Liu Haiguang

{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Liu Haiguang <br/>柳海光 | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|7|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Shanghai]], China | height = 1.86 m | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] | youthyears1 = 1974–1981 | youthclubs1 = Shanghai Team | years1 = 1982–1987 | clubs1 = [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Team]] | years2 = 1988 | clubs2 = [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 1989–1991 | clubs3 = Shanghai Team | nationalyears1 = 1983–1990 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 58 | nationalgoals1 = 20 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984 Singapore]]|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC U-20 Asian Cup|AFC Youth Championship]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1982 AFC Youth Championship|1982 Bangkok]]|[[China national under-20 football team|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FISU World University Games|University Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]]|[[Football at the 1985 Summer Universiade|Football]]}} }}

'''Liu Haiguang''' ({{zh|c=柳海光|p=Liǔ Hǎiguāng}}; born 11 July 1963) is a Chinese former international [[Association football|footballer]] who spent the majority of his career playing for the [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Team]], however he gained distinction when he joined Yugoslav club [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] along with [[Jia Xiuquan]] making them one of the earliest Chinese footballers to play in Europe.

==Biography== Liu Haiguang started his youth career with the [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Team]] and would soon break into the [[China national under-20 football team|China under-20 national team]] where he took part in the [[1983 FIFA World Youth Championship]] where he scored one goal as China were knocked-out in the group stages.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123032033/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191120/matches/match=30736/report.html Report - FIFA.com - Previous Tournaments] 9 June 1983 Retrieved 24 October 2012</ref> He would soon become a regular for Shanghai and also be promoted to the Chinese senior team where he was included in the squad for the [[1984 AFC Asian Cup]], which saw China finish runners-up.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/84asch.html Asian Nations Cup 1984] at rsssf.org 21 December 2009 Retrieved 24 October 2012</ref> After establishing himself as a regular for the national team he along with fellow international team mate [[Jia Xiuquan]] would join [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] club [[FK Partizan|Partizan]] and together be one of the earliest Chinese footballers to play in a European club.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2018/2/11/a-foreign-field-jia-xiuquan-and-liu-haiguang-at-partizan|title=A FOREIGN FIELD: JIA XIUQUAN AND LIU HAIGUANG AT PARTIZAN|work=IBWM|access-date=7 May 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref> Liu stayed for two seasons playing in the [[Yugoslav First League]] where he won the [[1988–89 Yugoslav Cup]] before soon returning to Shanghai.

On the international stage he represented China at the [[1988 AFC Asian Cup]] and in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]. When he decided to retire from international football he had scored 36 goals for [[China national football team|China national team]] making him their top goalscorer. This record would however be broken by [[Hao Haidong]] several years later and as of 2024, Liu is the third highest goalscorer.<ref>[http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/archiver/?tid-54612.html The topscorer for China national football team]</ref>

He retired completely from playing in 1991 and since then has become a businessman and founded four children football clubs.

==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 15 July 1989 || [[Shenyang People's Stadium]], [[Shenyang]], China || {{fb|IRN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–0 || [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]] |- |}

==Honours== '''Partizan''' *[[Yugoslav Cup]]: [[1988–89 Yugoslav Cup|1988–89]]

'''Shanghai Team''' *[[Chinese FA Cup]]: 1991

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Sports links}} * [http://news.sports.cn/china/chinan/news/2005-10-27/707865.html Sports News Article] * [http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/player.php?id=liuhaiguang International stats]

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