{{short description|Chinese footballer and coach}} {{For|the female Chinese short track speed skater|Li Jinyu (speed skater)}} {{family name hatnote|[[Li (surname)|Li]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Li Jinyu<br>李金羽 | image = Li Jinyu.JPG | image_size = 250 | fullname = Li Jinyu | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|7|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Shenyang]], [[Liaoning]], China | height = {{height|m=1.80}} | position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]] | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1993–1998 | youthclubs1 = Shenzhen Youth | years1 = 1998–2003 | clubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning FC]] | caps1 = 100 | goals1 = 46 | years2 = 1999 | clubs2 = → [[AS Nancy]] (loan) | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2004–2010 | clubs3 = [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] | caps3 = 151 | goals3 = 74 | totalcaps = 257 | totalgoals = 120 | nationalyears1 = 1997–2008 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 70 | nationalgoals1 = 24 | manageryears1 = 2011 | managerclubs1 = [[China women's national football team|China Women]] (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs2 = [[Shenyang Shenbei F.C.|Shenyang Shenbei]] (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs3 = [[Shenyang Shenbei F.C.|Shenyang Shenbei]] | manageryears4 = 2016 | managerclubs4 = [[Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C.|Shijiazhuang Ever Bright]] (caretaker) | manageryears5 = 2017 | managerclubs5 = [[Jiangsu Suning F.C.|Jiangsu Suning]] (caretaker) | manageryears6 = 2021–2023 | managerclubs6 = [[Wuhan Yangtze River F.C.|Wuhan Yangtze River]] | manageryears7 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs7 = [[Yunnan Yukun F.C.|Yunnan Yukun]] | manageryears8 = 2024–2026 | managerclubs8 = [[Liaoning Tieren F.C.|Liaoning Tieren]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004 China]]|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]]|[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|Football]]}} {{MedalCompetition | [[EAFF E-1 Football Championship|EAFF Championship]]}} {{MedalGold | [[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005 South Korea]] | [[2005 East Asian Football Championship Final squads#China|Team]]}} | club-update = 20 October 2013 | nationalteam-update = 20 October 2013 }}
'''Li Jinyu''' ({{zh|s=李金羽|t=李金羽|p=Lǐ Jīnyǔ}}; born 6 July 1977) is a Chinese football coach and former international football player.
As a player he represented [[Liaoning Whowin]] and [[Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C.|Shandong Luneng]] in the [[Chinese Super League]] and spent one season on loan at French club [[AS Nancy]]. He is also currently the top goalscorer in Chinese professional league history and won the Golden Boot Award three times in the process.
==Club career== One of the premier strikers in China{{cn|date=September 2024}}, Li Jinyu earned his reputation early when he was the stars of the Chinese youth team that studied in Brazil for a training programme sponsored by [[Shenzhen Shangqingyin|Shenzhen Jianlibao]]. This then saw him called up to the [[China national under-20 football team|Chinese under-20 national team]] and gave him a chance to play in the [[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship]] which attracted the interests of French side [[AS Nancy]] who acquired him on loan for one season.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091017102049/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=154576/index.html LI Jinyu] at fifa.com Retrieved 2012-08-28</ref> Li's time at AS Nancy was not successful and he would return to China to sign with [[Liaoning Whowin]], immediately showing his potential that was missing at AS Nancy when he became an integral member of the team that narrowly lost out on the league title in 1999.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china99.html China 1999] at rsssf.org 2 Jul 2001 Retrieved 2012-08-28</ref> While he would personally win his first Golden Boot award in 2002, he did not win any trophies with his club Liaoning during his time with them.
At the beginning of the 2004 league season, [[Shandong Luneng]] were willing to pay 4,900,000 yuan to make him the most expensive signing in Chinese football transfer history at the time. He would immediately become an integral member of the team and would repay them by helping them win the [[Chinese FA Cup]] and [[Chinese Super League Cup]] at the end of the season. The 2006 league season would see him reach his peak when he won the league title, the Chinese FA Cup, and the Golden Boot award with the team. The 2007 league season would see him officially become the most prolific player within the league when he broke [[Hao Haidong]]'s goal record, however he could not aid Shandong to another league title.<ref>[https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2007-06/21/content_899407.htm China's Asian Cup reject Li makes a point with 100th goal] at chinadaily.com.cn 2007-06-21 Retrieved 2012-08-28</ref> Despite his tradition in scoring, his prolific goalscoring dropped during the 2008 league season when he only scored six goals, nevertheless he was still able to win another league title.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china08.html China 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721030528/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china08.html |date=2010-07-21 }} at rsssf.com 3 Apr 2009 Retrieved 2012-08-28</ref> By the 2010 league season, Li would become a fringe player within the team, however he would still go on to win the league title once more and decided to retire at the end of the season.
