Li Jian
李健
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-12-09) 9 December 1977
Place of birth Tianjin, China
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1989–1993 Bayi Football Team
1993–1998 Shenzhen Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Bayi Football Team 15 (0)
2000 → Changchun Yatai F.C. (loan) 12 (0)
2003–2007 Chongqing Lifan F.C. 55 (0)
International career‡
2004–2005 China 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 29, 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 29, 2014

Li Jian (Chinese: 李健; born 9 December 1977, in Tianjin) is a former Chinese international football goalkeeper who played for China PR in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup.

Club career

Li Jian would play for the youth squads at the Bayi Football Team before he was selected as being one of the most promising youth players in China, which saw him sent to Brazil for a training programme sponsored by Jianlibao. This then saw him called up to the Chinese under-20 national team where he was part of the squad that took part in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, which China were knocked-out in the group stages.[1] After the tournament Li Jian finished his training in Brazil and returned to the Bayi Football Team where he graduated to their senior team, however to gain playing time he was loaned out to second tier club Changchun Yatai F.C. in 2000.

In the 2001 league season Li Jian returned to Bayi where he would fight for the goalkeeping position with his former Chinese under-20 teammate Li Leilei as the club finished twelfth at the end of the season.[2] The following season Li Leilei was selected as the first team goalkeeper as Li Jian was dropped to the bench, which saw him move to top tier club Chongqing Lifan F.C. where he gradually established himself as the team's first choice goalkeeper.[3] After several seasons at the club on September 24, 2005 he was dropped from the team at half-time against Beijing Hyundai Football Club after a disappointing first half and saw Chongqing ultimately lose the game 2-0.[4] After that result Li Jian struggled to regain his position within the team and by the following season saw the club relegated to the second tier, remained with the club to see out his contract before deciding to retire.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Republic of Ireland - China PR 1:1". fifa.com. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  2. ↑ "China 2001". RSSSF. 2003-06-19. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  3. ↑ "Jiàn Lǐ". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  4. ↑ "李健". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  5. ↑ "China 2006". RSSSF. 2014-09-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.


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