{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{family name hatnote|Bian|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bian Jun <br> 卞军 | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|15}} | birth_place = Shanghai, China | height = 1.85 m | position = Centre-back, Striker | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1995–1996 | years2 = 1997–2005 | years3 = 2006 | clubs1 = Shanghai Pudong | clubs2 = Shanghai Shenhua | clubs3 = Shanghai United | caps1 = ? | caps2 = 159 | caps3 = 12 | goals1 = ? | goals2 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1998 | nationalyears2 = 1998 | nationalteam1 = China U23 | nationalteam2 = China | nationalcaps1 = | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = | nationalgoals2 = 0 | pcupdate = 15 March 2010 | ntupdate = 15 March 2010 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's football}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}} {{MedalBronze|1998 Bangkok|Football}} }}
'''Bian Jun''' ({{lang-zh|s=卞军|t=卞軍|p=Biàn Jūn}}; born 15 July 1977) is a former Chinese international football player who is mostly associated with his time at Shanghai Shenhua where he won the 1998 Chinese FA Cup. He started his career with Shanghai Pudong, where he played as a striker, then joined Shenhua, where he was converted to a central defender. After spending the majority of his career there, he moved to Shanghai United before he retired.
==Club career== Bian won several caps for China National Team and China U-23 National Team and played for China in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20090622/n264672959.shtml |title=卞军：我曾是国奥第一前锋 打后卫是回归老本行|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date= 2009-06-22|accessdate=2012-07-17}}</ref> He started his career as a football player in Shanghai Pudong, then sparked interest from Shanghai Shenhua and finally made the switch in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.qq.com/a/20060118/000211.htm |title=从前锋打到中卫 卞军：从毛糙小子到初为人夫|publisher=sports.qq.com|date=2006-01-18|accessdate=2012-07-17}}</ref> He made 159 appearances for Shanghai Shenhua and scored six times in a period that saw him win the 1998 Chinese FA Cup and 2003 league title. However, in 2013 the Chinese Football Association revoked the league title after it was discovered that the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be biased for Shenhua in games that season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2011-03/31/content_12300071.htm |title= Details of soccer referee investigation released to public|publisher=chinadaily.com.cn|date=2011-03-31|accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.cri.cn/8046/2013/02/18/189s748945.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220235512/http://english.cri.cn/8046/2013/02/18/189s748945.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2013|title=China Strips Shenhua of 2003 League Title, Bans 33 People for Life|publisher=english.cri.cn|date=18 February 2013|accessdate=2014-05-20}}</ref>
In the 2006 league campaign he was loaned out to Shanghai United, where he played just 12 games before he declared his retirement from the game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://we.sportscn.com/viewnews-815484.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032442/http://we.sportscn.com/viewnews-815484.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |title=申花老臣卞军|publisher=sportscn.com|date=2011-06-03|accessdate=2012-07-17}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Shanghai Shenhua'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/31784/Jun_Bian.html|title=Bian, Jun|publisher=National-football-teams.com|date=2019-08-29|accessdate=2019-08-29}}</ref> *Chinese FA Cup: 1998
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=31784}} *[http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MP0275 Player stats] at sohu.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bian, Jun}} Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Shanghai Category:China men's international footballers Category:Shanghai Zobon F.C. players Category:Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Category:Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for China Category:Men's association football central defenders Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Category:Men's association football forwards Category:20th-century Chinese sportsmen Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in football