==International career== After playing in the [[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship]] for the [[China national under-20 football team|Chinese under-20 national team]], Li would immediately move to the senior team and would make his debut in a friendly against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] in a 1-1 draw on 1 February 1997.<ref>[http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1997-02-01 China PR 1-1 USA] at teamchina.freehostia.com 1997-02-01 Retrieved 2012-08-28</ref> This then saw him become a regular with the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]] and saw him play in several unsuccessful World Cup qualifiers. His biggest achievement came in the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup]] where he was an integral member of the team that was runners-up in the tournament. When China qualified for the [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]], then manager [[Zhu Guanghu]] dropped him from the squad to take part in the tournament because he believed that his performances were not convincing enough to be included in the squad.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120715233429/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKPEK21192920070615 Soccer-China leave top scorer Li out of Asian Cup squad] at uk.reuters.com Jun 15, 2007 Retrieved 2012-08-28</ref>
==Management career== Li started his managerial career by becoming the assistant coach of the [[China women's national football team|Chinese women's national team]] and [[Shenyang Shenbei]]. On 13 May 2013, he was appointed as the new manager of [[China League One]] side [[Shenyang Shenbei]], replacing [[Liu Zhicai]] who was sacked from the club on the same day after a string of poor results.<ref>[http://cnsoccer.titan24.com/2013-05-14/301014.html 沈北官方宣布李金羽担任主教练 刘志才自动离职] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020221947/http://cnsoccer.titan24.com/2013-05-14/301014.html |date=2013-10-20 }} at titan24.com 2013-05-14 Retrieved 2013-05-27</ref>
On 4 May 2026, [[Liaoning Tieren F.C.|Liaoning Tieren]] announced Li's departure after 9 games of 2026 season.<ref>[https://dongqiudi.com/article/5822036.html 官方：李金羽不再担任辽宁铁人足球俱乐部总经理、一线队主教练] at dongqiudi.com May 4, 2026 Retrieved 2026-05-08</ref> ==Career statistics==
===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=7|[[Liaoning FC]]||[[Chinese Jia-A League 1998|1998]]||rowspan=6|[[Chinese Jia-A League]]||0||0 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 1999|1999]]||13||8 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 2000|2000]]||24||5 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 2001|2001]]||22||11 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 2002|2002]]||27||15 |- |[[Chinese Jia-A League 2003|2003]]||14||7 |- !colspan=2|Total!!100||46 |- |rowspan=2|[[AS Nancy]]||[[1998–99 French Division 1|1998–99]]||[[Ligue 1|French Division 1]]||6||0 |- !colspan=2|Total!!6||0 |- |rowspan=8|[[Shandong Luneng]]||[[2004 Chinese Super League|2004]]||rowspan=7|Chinese Jia-A League||21||13 |- |[[2005 Chinese Super League|2005]]||17||7 |- |[[2006 Chinese Super League|2006]]||26||26 |- |[[2007 Chinese Super League|2007]]||27||15 |- |[[2008 Chinese Super League|2008]]||24||6 |- |[[2009 Chinese Super League|2009]]||22||3 |- |[[2010 Chinese Super League|2010]]||14||4 |- !colspan=2|Total!!151||74 |- !colspan=3|Total||257||120 |}
===International goals=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" !#!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition |- |1||21 February 1997||[[Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia||{{fb|SIN}}||'''2'''-0||3-1||[[1997 Dunhill Cup Malaysia]] |- |2||2 March 1997||[[Merdeka Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia||{{fb|BIH|1992}}||'''1'''-0||3-0||[[1997 Dunhill Cup Malaysia]] |- |3||20 April 1997||[[Workers Stadium]], [[Beijing]], China||{{fb|MYA|1974}}||'''3'''-0||5-0||[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly international]] |- |4||1 June 1997||[[Workers Stadium]], [[Beijing]], China||{{fb|TKM|1997}}||'''1'''-0||1-0||[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] |- |5||30 November 1998||[[Surat Thani Province Stadium]], [[Surat Thani]], Thailand||{{fb|LIB}}||'''3'''-1||4-1||[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]] |- |6||8 December 1998||[[Rajamangala Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand||{{fb|TJK}}||'''2'''-1||3-1||[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]] |- |7||10 December 1998||[[Suphachalasai Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand||{{fb|OMN}}||'''3'''-0||6-1||[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]] |- |8||10 December 1998||[[Suphachalasai Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand||{{fb|OMN}}||'''4'''-0||6-1||[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]] |- |9||12 December 1998||[[Suphachalasai Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand||{{fb|IRN}}||'''1'''-0||1-2||[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]] |- |10||14 December 