Li Weifeng

Li Weifeng
Li Weifeng for Suwon Bluewings (2009)
Personnel
birthday	December 1, 1978
place of birth	Changchun ,  China
size	182 cm
position	Central defense
Juniors
Years	station
1990-1995	Tianjin locomotive
1996-1998	Shenzhen Shangqingyin
1998	Tianjin locomotive
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-2002	Shenzhen Ping'an	92 (4)
2002-2003	Everton FC	1 (0)
2003-2005	Shenzhen Jianlibao	59 (4)
2006-2008	Shanghai Shenhua	49 (8)
2008	Wuhan Guanggu	2 (0)
2009-2010	Suwon Bluewings	48 (2)
2011-2015	Tianjin Teda	105 (3)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1998-2011	China	112 (14)
1 Only league games are given. As of April 4, 2014

Li Weifeng ( Chinese  李玮锋 , Pinyin Lǐ Wěifēng ; born December 1, 1978 in Changchun , Jilin ) is a former Chinese football player and since October 11, 2011, the national record player in his country.

Career

society

Li started his career at Shenzhen Shangqingyin in 1998 . In 2002 he tried his hand at Europe for a short time when he was signed by Everton FC under a sponsorship agreement with the Chinese company Keijan . Here, however, he could not assert himself and only came to an appearance in the Premier League . So in 2003 he returned to China and went to Shenzhen Shangqingyin again. In 2006 he moved to league rivals Shanghai Shenhua .

In 2009 he was signed by the South Korean representative Suwon Bluewings , making Li the first Chinese in the K League Classic . Here he became a crowd favorite due to his consistently good performance and was nicknamed " The Great Wall of China " . From 2011 to 2015 he played for Tianjin Teda , after which he ended his career.

National team

Li was a Chinese international . He took part in the 2002 World Cup. In September 2006, the team captain was kicked out of the team because he had beaten a teammate and received his sixth red card within 14 months. He played 112 international matches in which he scored eleven goals. At the only meeting to date with the German national team on October 12, 2005, he owed the penalty for the 1-0 final score for the German selection. At the 2008 Home Olympics , Li Weifeng was the captain of China's squad.

On October 11, 2011, he played his 109th international match in the World Cup qualifier against Iraq, setting the record for Hao Haidong , whose official A-internationals were reduced by FIFA on June 10, 2011 from 115 to 109.

Play style

Li was seen as an aggressive, unyielding defender and was also called "Dàtóu" (German: "big head" ) because of his dominance in headers . In addition, whenever the opportunity arose, he was always on the offensive.

controversy

Even if Li's quality on the pitch was largely undisputed, he kept getting problems due to his verbal and physical lapses. For example, he attacked Keita Suzuki by the neck in a game against Japan and received a yellow card. In 2008 he was banned for eight games after an attack against a player. His red cards, which began to pile up after 2008, even meant that he had to give up the captain's armband for the national team.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Return of Li Weifeng: The Sol Campbell for the National Team? at wildeastfootball.net (English)
2. ↑ beijing2008.cn: China decides on men's squad (July 17, 2008) ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

See also

• List of football players with at least 100 international matches

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Li is the family name here, Weifeng is the first name.