Liu Junwei (; born 1 May 1976 in Shenyang) is a Chinese football manager and former football player.

Playing career

Liu Junwei began his professional football career in 1997 when he was promoted to Bayi Football Team's first team squad. He moved to

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after Bayi dissolved in 2004. In February 2008, he was loaned to

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Nanchang Bayi Shanghai Shenxin Football Club () was a professional football club that participated in China's football league system between 2003 and 2019 under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Jinshan District, Shan ...

for one season with the fee of ¥300,000. He was named as the club's captain in the 2008 league season. He transferred to Nanchang Bayi on 25 February 2009. He announced his retirement at the end of 2010 league season.

Management career

Liu became the assistant and fitness coach of

after his retirement. He followed the club to move to Shanghai and changed their name as Shanghai Shenxin in 2012. On 13 April 2015, Liu was appointed as the new manager of Shanghai Shenxin after Guo Guangqi resigned. He left the club at the end of the season after Shanghai Shenxin finished the last of the league and Relegated to

. In December 2015, Liu joined League One side Wuhan Zall and became their assistant coach. He left Wuhan in June 2016 after

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became the manager of the club. Liu was appointed as the manager of

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club Suzhou Dongwu in February 2019.

Personal life

Liu married former China women's national basketball team captain Bai Hua () on 25 July 2004.刘俊威娶了前女篮队长美女教练球员“突袭”婚礼
at sina 2004-07-25. Retrieved 2015-04-14

References

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