{{Short description|Chinese footballer and manager}} {{family name hatnote|[[Li (surname 李)|Li (李)]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Li Shubin <br> 李树斌 | fullname = Li Shubin | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|1|10}} | birth_place = [[Shenyang]], [[Liaoning]], [[China]] | height = | position = [[Striker (association football)|striker]] | clubnumber = | years1 = 19??–1984 | clubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 1977 | nationalteam1 = [[China PR national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 1995 | managerclubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] | manageryears2 = 2000 | managerclubs2 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] | manageryears3 = 2003–2007 | managerclubs3 = [[China PR national football team|China]] (Assistant Coach) | manageryears4 = 2008 | managerclubs4 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning Whowin]] (Assistant Coach) | manageryears5 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs5 = [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] | manageryears6 = 2010 | managerclubs6 = [[Chongqing Lifan]] | manageryears7 = 2011 | managerclubs7 = [[Guangzhou R&F]] | manageryears8 = 2013 | managerclubs8 = [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] | manageryears9 = 2013 | managerclubs9 = [[Shijiazhuang Yongchang F.C.|Shijiazhuang Yongchang]] | manageryears10 = 2016 | managerclubs10 = [[Shenzhen FC]] | manageryears11 = 2021- | managerclubs11 = [[Liaoning Tieren F.C.|Liaoning Tieren]] (Director of Youth) | club-update = | ntupdate = }} '''Li Shubin''' ({{lang-zh|c=李树斌|p=Lǐ Shùbīn}}; {{small|Mandarin pronunciation:}} {{IPAc-cmn|l|i|3|-|sh|u|4|-|b|in|1|}}; born January 10, 1955) is a Chinese [[association football|football]] [[manager (association football)|manager]] and a former international player. In his playing career he was a [[Striker (association football)|striker]] and spent his whole career with [[Liaoning F.C.]] before retiring. In 1995, he would move into management with his old club, however he led them into relegation. Despite being released from the Head coach position Li would have a 13-year association with the club as either an assistant or brief manager of the club until he took the management position of top-tier club [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] in 2008. Since leaving Changchun he has managed [[Chongqing Lifan]] and [[Guangzhou R&F]] before returning to Changchun to coach them in the [[Chinese Super League]].<ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/coaches/shubin-li/123834/ China PR - Li Shubin - Profile with news, career statistics and history] Soccerway</ref>
==Playing career== In his youth, Li Shubin would play for top-tier club [[Liaoning F.C.]] and in the 1978 Chinese league season see them win the championship.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html China 1978] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405172628/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |date=2011-04-05 }} at rsssf.com. 22 Oct 2009. Received 5 April 2013</ref> He would spend his whole playing career with the club until he retired in 1984, while his personal highlight came when won the top goal-scorer award in the 1980 campaign when he scored 11 goals.
==Management career== In 1995 his old club [[Liaoning F.C.]] gave him his first chance of senior management, however his first attempt of coaching was not a success and he relegated Liaoning to the second tier at the end of the season.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china95.html China League 1995] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311132902/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china95.html |date=March 11, 2012 }} at rsssf.com. 19 Jun 2003. Received 5 April 2013</ref> While he obviously stepped down from the Head coaching position Li was allowed to remain as an assistant coach of the team until 2002 except for a brief return to the Head coaching job in 2000. He joined the [[China national football team|China national team]] as an assistant coach in 2003 and worked under [[Arie Haan]] and [[Zhu Guanghu]] until he left in Zhu's regime.
Li would once again join Liaoning in May 2008 in a slightly different role as team leader and head of Chinese coaching staff, however it was not a happy return and Liaoning went on a losing streak, which saw the Head coach [[Werner Lorant]] sacked while his coaching team along with Li were dispersed of. In September 2008 Li was brought in to manage top-tier club [[Changchun Yatai F.C.|Changchun Yatai]] to see out the remainder of the season, however under his leadership results improved and the club went on to have an industrious following campaign that saw them come runners-up at the end of the [[2009 Chinese Super League]] campaign.<ref>[http://sports.163.com/10/0719/13/6BV7DM4I00051C89.html 李树斌教练生涯：三度救火辽足 两次辅佐国字号] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807170724/http://sports.163.com/10/0719/13/6BV7DM4I00051C89.html |date=2020-08-07 }} at sports.163.com. 2010-07-19. Received 5 April 2013</ref> Despite the improved results Li was allowed to leave the club at the end of the season as they brought in [[Shen Xiangfu]] to lead them in following campaign.
==Honours== ===Player===
'''Liaoning F.C.''' *[[Chinese Jia-A League]]: 1978
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/82/162282/D6510B98F16782E6.shtml Profile] at Sodasoccer.com
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