Li Haiqiang

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Li Haiqiang 李海强
Personal information
Full name	Li Haiqiang
Date of birth	May 3, 1977 (1977-05-03) (age 31)
Place of birth	Guangzhou, China
Height	1.79 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	South China
Number	11
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2003 2004 2005–2006 2006–present	Qingdao Hailifeng Dongguan Dongcheng Chengdu Wuniu South China	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 34 (7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Li Haiqiang (simplified Chinese: 李海强; traditional Chinese: 李海強) is a Chinese football player who is playing in Hong Kong First Division League club South China and is the captain of the team. He plays the role as a midfielder and he is famous for his quality free kick skills. He joined the team in 2006. He was appointed to be the captain at the later half of the season when the team captain Au Wai Lun served as a reserve player for most matches.

He was awarded the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year for the 2006-07 season. It was his debut season in Hong Kong First Division League and he was the first Mainland player to receive this award in its 30-year history.

On Tuesday 24 July 2007, he played an integral part of South China FC's Barclays Asia Trophy 2007 tournament when he scored a fantastic free-kick from approximately 40-yards out against Liverpool Football Club. South China were lose the game by 3-1.

In the 2007-08 season, he has scored 4 goals. All of them were from free kicks.

[edit] Career Statistics in Hong Kong

As of 10 May 2008

Club	Season	League		Senior Shield		League Cup		FA Cup		AFC Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South China	2006-07	16 (2)	4	2 (2)	1	3 (1)	1	3 (0)	0	NA	NA	24 (5)	6
	2007-08	15 (1)	3	2 (0)	0	5 (0)	1	2 (0)	0	NA	NA	24 (1)	4
	All	31 (3)	7	4 (2)	1	8 (1)	2	5 (0)	0	NA	NA	48 (6)	10

[edit] External links

• HKFA Website Player Information
• Scaafc.com 球員資料 - 11. 李海強 (in Chinese)
• SCAA Official Blog 11號 李海強 (Li Hai Qiang) (in Chinese)

Preceded by Au Wai Lun

Hong Kong Footballer of the Year 2006–07, 2007–08

Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e South China AA – current squad 2 Lee Chi Ho • 5 Bai He • 6 Wong Chin Hung • 7 Chan Siu Ki • 8 Yeung Ching Kwong • 9 Cheng King Ho • 11 Li Haiqiang • 12 Siu Leong • 13 Chan Chi Hong • 14 Chan Ka Chun • 15 Chan Wai Ho • 16 Zhang Jianzhong • 18 Kwok Kin Pong • 19 Cheng Siu Wai • 21 Man Pei Tak • 22 Lai Man Fei • 23 Zhang Chunhui • 25 Cris • 26 Itaparica • 27 Maxwell • 28 Schütz • 30 Detinho • 39 Fan Weijun • -- Au Yeung Yiu Chung • -- Liang Zicheng • -- Lin Junsheng • -- Lo Chun Kit • -- Monteiro |}