Li Ming (footballer, born 1971)

Li Ming (Chinese: 李明; pinyin: Lǐ Míng; born 26 January 1971) is a Chinese football coach and a former international player.

Li Ming
李明
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-01-26) 26 January 1971
Place of birth Jinan, Shandong, China
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–2005 Dalian Wanda 244 (36)
National team‡
1992–2004 China 86 (8)
Teams managed
2013 Dalian Aerbin (caretaker)
2015–2018 China U-20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2009
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 February 2009
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

As a footballer, he played as a midfielder and spent his whole career with Dalian Wanda FC where he won eight league titles and three Chinese FA Cups. His international career saw him play for the Chinese national team gathering 86 international appearances between 1992 and 2004, scoring 8 goals.[1] He represented his nation at four editions of the AFC Asian Cup, helping his team to a third-place finish in 1992, a quarter-finals in 1996, a fourth-place finish in 2000 and a second-place finish in 2004 edition of the tournament.

Playing career

Li Ming was born in Jinan, Shandong. Starting his football career in 1989, Li Ming would spend his entire football career with Dalian Wanda FC. He soon established himself as the club's first choice right-midfielder, however it was not until the 1994 league season that Dalian would win their first professional league title. With the help of Li Ming, the club soon established themselves as the dominant team within China for severals seasons.[2] From 1994 to 2002 Dalian would win a staggering eight league titles; Li Ming was one of the stars of the Dalian Wanda team that went the entire 1996 league season without losing a single domestic league game.[3] Li missed out on China's maiden appearance at the 2002 FIFA World Cup due to an injury during the qualification campaign.[4]

Career statistics

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 February 1997Malaysia Finland2–1Won1997 Dunhill Cup Malaysia
2.28 February 1997Malaysia Zimbabwe3–1Won1997 Dunhill Cup Malaysia
3.13 September 1997Dalian, China PR Iran2–4Lost1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.16 October 2000Tripoli, Lebanon Indonesia4–0Won2000 AFC Asian Cup Group Stages
5.23 October 2000Sidon, Lebanon Qatar3–1Won2000 AFC Asian Cup Quarter-finals
6.3 July 2004China Lebanon6–0WonFriendly
7.21 July 2004Beijing, China PR Indonesia5–0Won2004 AFC Asian Cup Group Stages
8.7 August 2004Beijing, China PR Japan1–3Lost2004 AFC Asian Cup Finals

Honours

Player
Dalian Wanda[5]

Individual

References
  1. "姓名：大李明". sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. "China League 1994". rsssf.com. 19 June 2003. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  3. "China League 1996". rsssf.com. 19 June 2003. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. https://www.fifa.com/news/broken-dreams-world-stage-1182114
  5. "Li, Ming". National-football-teams.com. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. "LEGENDS – GoldenFoot". Golden Foot. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  7. "Casillas admits retirement is looming following Golden Foot award". Marca. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  • Li Ming at National-Football-Teams.com
Preceded by
Paul Rideout
(Qianwei Huangdao)		 Chinese Football Association EMS Quickest Goal
1998		 Succeeded by
Marcelo Sergipano
(Shanghai Shenhua)
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