Zhang Yonghai

Zhang Yonghai
张永海
Personal information
Full name Zhang Yonghai
Date of birth March 15, 1979 (1979-03-15) (age 32)
Place of birth Panjin, Liaoning, China
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Beijing Guoan
Number 30
Youth career
1998-2000 Liaoning Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001-2006 Liaoning FC 118 (18)
2005 Shenzhen Jianlibao (Loan) 5 (0)
2007- Beijing Guoan 61 (0)
National team
2005- China 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 January 2010

Zhang Yonghai (simplified Chinese: 张永海; traditional Chinese: 張永海; pinyin: Zhāng Yǒnghǎi) (born March 15, 1979 in Panjin) is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a defender for Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League.

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Club career

Zhang Yonghai started his football career with Liaoning Youth team where he eventually graduated to the senior Liaoning FC team in 2001.[1] After several seasons with Liaoning FC where he would establish himself as a regular within the team he would join reigning league champions Shenzhen Jianlibao in the 2005 league season for a season long loan period. He returned backed to Liaoning for another season until the beginning of 2007 league season saw him transfer to Beijing Guoan for 4,000,000 RMB.[2] He would gradually establish himself as a regular in defence and by the 2008 league season he would be named as vice-captain.[3] In the 2009 league season he would go on to aid Beijing to win the 2009 Chinese Super League title.

International career

Zhang Yonghai would begin his international career on March 26, 2005 when he played in a friendly against Spain in a 3-0 defeat.[4] Under the Chinese Head coach Zhu Guanghu he would play in several more friendlies and play in the 2005 East Asian Cup where he would score his first goal. He would, however be dropped soon afterwards until the next Chinese Head coach Vladimir Petrović would include him in several further friendlies but would once again drop him soon afterwards.

Career statistics

Club statistics

Last update: 10 January 2010

Season Team Country Division Apps Goals
2001 Liaoning FC China 1 23 0
2002 Liaoning FC China 1 24 1
2003 Liaoning FC China 1 25 1
2004 Liaoning FC China 1 21 2
2005 Shenzhen Jianlibao China 1 18 0
2006 Liaoning FC China 1 25 1
2007 Beijing Guoan China 1 20 0
2008 Beijing Guoan China 1 20 0
2009 Beijing Guoan China 1 21 0

International Goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. August 3, 2005 Daejeon, Korea Republic  Japan 2-2 Drew East Asian Football Championship 2005

Honours

Beijing Guoan

References

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