Li Jinyu

Li Jinyu
李金羽
Personal information
Full name	Li Jinyu
Date of birth	6 July 1977 (age 47)
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
1998–2003	Liaoning FC
1999	→ AS Nancy (loan)
2004–2010	Shandong Luneng
Total
International career‡
1997–2008	China
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
Men's football
Representing China
Asian Games
	*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.

Club career

One of the premier strikers in China^{[citation needed]}, Li Jinyu earned his reputation early when he was the stars of the Chinese youth team that studied in Brazil for a training programme sponsored by Shenzhen Jianlibao. This then saw him called up to the Chinese under-20 national team and gave him a chance to play in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship which attracted the interests of French side AS Nancy who acquired him on loan for one season.^[1] Li's time at AS Nancy was not successful and he would return to China to sign with Liaoning Whowin, immediately showing his potential that was missing at AS Nancy when he became an integral member of the team that narrowly lost out on the league title in 1999.^[2] While he would personally win his first Golden Boot award in 2002, he did not win any trophies with his club Liaoning during his time with them.

At the beginning of the 2004 league season, Shandong Luneng were willing to pay 4,900,000 yuan to make him the most expensive signing in Chinese football transfer history at the time. He would immediately become an integral member of the team and would repay them by helping them win the Chinese FA Cup and Chinese Super League Cup at the end of the season. The 2006 league season would see him reach his peak when he won the league title, the Chinese FA Cup, and the Golden Boot award with the team. The 2007 league season would see him officially become the most prolific player within the league when he broke Hao Haidong's goal record, however he could not aid Shandong to another league title.^[3] Despite his tradition in scoring, his prolific goalscoring dropped during the 2008 league season when he only scored six goals, nevertheless he was still able to win another league title.^[4] By the 2010 league season, Li would become a fringe player within the team, however he would still go on to win the league title once more and decided to retire at the end of the season.

International career

After playing in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship for the Chinese under-20 national team, Li would immediately move to the senior team and would make his debut in a friendly against the United States in a 1-1 draw on 1 February 1997.^[5] This then saw him become a regular with the Chinese national team and saw him play in several unsuccessful World Cup qualifiers. His biggest achievement came in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup where he was an integral member of the team that was runners-up in the tournament. When China qualified for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, then manager Zhu Guanghu dropped him from the squad to take part in the tournament because he believed that his performances were not convincing enough to be included in the squad.^[6]

Management career

Li started his managerial career by becoming the assistant coach of the Chinese women's national team and Shenyang Shenbei. On 13 May 2013, he was appointed as the new manager of China League One side Shenyang Shenbei, replacing Liu Zhicai who was sacked from the club on the same day after a string of poor results.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals
Liaoning FC	1998	Chinese Jia-A League	0	0
	1999		13	8
	2000		24	5
	2001		22	11
	2002		27	15
	2003		14	7
	Total		100	46
AS Nancy	1998–99	French Division 1	6	0
AS Nancy	Total		6	0
Shandong Luneng	2004	Chinese Jia-A League	21	13
	2005		17	7
	2006		26	26
	2007		27	15
	2008		24	6
	2009		22	3
	2010		14	4
	Total		151	74
Total			257	120

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 February 1997	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	2-0	3-1	1997 Dunhill Cup Malaysia
2	2 March 1997	Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1-0	3-0	1997 Dunhill Cup Malaysia
3	20 April 1997	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	Myanmar	3-0	5-0	Friendly international
4	1 June 1997	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	Turkmenistan	1-0	1-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
5	30 November 1998	Surat Thani Province Stadium, Surat Thani, Thailand	Lebanon	3-1	4-1	1998 Asian Games
6	8 December 1998	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Tajikistan	2-1	3-1	1998 Asian Games
7	10 December 1998	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Oman	3-0	6-1	1998 Asian Games
8	10 December 1998	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Oman	4-0	6-1	1998 Asian Games
9	12 December 1998	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Iran	1-0	1-2	1998 Asian Games
10	14 December 1998	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Turkmenistan	1-0	3-0	1998 Asian Games
12	6 May 2001	Lambert Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Cambodia	1-0	4-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
13	6 May 2001	Lambert Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Cambodia	4-0	4-0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
14	31 August 2003	Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States	Haiti	3-1	3-4	Friendly international
15	3 July 2004	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China	Lebanon	1-0	6-0	Friendly international
16	3 July 2004	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing, China	Lebanon	2-0	6-0	Friendly international
17	17 July 2004	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	Bahrain	2-1	2-2	2004 AFC Asian Cup
18	8 September 2004	City Stadium, Penang, Malaysia	Malaysia	1-0	1-0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
19	17 November 2004	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	1-0	7-0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
20	17 November 2004	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	4-0	7-0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
21	3 September 2005	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea	Japan	1-0	2-2	2005 East Asian Football Championship
22	10 September 2006	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China	Thailand	1-0	4-0	Friendly international
23	7 February 2007	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou, China	Kazakhstan	2-1	2-1	Friendly international
24	21 October 2007	Century Lotus Stadium, Foshan, China	Myanmar	5-0	7-0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Management statistics

As of 20 July 2024.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Shenyang Zhongze		13 May 2013	12 May 2014	32	12	11	9	037.50
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (caretaker)		15 July 2016	30 October 2016	13	4	4	5	030.77
Jiangsu Suning (caretaker)		1 June 2017	11 June 2017	1	0	0	1	000.00
Wuhan Yangtze River		4 December 2021	25 January 2023	43	10	7	26	023.26
Yunnan Yukun		7 September 2023	22 May 2024	16	13	2	1	081.25
Liaoning Tieren		2 July 2024	present	3	2	1	0	066.67
Total				98	41	15	42	041.84

Honours

Player

References

^ LI Jinyu at fifa.com Retrieved 2012-08-28
^ China 1999 at rsssf.org 2 Jul 2001 Retrieved 2012-08-28
^ China's Asian Cup reject Li makes a point with 100th goal at chinadaily.com.cn 2007-06-21 Retrieved 2012-08-28
^ China 2008 Archived 2010-07-21 at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com 3 Apr 2009 Retrieved 2012-08-28
^ China PR 1-1 USA at teamchina.freehostia.com 1997-02-01 Retrieved 2012-08-28
^ Soccer-China leave top scorer Li out of Asian Cup squad at uk.reuters.com Jun 15, 2007 Retrieved 2012-08-28
^ 沈北官方宣布李金羽担任主教练刘志才自动离职 Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine at titan24.com 2013-05-14 Retrieved 2013-05-27
^ "Li, Jinyu". National-football-teams.com. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.