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| Yu Genwei 于根伟 |
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| Full name | Yu Genwei | |
| Date of birth | January 7, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | China | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position | Retired | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994-2005 | Tianjin Teda | 197 (78) |
| National team | ||
| 1997-2002 | China | 17 (2) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Yu Genwei (Chinese: 于根伟)(born 7 January 1974) is a retired Chinese football player who played his entire career for Tianjin Teda as a attacking midfielder. He is also famous for having played for the Chinese football team and being a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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Club career
Beginning his football career for Tianjin Teda (then known as Tianjin FC) in the 1994 league season where he quickly established himself as a attacking midfielder when he scored 10 league goals and helped Tianjin win premotion to the top tier[1]. He would help establish Tianjin as a regular within the top tier and would even personally win the Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year at the end of the 1996 league season. By the 1997 league season Tianjin would have a disappointing season when they came eleventh in the league and were relegated from the top tier[2]. Yu Genwei would however stay with Tianjin throughout the 1998 league season to help fight for immediate premotion which they achieved when they won the second tier. Once more within the top tier Yu Genwei would remain with Tianjin for the rest of his career to help establish them in the top tier.
International career
References
External links
- Player profile at BBC 2002 World Cup Squads
- Yu Genwei at National-Football-Teams.com
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Preceded by Xie Hui |
Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year 1996 |
Succeeded by Huang Dongchun |
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