Why do Japanese players bow to Shui Qingxia? It is tradition to pay tribute to seniors. Shui Qingxia has played in Japan twice.

Shui Qingxia played in Japan during her playing days. The Japanese women’s football team bowed after the game on the one hand, out of etiquette, and on the other hand, it may also be to pay tribute to their seniors.

In the Asian Games women’s football semifinals on October 3, the Chinese women’s football team lost 3-4 to the Japanese women’s football team. After the game, the Japanese women's football team collectively bowed to Shui Qingxia and the fans in the stands, and Shui Qingxia responded with applause. Later, the Japanese women's football staff also took the initiative to express their respects to Shui Qingxia.

Shui Qingxia went to Japan twice to play football as a player. In 1992, Shui Qingxia went to Japan to play for Prima Club and became the main force. In February 1993, Shui Qingxia's right tibia was kicked off during a teaching match with male players, causing a severe fracture. After the operation, she rested in Japan for a month and then returned to the Shanghai Women's Football Team.

In November 1998, Shui Qingxia went to Japan to play for Suzu and Shimizu. She scored 11 goals in the league that year, ranking sixth in the scorer list. As Japan enacted the rule that the women's football team does not use foreign players the next year, Shui Qingxia returned to the Shanghai Women's Football Team.

Awards Record

1986 Italian Tortona International Football Invitational Championship Champion.

Winner of the 6th Asian Women’s Football Championship in 1986.

1989 Xiamen International Women’s Football Championship.

Winner of the 9th Asian Cup Women's Football Championship in 1993.

Sweden finished fourth in the 1995 Women's World Cup.

Runner up in the women's football team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

1997 Asian Women’s Football Championship.

1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup runner-up.

1999 Chinese Women’s Football Super Cup Champion.

Member of the Chinese Women’s Football Team “Dragon Team” in 1999.

Champion of the 9th National Games in 2001.

2001 Chinese Women’s Football Super Cup runner-up and best player.

Member of the 2001 Chinese Football "Dragon Team".