By Sportswriter Ma Bangjie

BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Elisabeth Loisel claimed to lift the Chinese women's football national team to the world top six on Sunday when she was unveiled as the seventh head coach of the Chinese side over four years.

The Chinese local media was taken a back when the 44-year-old former France trainer appeared in the corridors of the Chinese Football Association clad in Chinese team track suit and at the ready to attend a press conference, where she would address the startled reporters as the new head coach of the Steel Rose.

    The Chinese Football Association holds a press conference on Oct. 28 to appoint the 44-year-old former France trainer Elisabeth Loisel(C) as the new head coach of the Chinese women football team. (Xinhua Photo)