Yu Ziqian (, born 3 June 1985) is a Chinese former
football
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goalkeeper
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.
Club career
Yu Ziqian played for the
Dalian Yiteng youth team before it was sold-off and then merged with
Dalian Shide
Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then lat ...
's own youth team. At Dalian Shide, Yu was trained by former England international goalkeeper
Jimmy Rimmer
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Rimmer, who won two European Cup winners medals, has been ...
, however before he had a chance to establish himself within the team he was seriously injured in a training session where he received a ruptured spleen and one year out of football. Upon his return from injury Yu was allowed to join third-tier club
Shanxi Wosen Luhu in the 2002 league campaign before he returned to Dalian Shide after they needed a third choice goalkeeper the following season. At the top-tier club he would have to wait to establish himself until on April 9, 2003, in a
2002–03 AFC Champions League
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semi-final match he was given his debut after the first choice goalkeeper
An Qi
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was sent-off and Yu had to deputize as Dalian Shide lost to
Al Ain FC
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4–2.
After making very little progress at Dalian Shide he was sold to top-tier club
Qingdao Jonoon
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for 1.5 million Yuan and was expected to fight for the goalkeeping position against
Liu Zhenli. After spending two seasons at the club Yu, however was unable to make the position his and he was allowed to leave for third-tier club
Dalian Aerbin
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. The move would be a huge success and he would go on to win not only the successive league titles but promotion to the top tier of Chinese football, the
Chinese Super League
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. At the beginning of the 2012 season Yu was even named vice-captain, however after a series of bad performance culminating in a 5-2 league defeat to
Liaoning Whowin
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on July 28, 2012, Yu was dropped from the team.
In February 2015, Yu returned to
Dalian Aerbin
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.
On 9 July 2020, Yu announced his retirement.
Career statistics
''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2019.''
Honours
Dalian Aerbin
Dalian Professional Football Club (), known as Dalian Pro, was a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, which mostly competed in the Chinese Super League. Dalian Pro played its home matches at various ...
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China League One
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2011
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,
2017
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Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
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China League Two
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2010
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Qingdao Hainiu
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China League Two
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:
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
References
External links
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Player profileat Sodasoccer.com
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1985 births
Living people
Chinese men's footballers
Footballers from Dalian
Dalian Shide F.C. players
Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players
Qingdao F.C. players
Dalian Professional F.C. players
Chinese Super League players
China League One players
21st-century Chinese sportsmen
Men's association football goalkeepers