Li Weifeng
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| Full name | Li Weifeng | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1978 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Changchun, Jilin, China | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1990–1995 | Tianjin Locomotive | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Shenzhen Youth | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Tianjin Locomotive | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1998–2005 | Shenzhen Ping'an | 151 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | → Everton (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Shanghai Shenhua | 49 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Wuhan Guanggu | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Suwon Bluewings | 48 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Tianjin Teda | 105 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 356 | (21) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–2011 | China | 112 | (14) | ||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 May 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 May 2015 |
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Li Weifeng (simplified Chinese: 李玮峰; traditional Chinese: 李瑋峰; pinyin: Lǐ Wěifēng; born 1 December 1978) is a former Chinese international footballer.
Li Weifeng started his football career with Tianjin Locomotive's youth academy before he was spotted by the Chinese national youth program to study football abroad in a training program sponsored by Jianlibao. This then saw him called up to the Chinese under-20 national team and given a chance to play in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. Upon his return from the tournament Li was returned to his initial youth team of Tianjin Locomotive until top tier club Shenzhen Ping'an showed an interest in him, not wanting to lose a promising young player a contract dispute would arise until a fee of 800,000 yuan was reportedly agree upon. In the 1998 league season he made his debut for the club and quickly established himself at the heart of the teams defense, guiding them to a 12th-place finish and doing enough to avoid relegation.
In the following seasons with Shenzhen, Li establish himself as an integral member of the team and would go on to represent his country in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. With the exposure of the tournament, a short trial at Premier League side Everton immediately followed as part of an Everton deal with Chinese sponsor Kejian. His time at Everton he only made two appearances, playing once in the league against Southampton and once in the League Cup against Wrexham. He was unable to make an impact at the club and returned to Shenzhen after the 2002-03 season.
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