Li Weifeng

Quick Facts

Full Name	Li Weifeng
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 1, 1978(1978-12-01)
Age	46
Birthplace	Changchun
Country	China
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Li Weifeng Biography

Li Weifeng is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on December 1, 1978 in Changchun, China. Li Weifeng is an ex-international footballer from China.

Li returned to Everton on a loan and was immediately integrated back into the team during the 2003 league season. Zhu Guanghu, then club manager, made Li the club captain and he led them to the 2004 Chinese Super League title. This was the first time the club had ever won the title. Zhu Guanghu offered him the Chinese Head coach job and Chi Shangbin was his replacement. Unfortunately, Chi’s reign was marred by poor results. Li Yi and Yang Chen both publicly criticised his management and resigned.

Because of Wuhan’s withdrawal, most of its non-local and highly paid players were put on the transfer list at the end of the season with Li among one of them. Because of his reputation, high wage demands, gigantic transfer fee, and the unserved eight-game suspension, Li was a hard commodity to move despite being perceived as heads and shoulders above the rest of the Chinese defenders. But the new AFC Champions League rule came to his rescue as it allowed all tournament participants to have one foreign Asian player. Attracting heavy interest from both the Japanese and Korean leagues, Li moved to K-League side Suwon Samsung Bluewings in January 2009, signing a two-year contract for a reported $400,000 and reuniting him with another one of his former managers. Some pundits suggested that Li moved on a free transfer because Wuhan’s withdrawal made all of its players free agents under FIFA’s rules. However, Wuhan immediately released statements announcing its intention to obstruct the move if it was not at least partly remunerated and media reports stated that Li would pay his former club himself in order to play for the Korean outfit. In his debut appearance, he was sent off against Sparta Prague in a friendly match in Hong Kong; however, Li redeemed himself in his first official match for Suwon in an AFC Champions League match in a 4-1 win against Kashima Antlers by scoring the opening goal.

On 18 January 2011, Li signed with Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda and was named as the club captain. On 20 July 2015, Li was released by the club midway through the 2015 season.

Li would become an integral part of the Shenzhen team in the subsequent seasons. He would also represent his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. As part of an Everton deal, Li was immediately allowed to play at Premier League side Everton due to the publicity of the tournament. He only played in two matches at Everton, one against Southampton in the league and Wrexham in the League Cup. After the 2002-03 season, he was unable make an impact at Everton and he returned to Shenzhen.

Li Weifeng Net Worth

Li Weifeng is one of the richest Association Football Player from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Li Weifeng 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Li Weifeng began his football career at Tianjin Locomotive’s youth academy. He was then spotted by the Chinese youth program to study abroad in a Jianlibao- sponsored training program. He was then called up to the Chinese Under-20 National Team and offered the chance to participate in the FIFA World Youth Championship 1997. After returning from the tournament, Li was rejoined his original youth team of Tianjin Locomotive. Top-tier club Shenzhen Ping’an became interested in him. Not wanting to lose a promising young athlete, a contract dispute arose until an agreement was reached for a fee of 800,000. Yuan. He made his debut in 1998 league season and quickly became a key part of the team’s defense.

On 22 November 1998, Li made his debut for the Chinese national soccer team in a friendly against South Korea. The match ended in a 0-0 draw. After his performances with the national team, Li was called up to China’s squads at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup as well as the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Arie Haan, then his manager, promoted him to the position of team captain and he would lead China to the runners-up spot at 2004 AFC Asian Cup. He was expelled from the national team in September 2006 after he attacked an opponent player. This resulted in his sixth red card within fourteen months, during an AFC Champions League match with Shanghai Shenhua. Zheng Zhi was later appointed to his position as national team captain. After a year, the ban was lifted and he has never held any important role in the national team. Despite his return as the Captain of the 2014 World Cup qualifying team, China failed to progress through the third round after two devastating losses to Iraq.

In the beginning of the 2006 season, Li left Shenzhen due to the club’s financial difficulties and followed many of his teammates out of the club. Shanghai Shenhua bought him for 6 million yuan despite reported interest from Serie A side Fiorentina. In 2008, Li transferred from Shanghai to Wuhan Guanggu due to a lack of playing time for the league runners-up, reuniting him with his former manager Zhu Guanghu who also coached him in the Chinese national team as well as in Shenzhen. Soon after the transfer, Li was involved in an on-the-field scuffle with Lu Jiang which resulted in him being suspended for eight games by the Chinese Football Association. Already on the verge of relegation, Wuhan amounted protests against this ruling which the club deemed to be unjust and extremely damaging to its chance to survive in the top flight. After its efforts were proven to be futile, Wuhan withdrew from the league and was disbanded and Li did not appear in any games for the rest of the season.

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Facts & Trivia

Li Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Li Weifeng celebrates birthday on December 1 of every year.

Top Facts about Li Weifeng

1. Li Weifeng is a retired Chinese footballer born in 1978.
2. He played as a central defender for Guangzhou Evergrande and Shanghai Shenhua.
3. Li made 112 appearances for the Chinese national team.
4. He was part of the squad that reached the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
5. Li won four Chinese Super League titles with Guangzhou Evergrande.
6. He also won two Chinese FA Cups and one AFC Champions League title.
7. Li was named the best defender in the 2005 and 2006 CSL seasons.
8. He retired from professional football in 2014 at age 36.
9. After retiring, he became a football commentator and pundit in China.
10. Li is considered one of China’s greatest ever defenders.