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Full name | Li Jinyu | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 July 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Shenyang, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Liaoning Tieren (Manager) | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1993–1998 | Shenzhen Youth | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1998–2003 | Liaoning FC | 100 | (46) | ||||||||||||||
1999 | → AS Nancy (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2004–2010 | Shandong Luneng | 151 | (74) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 257 | (120) | |||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
1997–2008 | China | 70 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2011 | China Women (Assistant Coach) | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Shenyang Shenbei (Assistant Coach) | ||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Shenyang Shenbei | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (Caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Jiangsu Suning (Caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Wuhan Yangtze River | ||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Yunnan Yukun | ||||||||||||||||
2024- | Liaoning Tieren | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 October 2013 |
Li Jinyu (Chinese: 李金羽; pinyin: Lǐ Jīnyǔ; born 6 July 1977) is a Chinese former international football player who is currently the head coach of Liaoning Tieren.
As a player he represented Liaoning Whowin and Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League and spent one season on loan at French club AS Nancy. He is also currently the top goalscorer in Chinese professional league history and won the Golden Boot Award three times in the process.