Li Yinan (Chinese: 李毅男; born 25 February 1979) is a Chinese football coach currently at Wuxi Wugo.

Li Yinan
李毅男
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-02-25) 25 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
1992–1998 Shenyang Sealion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2004 Shenyang Sealion 87 (4)
2005–2007 Shanghai Shenhua 36 (0)
2008 Wuhan Optics Valley 7 (1)
2009 Shanghai Zobon 12 (1)
2010–2011 Chongqing Lifan 22 (3)
2011 Liaoning Whowin 5 (0)
2012 Hohhot Dongjin 11 (2)
Managerial career
2015 Fujian Broncos (Assistant)
2016-2017 Liaoning Shenyang Urban (Assistant)
2018-2019 Fujian Tianxin (Assistant)
2021 Qingdao Red Lions (Assistant)
2021-2022 Qingdao Red Lions (Caretaker)
2022 Qingdao Red Lions
2022-2023 Shanghai Jiading Huilong
2023- Wuxi Wugo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:33, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

As a player he was a centre-back and graduated from the Shenyang Sealion youth team where he spent six seasons with them before joining Shanghai Shenhua. He would also represent Wuhan Optics Valley, Shanghai Zobon, Chongqing Lifan, Liaoning Whowin and Hohhot Dongjin throughout his career.

Club career

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Li Yinan played for the Shenyang Sealion youth team until he was promoted to the senior side during the 1999 league season. Under the team's Head coach Valeri Nepomniachi Li began to establish himself within the team during the 2000 league season and even though Valeri Nepomniachi left at the end of the season Li Yinan still continued to progress as a regular within the team. By the 2004 league season he was wanted by Shanghai Shenhua; however Shenyang tried to hold on to him by making him the team's captain.[1] This only delayed his move which happened at the beginning of the 2005 league season and saw him reunite with Valeri Nepomniachi who immediately made him an integral member of the team's defence. The next season, however saw him plagued by injuries and Nepomniachi leaving the club, which resulted in him making only nine appearances. By the 2007 league season the club had merged with Shanghai United and Li saw his playing time shrink even further.[2]

At the beginning of the 2008 league season he left Shanghai to join Wuhan Optics Valley for 1.7 million Yuan; however this move turned out to be a disaster because Li Yinan struggled to even establish himself within the team, before the club were controversially relegated then subsequently disbanded during the Chinese Super League 2008 season after the club's management did not accept the punishment given to them by the Chinese Football Association after a scuffle broke out during a league game against Beijing Guoan on September 27, 2008.[3] Without a club to play for several months he would be unemployed before he joined second-tier football team Shanghai Zobon halfway through the 2009 league season. This would then lead to a move to top-tier side Chongqing Lifan at the beginning of the 2010 league season, where he would quickly establish himself within the team's defense.

Club career stats

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Last update: 25 January 2013

Season Team Country Division Apps Goals
1999 Shenyang Sealion   China 1 1 0
2000 Shenyang Sealion   China 1 17 1
2001 Shenyang Sealion   China 1 9 1
2002 Shenyang Ginde   China 1 24 1
2003 Shenyang Ginde   China 1 25 1
2004 Shenyang Ginde   China 1 11 0
2005 Shanghai Shenhua   China 1 23 0
2006 Shanghai Shenhua   China 1 9 0
2007 Shanghai Shenhua   China 1 4 0
2008 Wuhan Optics Valley   China 1 7 1
2009 Shanghai Zobon   China 2 12 1
2010 Chongqing Lifan   China 1 20 3
2011 Chongqing Lifan   China 2 2 0
2011 Liaoning Whowin   China 1 5 0
2012 Hohhot Dongjin   China 2 11 2

References

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  1. ^ "李毅男". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Gimenez to coach newly combined Shanghai Shenhua". chinaview.cn. 17 February 2007. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Wuhan ejected from soccer league". english.people.com.cn. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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