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| Date of birth | 17 June 1974 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | China | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | China | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Qiu Haiyan (born 17 June 1974) was a female Chinese former football midfielder.
She was part of the China women's national football team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, and at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but did not play. [1] [2] [3]
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