Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 March 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Suzhou, China | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
Suzhou | |||
Jiangsu | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2023 | Jiangsu | ||
2022–2023 | → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2023- | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | China U17 | 3 | (0) |
2014 | China U20 | 3 | (0) |
2019 | China U21 | 1 | (0) |
2018– | China | 23 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:43, 8 October 2023 (UTC) |
Li Mengwen (Chinese: 李梦雯; pinyin: Lǐ Mèng Wén; born 28 March 1995) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the China national team.[1]
Li started her senior club career with Jiangsu. On 2 September 2022, she joined French club Paris Saint-Germain on a season long loan deal.[2]
On 1 September 2023, Brighton & Hove Albion announced the signing of Li.[3]
After playing for various age level national teams, Li made her senior team debut for China on 20 August 2018 in a 16–0 Asian Games win against Tajikistan.[4][2] In July 2021, she was named in the squad for the 2020 Olympics.[5]
In January 2022, Li was named in the squad for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[6] She played three matches in the tournament as China went on to win their ninth continental title.[7]
Li's father was a long-distance runner. Following her father's footsteps, she was a 400-metre athlete before switching her focus to football.[8]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Paris Saint-Germain (loan) | 2022–23 | Division 1 Féminine | 13 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2023–24 | Women's Super League | 10 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
Career total | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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China | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 5 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 4 | 0 | |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
2023 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 0 |
Jiangsu
China