Li Ming (footballer, born 1975)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 May 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Qingdao, China | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2001 | Shandong Luneng | 126 | (8) |
| 2002 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | (2) |
| 2003 | Shanghai International | 21 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Shenzhen Jianlibao | 30 | (1) |
| 2006 | Shanghai Stars | 10 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1995–2003 | China | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2009. |
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Li Ming (Chinese: 李明; pinyin: Li Míng; born May 4, 1975 in Qingdao) is an assistant coach and a former Chinese international footballer. As a player he holds the distinction of being the first professional player to win the Chinese league championship at two different clubs, his first as a key member of the Shandong Luneng's 1999 championship voyage and then as a member of Shenzhen Jianlibao's championship squad in 2004. After retiring he would have a short stint as an assistant coach for Shanghai Stars and he moved away from football until October 17, 2010 saw him detained by the police for his involvement in fixing a league game during his time at Shanghai International in a match against Tianjin Teda F.C. on November 30, 2003 and was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment on June 13, 2012.
Li Ming started his football career with top tier side Shandong Luneng in the 1994 Chinese Jia-A League campaign, which was the inaugural season of fully professional football within China. With Shandong he had established himself as a key member of the team and by the 1999 league season he had won the league title and Chinese FA Cup with them. By the 2001 league season Li Ming had lost his starting position within the team where he was limited to only five games and after a disappointing campaign he was allowed to leave the club. At the beginning of the 2002 league season he would transfer to another top tier side in Beijing Guoan where he would immediately establish himself as a vital member of the team and helped the club to a third-place finish.
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