Fu Bin (; born May 6, 1969 in

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) is a

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football

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coach and a former international football player. His playing career would see him win three

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titles with

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and

Chongqing Lifan Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic () is a defunct Chinese football club. The team was based in Chongqing. The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league system ...

. He also represented Hebei team,

Jilin Samsung Yanbian Funde F.C. () was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin province where their home stadium is the Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,000. ...

, Hunan Shoking while at

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he achieved the distinction for being the oldest professional player in Chinese history aged 40 years and 133 days before he retired.

Club career

While Fu Bin may have been born in

he would move to

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to start his sporting career where he originally excelled in

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before turning his attentions to

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where he was good enough to gain a spot within the Hebei team as one of their goalkeepers in 1986. He would stay with Hebei for several seasons until the 1994 league season when the league became fully professional and he was offered a transfer to

. The move turned out to be a disappointment and he spent most of the season sitting on the bench, however the following season he was offered a move back to his hometown with

in a moved that turned out to be a huge success and ushered in the peak of his career when he helped the team to win the 1996 and 1997

as well as also achieving his first call up to the

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. In the 1998 league season an offer of 2 million yuan was offered for him by

Qianwei Huandao Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic () is a defunct Chinese football club. The team was based in Chongqing. The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league system ...

(now known as

) and despite achieving significant success with Beijing as well as regular playing time with the club he decided to leave and take the offer from Qianwei Huandao. The move initially came under much scrutiny because he had left a club who were genuine title contenders for one who were recently promoted, with many Beijing fans believing he moved purely for the money. While his first few seasons with the club were uninspired Fu Bin was able to prove his critics wrong when he would win the 2000 Chinese FA Cup with them as well as eventually spending five full seasons with the club before he left them in 2003 to go to second tier club Hunan Shoking where he was also offered a goalkeeper coaching role as well. By the 2006 league season Hunan Shoking were relegated and Fu Bin was allowed to leave for another second tier club

where he immediately won promotion with them in his first season with the club and another chance to play in the top tier once again. He would aid the club for two seasons within the top flight and go on to achieve the record for being the oldest professional Chinese player in the last game of the season on October 31, 2009 in a league game against

Shandong Luneng Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is th ...

in a 1-0 victory aged 40 years and 133 days before he retired.

Honours

Beijing Guoan F.C. Beijing Guoan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in the Chaoyang District in Beijing and their hom ...

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: 2000

References

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Career stats
at Sohu.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Fu, Bin 1969 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Beijing China international footballers Chinese Super League players China League One players Yanbian Funde F.C. players Beijing Guoan F.C. players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players Association football goalkeepers Beijing Guoan F.C. non-playing staff Association football goalkeeping coaches