Bai Yuefeng

Bai Yuefeng (Chinese: 白岳峰; Korean: 백악봉; born May 25, 1987), former name Bai Lei (Chinese: 白磊; Korean: 백뢰), is a Chinese former football player of Korean descent who played as a full back or midfielder for Xiamen Blue Lions, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Tianjin Teda.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Bai.
Bai Yuefeng
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987
Place of birth Yanbian, Jilin, China
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Full-back, Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2005 Beijing Huaya Feiying
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Xiamen Blue Lions 48 (2)
2008–2009 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 50 (2)
2010–2023 Tianjin Teda 298 (3)
International career‡
2010–2011 China PR 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 March 2013
Bai Yuefeng
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese白岳峰
Korean name
Hangul백악봉
Bai Lei
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese白磊
Korean name
Hangul백뢰

Club career

Born to Korean parents Bai Yuefeng was born and raised in China before he started his football career with the Beijing Huaya Feiying youth team where he was considered good enough to travel to Serbia and Montenegro on a three-year football training program. On his return he was scouted by top tier Chinese football team Shanghai International, however he sustained a serious injury during training and the club ended their interest, nevertheless recently promoted side Xiamen Blue Lions were willing to take a risk on him and Bai Lei signed a professional contract with them at the beginning of the 2006 league season.[1] With Xiamen he was quickly included in the squads first team and make his league debut against Shandong Luneng on March 12, 2006, in a 3–1 defeat.[2] Despite that defeat he quickly established himself within the squad and go on to score his first goal for the club in a league game on September 17, 2006, against Shenzhen Kingway in a 2–0 victory.[3] In the following season he solidified his position in the Xiamen team, but could not prevent them from relegation at the end of the 2007 league season.[4] Bai joined newly promoted Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Pharmaceutical at the beginning of the 2008 league season, and played in the club's first league game of the season against Shenzhen Xiangxue on March 30, 2008, in a 3–0 victory.[5] The club's manager Shen Xiangfu moved him into the team's defence, and this seemed to work; Guangzhou had seventh-place finish at the end of season.[6]

While Bai continued his good form for Guangzhou the club were discovered to be involved in a match-fixing scandal that was directly related to their promotion to the top tier and were relegated at the end of the 2009 league season.[7] Bai refused to return Guangzhou for pre-season training and searched for transfer. On February 12, 2010, Bai joined Tianjin Teda for a fee of ¥1.7 million. He made his debut in a league game against Shanghai Shenhua on April 14, 2010, in a 2–0 defeat.[8] Throughout the season he was given more opportunities by the manager Arie Haan who decided to move Bai to full back.[9] After 13 seasons with the club he retired on 21 April 2023 with a commemorative ceremony.[10]

International career

Bai Lei made his first appearance for the China national football team on June 4, 2010, in a friendly match against France in a 1–0 victory.[11] In reparation for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup he made his second appearance in a friendly against Syria on October 8, 2010, in a 2–1 victory.[12]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 21 April 2023.[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Xiamen Blue Lions 2006 Chinese Super League 24230––272
2007 210–––210
Total 452300000482
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 2008 Chinese Super League 301–––301
2009 201–––201
Total 502000000502
Tianjin Teda 2010 Chinese Super League 241–––241
2011 2803160–371
2012 29010601[lower-alpha 1]0370
2013 28000––280
2014 28110––290
2015 30100––301
2016 28000––280
2017 25010––260
2018 21000––210
2019 17010––180
2020 9020––110
2021 10020––120
2022 21000––210
Total 2983111120103224
Career total 3937141120104208
  1. Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

Club

Tianjin Teda

References
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  12. "China National Football Team Database - China PR 2-1 Syria". Teamchina.freehostia.com. 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
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