Xu Yunlong
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Xu Yunlong
徐云龙
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Xu Yunlong |
| Date of birth |
17 February 1979 (1979-02-17) (age 33) |
| Place of birth |
Beijing, China |
| Height |
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Playing position |
Defender |
| Club information |
| Current club |
Beijing Guoan |
| Number |
13 |
| Youth career |
| 1993–1994 |
Beijing Youth |
| 1994–1998 |
Beijing Victory |
| Senior career* |
| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
| 1999– |
Beijing Guoan |
278 |
(26) |
| National team‡ |
| 2000– |
China |
72 |
(7) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 January 2011 |
Xu Yunlong (simplified Chinese: 徐云龙; traditional Chinese: 徐雲龍; pinyin: Xú Yúnlóng) (born 17 February 1979 in Beijing) is a Chinese football player who currently captains Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League. He has also been a member of Chinese football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Club career
Xu Yunlong started his professional football career in the 1999 league season for Beijing Guoan when he broke into senior team, making 13 league appearances and quickly established himself as an extremely versatile player.[1] By the next season he would continue to use his versatility to gain considerably more playing time for Beijing Guoan and would often be used as a right-back where his pace was quickly exploited, however after several season he would increasingly move to centre-back and become an integral member of their defence.[2] His importance towards the team would be shown when in the 2008 league season when he would be named as their vice-captain and then later as their 2009 title winning captain.
[edit] International career
He made his debut against Yugoslavia on May 25, 2000 in a 2-0 defeat for Bora Milutinović who used Xu Yunlong predominately as a right-back.[3] Under Bora Milutinović Xu Yunlong's international career flourished keeping previous right-back Sun Jihai out of the national team during the 2000 AFC Asian Cup tournament and initial World Cup qualifying phase. He was however forced out of action due to pneumonia and Sun Jihai regained his place within the team, nevertheless his performances were still good enough to be called into the squad to participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[4]
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Xu, Yunlong |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Chinese footballer |
| Date of birth |
17 February 1979 |
| Place of birth |
Beijing, China |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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