{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yu jinglian <br/> 于景连 | image = | fullname = Yu Jinglian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|3|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Weihai]], [[Shandong]], [[China]] | height = {{height|m=1.77}} | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1970–1978 | clubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning team]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1978–1980 | clubs2 = Air force football team | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1980–1984 | clubs3 = [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing team]] | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1 = 1976 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 0 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2000 | manageryears2 = 2000–2001 | manageryears3 = 2002–2003 | manageryears4 = 2004 | manageryears5 = 2005 | manageryears6 = 2008 | manageryears7 = 2009 | managerclubs1 = [[Shaanxi Guoli F.C.|Shaanxi Guoli]](assistant) | managerclubs2 = [[Chengdu Wuniu]](assistant) | managerclubs3 = [[Chengdu Wuniu]](assistant) | managerclubs4 = [[Chongqing Lifan F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]](assistant) | managerclubs5 = [[Chengdu Wuniu]](assistant) | managerclubs6 = [[Wenzhou Provenza|Wenzhou Tomorrow]](assistant) | managerclubs7 = [[Wenzhou Provenza|Wenzhou Tomorrow]] | 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]]}} }} {{family name hatnote|[[Yu (Chinese surname)|Yu]]|lang=Chinese}}
'''Yu Jinglian''' ({{zh|s=于景连}}; 5 March 1953 – ) was a coach and former [[China|Chinese]] footballer. He played for [[China national football team|China PR]] in the [[1976 Asian Cup]].
==Playing career== Yu Jinglian was born in [[Weihai]]. He started his career playing for the [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] football team in 1970. In 1976, Yu was called up to the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]] and played in the [[1976 Asian Cup]]. He joined air force football team in 1978 and moved to [[Beijing Guoan F.C.|Beijing football team]] in 1980. Yu retired from football in 1984.
==Coaching career== Yu Jinglin joined [[Shaanxi Guoli F.C.|Shaanxi Guoli]] to work as an assistant coach in 2000. On 24 December 2000, he left Shaanxi Guoli and joined [[Chengdu Wuniu]] as assistant coach. Yu Jinglian left Chengdu Wuniu in 2001 but returned and worked as assistant coach the second time on 6 August until 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/nsports/2002-08/06/content_513186.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021218045327/http://news.xinhuanet.com/nsports/2002-08/06/content_513186.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2002|title=于景连重返成都太和队做助理教练员|publisher=xinhua|date=2002-08-06|access-date=2002-08-06}}</ref> In 2004, Yu joined [[Chongqing Lifan F.C.|Chongqing Lifan]] to work as assistant coach. From 2008 to 2009, Yu Jinglian went to [[Wenzhou Tomorrow]] to work as assistant coach and coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/b/2009-08-31/01474563019.shtml|title=乙级队温州明日人事动荡 张玉宁执教三轮突然下课|publisher=sina|date=2009-08-31|access-date=2009-08-31}}</ref>
== Honours == '''Beijing''' * [[Chinese Jia-A League]]: 1982, 1984<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html|title=China 1984|date=2017-02-02|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref> * [[Bangladesh President's Gold Cup|President's Gold Cup]]: [[1982 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup|1982]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{China Squad 1976 AFC Asian Cup}}
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