Yu Hai

Yu Hai
于海
Personal information
Full nameYu Hai
Date of birth4 June 1987
Place of birthLuoyang, Henan, China
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionLeft winger
Club information
Current team
Shanghai SIPG
Number21
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2006Shaanxi Chanba35(0)
2007–2008Vitesse10(0)
2009–2014Guizhou Renhe160(19)
2015–Shanghai SIPG7(3)
National team‡
2009–China55(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 April 2015
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yu.

Yu Hai (Chinese: 于海; pinyin: Yú Hǎi; born 4 June 1987) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shanghai SIPG in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Yu Hai started his football career with Shaanxi Chanba in the 2004 season and he made his debut for the club in a 2-2 draw against Qingdao Etsong on 16 May 2004.[1] Despite predominately playing as a substitute throughout the season, he played a significant part in Shaanxi's third place finish at the end of the season. By the following 2005 league season, he was establishing himself as a rising potential within the team and was starting in considerably more games within the team.

His agent Edmund Chu, who also represented Du Wei, would oversee Yu's move to Eredivisie side Vitesse where he would make his debut for the club on 18 March 2007 in a 2-0 defeat against FC Utrecht. His time at Vitesse was to prove unsuccessful as he was unable to establish himself within the team. He was released from Vitesse after the 2008 Summer Olympics due to cruciate ligament damage in his left knee which suffered in July 2008.

Yu returned to Shaanxi Chanba at the beginning of the 2009 season where he played in 29 league games and scored three goals at the end of the season. For the next few seasons, he was a fixed regular for the club and at the beginning of the 2012 season, Yu followed the club when it decided to move to Guizhou and rename themselves Guizhou Renhe.[2]

On 27 February 2015, Yu transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG.[3] He made his debut for the club on 7 March 2015 in a 2-1 win against Jiangsu Sainty in which he also scored his first goal for the club.

International career

Yu was a member of the Chinese under-23 national team and was expected to lead the team in the 2008 Summer Olympics, however he was dropped from the team due to cruciate ligament damage. He would still eventually grauduate to the senior team when he returned to Chinese football and gained regular playing time with Shaanxi Chanba, his form for the club would see him make his international debut against Saudi Arabia on 4 June 2009 in a 4-1 loss coming on as a substitute for Wang Xinxin.[4] Despite the defeat, Yu would go on to establish himself as a regular and be included in the squad that won the 2010 East Asian Football Championship. This would then lead to a call-up for the squad that took part in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

On 24 December 2014, Yu was named in China's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in Australia.[5] In the team's opening group match, he scored the winning goal as China won 1-0 against Saudi Arabia.[6]

Career statistics

Club statistics

SeasonTeamCountryDivisionAppsGoals
2004Shaanxi Chanba China1210
2005Shaanxi Chanba China1140
2006Shaanxi Chanba China100
2006-07Vitesse Netherlands120
2007-08Vitesse Netherlands180
2009Guizhou Renhe China1293
2010Guizhou Renhe China1294
2011Guizhou Renhe China1283
2012Guizhou Renhe China1213
2013Guizhou Renhe China1253
2014Guizhou Renhe China1283
2015Shanghai SIPG China173
Total21222

International goals

Results list China's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 July 2009 China Tianjin  Kyrgyzstan 3–0 3–0 Friendly international
2 30 September 2009 China Hohhot  Botswana 4–0 4–1 Friendly international
3 14 November 2009 Lebanon Beirut  Lebanon 1–0 2–0 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
4 10 February 2010 Japan Tokyo  South Korea 1–0 3–0 2010 EAFF Championship
5 11 August 2010 China Nanning  Bahrain 1–0 1–1 Friendly international
6 18 December 2010 China Zhuhai  Estonia 2–0 3–0 Friendly international
7 16 January 2011 Qatar Doha  Uzbekistan 1–0 2–2 2011 AFC Asian Cup
8 2 September 2011 China Kunming  Singapore 2–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
9 15 November 2011 Singapore Singapore  Singapore 1–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
3 January 2015 Australia Campbelltown  Oman 2–1 4–1 Friendly international1
10 10 January 2015 Australia Brisbane  Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup
1:Non FIFA 'A' international match

Honours

Club

Guizhou Renhe

International

China PR national football team

References

  1. ↑ "2-2 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2004-05-16. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  2. ↑ "Only in the CSL: Shaanxi Chanba Moving to Guizhou in 2012". wildeastfootball.net. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  3. ↑ 上港宣布三新援:于海杨博宇埃弗拉加盟引援收官 at sports.sohu.com 2015-02-27 Retrieved 2015-02-27
  4. ↑ "China PR 1-4 Saudi Arabia". teamchina.freehostia.com. 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Asian Cup 2015: Zheng Zhi bolsters China's squad". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Asian Cup: Saudi Arabia beaten 1-0 by China after missing penalty". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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