Qu Shengqing ( born June 5, 1975) is a

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football coach and former international player. As a player he represented

Liaoning FC Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

where he won the Golden Boot in the 1999 league season before joining

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, that competes in . Shanghai Shenhua plays its home matches at the Shanghai Stadium, located within Xuhui District. The owner of Shanghai Shenhua is ...

. He would also move abroad to

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side

Adelaide United Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently since its formation, u ...

before returning to China to end his career with lower sides

Nanjing Yoyo Nanjing Yoyo Football Club () was a Chinese football club based in Nanjing which played in the China League One (formerly known as Jia B League) from 2003 to 2010. Founded in 2002 as Liaoning Xingguang Football Club, it was based on the youth te ...

and Shenyang Dongjin. Since retiring he has moved into coaching where he is the current manager of the Guangzhou F.C. Reserve team.

Biography

Born in

Shenyang Shenyang,; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly known as Fengtian formerly known by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a sub-provincial city in China and the list of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Liaonin ...

, China, Qu's first team football club was

. He soon excelled at the club and became one of the top strikers in China. Qu was the top goal scorer in the Chinese league in 1999 with 17 goals. Along with being top scorer Qu was also voted "Mr Soccer of China" for 1999, the award for the top player of the year. Qu joined

in 2000 and scored a total of 38 goals for the club during his fours years there, which included him winning the 2003 league title. Unfortunately in 2013 the

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would revoke the league title after it was discovered the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be bias to Shenhua in games that season. After a successful trial with Adelaide United in February 2005, Qu was quickly signed by the club in April of the same year. He scored his first goal in the A-League on September 18, 2005 in a 2–1 victory over

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. Qu soon established himself as a top striker in the A-League. He finished the season with seven goals in 17 appearances for the club. Qu went back to China after the season was over citing he and his family were homesick. He signed with Nanjing Yoyo of the Chinese Jia League in March 2006. After just 4 months in China and a string of poor performances, Qu signed with Adelaide United once again. In December 2006, Qu's status as Adelaide United's

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came into doubt as his ankle injury ruled him out for the rest of the 2006–2007 season, plus the

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(which United qualified for on the back of its 2005-06 A-League season

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). With clubs unable to sign players on guest signings for the Champions League, United faced a front-line strike problem as highlighted in the ''

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in Australia.Qu departs Adelaide
''The World Game'' ( SBS), 13 April 2007.

Honours

Club

Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League (simplified Chinese: 全国足球甲A联赛), commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of th ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

(revoked due to match-fixing scandal)

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Individual

*Chinese Jia League Golden Boot Winner: 1999

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