Yao Lijun

Yao Lijun (Chinese: 姚力君; pinyin: Yáo Lìjūn born on 2 October 1981 in Haining, Zhejiang) is a former Chinese football player who played the majority of his career as a defender for Shanghai Shenhua.

Yao Lijun
姚力君
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-10-02) 2 October 1981
Place of birth Haining, Zhejiang, China
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1995–1999 Shanghai 02
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Shanghai 02 12 (0)
2002–2010 Shanghai Shenhua 56 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 Jan 2012
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yao.

Club career

Yao Lijun began his football career playing for Shanghai 02 where his impressive displays for the club would see him captain the team to numerous youth championships, before joining their senior team that took part in the third tier in the 2000 Chinese league season.[1] After playing in one league season with the club they were taken over by top tier side Shanghai Shenhua and he moved towards their senior team. After making his debut in 2002 he was a squad regular for Shanghai Shenhua where he could play as either right-back or centre-back, however due to his versatility he consistently had other players preferred to when fighting for competition of places, however despite that he was part of the team that went on to win the 2003 Chinese Jia-A League title.[2] Unfortunately in 2013 the Chinese Football Association would revoke the league title after it was discovered the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be bias to Shenhua in games that season.[3][4] By the beginning of the 2007 league season Shenhua had merged with local rivals Shanghai United F.C. and with the exceptionally large squad Yao would gradually gain even less playing time until in 2010 he was dropped to the reserve team.[5]

Honours

Shanghai Shenhua

References
  1. "姓名：姚力君". sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
  2. "姚力君". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
  3. "Details of soccer referee investigation released to public". chinadaily.com.cn. 2011-03-31. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  4. "China Strips Shenhua of 2003 League Title, Bans 33 People for Life". english.cri.cn. 18 February 2013. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
  5. "Gimenez to coach newly combined Shanghai Shenhua". chinaview.cn. 2007-02-17. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved 2012-07-27.
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