1998||[[Suphachalasai Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand||{{fb|TKM|1997}}||'''1'''-0||3-0||[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]] |- |12||6 May 2001||[[Lambert Stadium]], [[Phnom Penh]], Cambodia||{{fb|CAM}}||'''1'''-0||4-0||[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] |- |13||6 May 2001||[[Lambert Stadium]], [[Phnom Penh]], Cambodia||{{fb|CAM}}||'''4'''-0||4-0||[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] |- |14||31 August 2003||[[Lockhart Stadium]], [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]], United States||{{fb|HAI}}||'''3'''-1||3-4||[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly international]] |- |15||3 July 2004||[[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], [[Chongqing]], China||{{fb|LIB}}||'''1'''-0||6-0||[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly international]] |- |16||3 July 2004||[[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], [[Chongqing]], China||{{fb|LIB}}||'''2'''-0||6-0||[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly international]] |- |17||17 July 2004||[[Workers Stadium]], [[Beijing]], China||{{fb|BHR}}||'''2'''-1||2-2||[[2004 AFC Asian Cup]] |- |18||8 September 2004||[[City Stadium, Penang]], Malaysia||{{fb|MAS}}||'''1'''-0||1-0||[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] |- |19||17 November 2004||[[Tianhe Stadium]], [[Guangzhou]], China||{{fb|HKG}}||'''1'''-0||7-0||[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] |- |20||17 November 2004||[[Tianhe Stadium]], [[Guangzhou]], China||{{fb|HKG}}||'''4'''-0||7-0||[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] |- |21||3 September 2005||[[Daejeon World Cup Stadium]], [[Daejeon]], South Korea||{{fb|JPN}}||'''1'''-0||2-2||[[2005 East Asian Football Championship]] |- |22||10 September 2006||[[Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium]], [[Qinhuangdao]], China||{{fb|THA}}||'''1'''-0||4-0||[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly international]] |- |23||7 February 2007||[[Suzhou Sports Center]], [[Suzhou]], China||{{fb|KAZ}}||'''2'''-1||2-1||[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly international]] |- |24||21 October 2007||[[Century Lotus Stadium]], [[Foshan]], China||{{fb|MYA|1974}}||'''5'''-0||7-0||[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier]] |}
===Management statistics=== {{Updated|20 July 2024.}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Nat|Club nationality}} !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record |- !{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}!!{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}!!{{Tooltip|D|Draws}}!!{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}!!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}} |- |[[Shenyang Zhongze F.C.|Shenyang Zhongze]] |{{flagicon|CHN}} |13 May 2013 |12 May 2014 {{WDL|32|12|11|9}} |- |[[Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C.|Shijiazhuang Ever Bright]] (caretaker) |{{flagicon|CHN}} |15 July 2016 |30 October 2016 {{WDL|13|4|4|5}} |- |[[Jiangsu Suning F.C.|Jiangsu Suning]] (caretaker) |{{flagicon|CHN}} |1 June 2017 |11 June 2017 {{WDL|1|0|0|1}} |- |[[Wuhan Yangtze River F.C.|Wuhan Yangtze River]] |{{flagicon|CHN}} |4 December 2021 |25 January 2023 {{WDL|43|10|7|26}} |- |[[Yunnan Yukun F.C.|Yunnan Yukun]] |{{flagicon|CHN}} |7 September 2023 |22 May 2024 {{WDL|16|13|2|1}} |- |[[Liaoning Tieren F.C.|Liaoning Tieren]] |{{flagicon|CHN}} |2 July 2024 |present {{WDL|3|2|1|0}} |- !colspan="4"|Total {{WDLtot|98|41|15|42}} |}
==Honours== ===Player=== ====Club==== '''[[Shandong Luneng]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/1445/Jinyu_Li.html|title=Li, Jinyu|publisher=National-football-teams.com |date=2019-08-22 |access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> *[[Chinese Super League]]: [[2006 Chinese Super League|2006]], [[2008 Chinese Super League|2008]], [[2010 Chinese Super League|2010]] *[[Chinese FA Cup]]: [[2004 Chinese FA Cup|2004]], [[2006 Chinese FA Cup|2006]] *[[Chinese Super League Cup]]: [[2004 Chinese Super League Cup|2004]]
====International==== '''[[China PR national football team]]''' * [[East Asian Football Championship]]: [[East Asian Football Championship 2005|2005]]
====Individual==== *[[Chinese Super League]] Top goalscorer: [[2006 Chinese Super League|2006]], [[2007 Chinese Super League|2007]] *[[Chinese Super League]] Team of the Year: [[Chinese Jia-A League 2002|2002]], [[Chinese Super League 2004|2004]], [[Chinese Super League 2006|2006]], [[Chinese Super League 2007|2007]]
===Manager=== '''[[Liaoning Tieren]]''' *[[China League One]]: [[2025 China League One|2025]]
==See also== *[[List of football records in China]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|1445}} *[http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MP0902 Player Stats]
{{Chinese Football Association Golden Boot awardee}} {{Chinese FA Cup top scorers}} {{China Squad 2004 AFC Asian Cup}} {{Jiangsu Sainty F.C. managers}} {{Wuhan Zall F.C. managers}} {{commons category|Li Jinyu}}
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