Xu Yunlong

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Xu Yunlong
徐云龙

|image = File:Xu Yunlong, China national football team 06-JUN-2008-ANZstad (cropped).jpg

|fullname = Xu Yunlong

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|2|17}}

|birth_place = Beijing, China

|currentclub =

|clubnumber =

|height = {{convert|1.82|m|abbr=on}}

|position = Defender

|youthyears1 = 1993–1994

|youthclubs1 = Beijing Youth

|youthyears2 = 1994–1998

|youthclubs2 = Beijing Victory

|years1 = 1999–2016

|clubs1 = Beijing Guoan

|caps1 = 415

|goals1 = 28

|nationalyears1 = 2000–2008

|nationalteam1 = China

|nationalcaps1 = 72

|nationalgoals1= 7

|pcupdate = 30 October 2016

|ntupdate = 31 October 2015

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Xu Yunlong ({{lang-zh|s=徐云龙|t=徐雲龍|p=Xú Yúnlóng}}; born 17 February 1979) is a Chinese former footballer who played as a defender for Beijing Guoan and China national team.

Club career

Xu Yunlong started his football career with Beijing Guoan in the 1999 season, making thirteen league appearances and quickly established himself as a versatile player.{{NFT player|id=1472|name=Xú, Yúnlóng|access-date=2012-09-15}} By the following season, he continued to gain considerably more playing time for Beijing and would often be used as a right back where his pace was quickly exploited; however, after several seasons, he played increasingly more at centre back and become an integral member of the club's defense.{{Cite web|url=http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/6609/|title=Xu Yunlong|publisher=football-lineups.com|access-date=2012-09-15}} Xu's importance towards the team was shown in the 2008 league season when he would be named as the club's vice captain and then later as their captain, leading the club to the league title during the 2009 season.

On 26 February 2017, Xu retired from football and became the Commercial Director of Beijing Guoan.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sina.cn/china/2017-02-26/detail-ifyavvsk3642146.d.htm|title=再见!徐云龙正式宣布退役|publisher=Sina|date=26 February 2017|access-date=26 February 2017}}

International career

Xu made his debut for the Chinese national team on 25 May 2000 in a 2-0 loss against Yugoslavia.{{Cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=2000-05-25|title=China PR 0-2 Yugoslavia|publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=2000-05-25|access-date=2012-09-15}} Under then manager Bora Milutinović, Xu's international career flourished by keeping previous right back Sun Jihai out of the national team during the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. However, he was forced out of action due to illness and Sun regained his place within the team; nevertheless, his performances were still good enough to be called up the squad that participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/china/squad/newsid_1997000/1997867.stm|title=BBC SPORT|publisher=bbc.co.uk|date=29 May 2002|access-date=2012-09-15}}

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	25 July 2004	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	{{fb\|QAT}}	align=center\|1–0	align=center\| 1–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup
2.	17 November 2004	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China	{{fb\|HKG}}	align=center\|5–0	align=center\| 7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Continental ! colspan=2 \| Other ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Season	Club	League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \| China PR ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| FA Cup ! colspan=2 \| CSL Cup ! colspan=2 \| Asia ! colspan=2 \| Others¹ ! colspan=2 \| Total
1999	rowspan="18"\|Beijing Guoan	rowspan="5"\|Chinese Jia-A League	13	0		1	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|13	0
2000	21	2	8	2	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|29	4
2001	17	2	2	1	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|19	3
2002	28	8	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|28	8
2003	21	3	6	3	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|27	6
2004	rowspan="13"\|Chinese Super League	22	2	2	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|1	1	25	3
2005	26	5	4	2	4	1	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|34	8
2006	27	1	1	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|28	1
2007	26	1	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|26	1
2008	27	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|4	0	colspan="2"
\|31	0
2009	24	1	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|5	0	colspan="2"
\|29	1
2010	25	1	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|7	0	colspan="2"
\|32	1
2011	24	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|26	0
2012	29	1	2	0	colspan="2"
\|4	0	colspan="2"
\|35	1
2013	27	0	3	1	colspan="2"
\|7	0	colspan="2"
\|37	1
2014	26	1	3	0	colspan="2"
\|6	0	colspan="2"
\|35	1
2015	24	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|7	0	colspan="2"
\|31	0
2016	8	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|10	0
colspan=3 \| Career total !415\|\|28\|\|35\|\|9\|\|4\|\|1\|\|40\|\|0\|\|1\|\|1\|\|495\|\|39

¹Other tournaments include Chinese FA Super Cup.

Honours

=Club=

Beijing Guoan

Chinese Super League: 2009
Chinese FA Cup: 2003
Chinese FA Super Cup: 2003{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2004-01-18/1731741156.shtml|title=现代4比3胜申花第二次夺超霸杯科内塞独中二元|publisher=Sports.sina.com.cn|date=2004-01-18|access-date=2019-08-22}}

=International=

China PR national football team

East Asian Football Championship: 2005

=Individual=

Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009. 2013, 2014, 2015

References

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/china/squad/newsid_1997000/1997867.stm 2002 China Team Player Profile] at BBC website
{{NFT player|id=1472}}
[http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/6609/ Player stats] at football-lineups website

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