Ziqin Shao

Forward • Age 23 • #26

Ziqin Shao (邵子钦) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a forward. She represents China at senior international level.

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She has an identical twin sister who also plays professional football. Shao Zijia is a defender, and the two sisters grew up playing football together before representing Jiangsu at senior level.

Her sporting journey started with taekwondo. Before taking up football, she and her twin sister attended taekwondo, swimming, cycling and skating classes.

Erling Haaland is one of her football idols. She has also looked up to Chinese forwards Yuan Cong and Deng Mengye for their finishing and movement.

She once surprised her childhood coach with a special gift. Before the 2025 East Asian Championship, Shao visited her former coach in Wuxi and quietly left a new pair of football boots on her desk.

Her mother became a keen runner because of her daughters' football journey. After watching them train over the years, she took up running and went on to participate in marathons in Wuxi and Nanjing.