{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Di You <br />邸佑 | image = Di You.jpg | image_size = 140px | fullname = Di You | height = {{height|m=1.75}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Baoding, Hebei, China | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 1989–1991 | youthclubs1 = Baoding Amateur Sports School | youthyears2 = 1999–2001 | youthclubs2 = Bayi | years1 = 2002–2003 | years2 = 2004–2008 | years3 = 2009 | years4 = 2010 | years5 = 2011 | years6 = 2012–2013 | years7 = 2014 | years8 = 2014–2015 | years9 = 2015–2018 | clubs1 = Bayi | clubs2 = Wuhan Optics Valley | clubs3 = Shanghai Zobon | clubs4 = Jiangsu Sainty | clubs5 = Chongqing F.C. | clubs6 = Shenzhen Fengpeng | clubs7 = Shenyang Dongjin | clubs8 = Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi | clubs9 = Baoding Yingli ETS | caps1 = 8 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 41 | goals2 = 4 | caps3 = 11 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 7 | caps6 = 39 | goals6 = 6 | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 1 | caps8 = 17 | goals8 = 3 | caps9 = 65 | goals9 = 13 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = 13 October 2018 | ntupdate = }}
'''Di You''' ({{zh|s=邸佑|t=邸佑|p=Dǐ Yòu}}; born 26 November 1983) is a former Chinese footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Club career== Di You started his professional football career with top-tier Chinese club Bayi Football Team, a football team under the sport branch of the Chinese Army. With Bayi he would gradually establish himself as a squad player within the team; however, before he had a chance to further establish himself within the squad, the club were relegated at the end of the 2003 league season and decided to disband.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.people.com.cn/200312/29/eng20031229_131438.shtml|title=Chinese military football team disbanded|publisher=english.people.com.cn|date=29 December 2003|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> Di would transfer to second-tier club Wuhan Optics Valley in 2004 where he was reunited with his former manager at Bayi, Pei Encai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/2004/01/03/03/news217810375.shtml|title=新帅裴恩才满载而归 武汉队搞定两员八一猛将|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=3 January 2004|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> Di's time in Wuhan would be extremely productive and he was not only part of the team that won the 2004 Chinese league one title and promotion to the Chinese Super League but was also part of the team that went on to win the 2005 Chinese Super League Cup as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china04.html|title=China 2004|date=7 April 2005|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref>
Di's time at Wuhan would suddenly come to an abrupt end when the Wuhan management did not accept the punishment given to them by the Chinese Football Association after a scuffle broke out during a league game against Beijing Guoan on 27 September 2008 and the club quit the league for unfair punishment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90871/6530650.html|title=Wuhan ejected from soccer league|publisher=english.people.com.cn|date=10 November 2008|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> Once again Di would have to find a new club to play for and joined second-tier football club Shanghai Zobon at the beginning of the 2009 league season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/b/2009-03-02/08304247144.shtml|title=中邦励志振兴浦东足球 坚持攻势踢法营造火爆球市|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2 March 2009|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> After a season with them Di had the chance to return to the top tier with Jiangsu Sainty as well as another reunion with Pei Encai, however after only a season at the club Di was allowed to leave.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://we.sportscn.com/viewnews-370384.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716121739/http://we.sportscn.com/viewnews-370384.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 July 2011|title=江苏舜天敲定四名内援 邸佑再次改换门庭来南京|publisher=sportscn.com|date=8 February 2010|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> In 2011, he would join third-tier club Chongqing F.C. where he actually won promotion with them, however despite this he would leave the club to join another third-tier club in Shenzhen Fengpeng in 2012.
In March 2014, Di transferred to China League Two side Shenyang Dongjin.<ref>[http://sports.sohu.com/20140320/n396927194.shtml 深圳风鹏正式退出中乙] at sports.sohu.com 2014-03-20 Retrieved 2014-03-26</ref>
On 1 July 2015, Di transferred to China League Two side Baoding Yingli ETS.<ref>[http://c2l.mytiyu.cn/2015/nanjinqianbao_0706/3133.html 保定容大二次转会名单] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706154510/http://c2l.mytiyu.cn/2015/nanjinqianbao_0706/3133.html |date=6 July 2015 }} at c2l.mytiyu.cn 2015-07-06 Retrieved 2015-07-09{{in lang|zh}}</ref>
On 13 October 2018, Di You announced his retirement from professional football.
==Honours== '''Wuhan Optics Valley''' *China League One: 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20041120/n223092919.shtml|title=榜首两强双双平 冠军悬念留至末轮--33轮积分榜|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=2004-11-20|accessdate=2019-08-06}}</ref> *Chinese Super League Cup: 2005
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://t.sina.com.cn/diyou1983 Di You's MicroBlog] *[http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MA00669 Player stats] at Sohu.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Di, You}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Baoding Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Hebei Category:Bayi Football Team players Category:Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. players Category:Jiangsu F.C. players Category:Shanghai Zobon F.C. players Category:Shenyang Dongjin F.C. players Category:Inner Mongolia Zhongyou F.C. players Category:Baoding Yingli ETS F.C. players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:China League One players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen