Li Fusheng

{{Short description|Chinese footballer (1953–2007)}} {{family name hatnote|[[Li (surname 李)|Li]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Li Fusheng <br> 李富胜 | fullname = Li Fusheng | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1953|01|04}} | birth_place = [[Ju County]], [[Shandong]], China | death_date = {{Death date and age|2007|12|02|1953|01|04|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Beijing]], China | height = 1.78 m | position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] | years1 = 1973–1974 | years2 = 1975–1984 | clubs1 = Chengdu Military Football Team | clubs2 = [[Bayi Football Team]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 1976–1984 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China PR]] | nationalcaps1 = 119 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976 Iran]]|[[1976 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984 Singapore]]|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1978 Asian Games|1978 Bangkok]]|[[Football at the 1978 Asian Games|Football]]}} }} '''Li Fusheng''' ({{zh|c=李富胜}}; 4 January 1953 – 2 December 2007) was a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] international [[Association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He represented Chengdu Military Football Team and [[Bayi Football Team]] at club level while also having a long association representing China at international level where he made 119 appearances making him China's highest capped goalkeeper.

==Playing career== Li Fusheng was born in [[Ju County]], [[Shandong]] but moved to [[Dalian]] to receive training in a Sports School where after he graduated he got a job in a petroleum factory to support his family after the death of his father. This was short lived after he was able to gain a place within the youth team of Dalian football club in 1972 before he then moved to the senior team Chengdu military football team in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/7411F300A4554502.html|title=李富胜|publisher=sodasoccer.com|date=|accessdate=2012-07-30|archive-date=3 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303050805/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/7411F300A4554502.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 1975 the [[Bayi Football Team]] who were the top military football team took Li Fusheng into their club and his career started to flourish after his performances were impressive enough to receive a call up to the Chinese national team and even go on to be included in the squad that came third in the [[1976 AFC Asian Cup]]. After the tournament he would go on to become the team's first choice goalkeeper for the next several seasons and was part of the squad who narrowly missed out in [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)|qualifying for the 1982 FIFA World Cup]], losing to [[New Zealand men's national football team|New Zealand]] in a play-off.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1982-01-10|title=China PR 1-2 New Zealand|publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=|accessdate=2012-07-30}}</ref>

==Life outside football== After a highly distinguished career where he was a highly regarded goalkeeper despite being relatively short for a goalkeeper he would retire from football in 1984 and move into coaching taking on a coaching role within [[Bayi Football Team]] before becoming the team's leader. His role as a coach gave him access to the problems within Chinese football and he along with several other high-profile former players demanded the [[Chinese Football Association|Chinese FA]] conform to full professionalism. After achieving this he would decide to move away from football and join the [[Chinese Communist Party]] where he went to the [[Central Party School of the Communist Party of China|Central Party School]] and then the [[PLA National Defense University]] to become a [[Colonel]] before he took on a position at the [[Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution]] where he was the deputy director in charge of cultural relics. In August 2007 after moving to a home and decorating he fell off a ladder and sustained serious head injuries. He stayed within the hospital for three months before dying of his injuries on December 2, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20071204/n253777748.shtml|title=意外事故致"铁门"辞世李富胜享年54岁哀悼|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=2007-12-04|accessdate=2012-07-30}}</ref>

== Honours == '''Bayi Football Team''' * China national league: 1977,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html|title=China 1977|date=2017-02-02|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=2019-08-06}}</ref> 1981<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html|title=China 1981|date=2017-02-02|website=[[RSSSF]]|accessdate=2019-08-06}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/7411F300A4554502.html Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303050805/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/7411F300A4554502.html |date=3 March 2012 }} at sodasoccer.com

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