Li Ming (footballer, born 1971)
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| Date of birth | 26 January 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Jinan, Shandong, China | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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China U-20 (manager) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1989–2005 | Dalian Wanda | 244 | (36) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–2004 | China | 86 | (8) | ||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Dalian Aerbin (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015– | China U-20 | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * 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 |
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Li Ming (Chinese: 李明; pinyin: Lǐ Míng; born 26 January 1971) is a former Chinese international footballer and the current the manager of China national under-20 football team. As a footballer he was a highly respected player who played his whole career for Dalian Wanda FC and was part of the team that dominated Chinese football by winning eight league titles with them. His international career saw him play for the Chinese national team throughout the 1990s and early 2000s where he was widely acknowledged as one of the most technically gifted Chinese players ever.
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. With them he would help establish himself as their first choice right-midfielder, however it wasn't until the 1994 league season when Dalian would win their first professional league title that they would establish themselves as the dominant team within China for severals seasons. 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.
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