
 - ^ "It is revealed that the Beijing women's football investors cannot continue to invest in Ma Xiaoxu and other main players have left the team". 6 Park News. 16 January 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
 
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