Xu Deshuai

Xu Deshuai
徐德帥
Personal information
Full name Xu Deshuai
Date of birth (1987-07-13) 13 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2004–2005 Dalian Shide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Dalian Shide 0 (0)
2005–2008Citizen (loan) 31 (0)
2008–2010 Citizen 37 (8)
2010–2012 South China 26 (4)
2012–2013 Pegasus 17 (2)
2013–2015 Kitchee 22 (8)
2015–2020 Eastern 50 (3)
International career
2005–2006 China U-19 3 (1)
2009–2010 Hong Kong U-23 8 (1)
2008–2019 Hong Kong 39 (4)
Medal record
Representing Hong Kong
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hong Kong Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2019
Xu Deshuai
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese徐德帥
Simplified Chinese徐德帅
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXú Déshuài
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingceoi4 dak1 seoi3
Vietnamese name
VietnameseTừ Đức Soái

Xu Deshuai (Chinese: 徐德帥; pinyin: Xú Déshuài; born 13 July 1987) is a former Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a winger. Born in China, he represented Hong Kong on the international level. He was a member of the Hong Kong East Asian Games football team in 2009 who won the East Asian Games gold medal.

Xu wears number 8 for China U-19, Citizen, Hong Kong, Hong Kong U-23, South China and Pegasus. Because of this, Hong Kong football fans commonly use Xu 8 as a nickname for him.