Han Wenhai (; born 28 January 1971) is a former

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, and the current goalkeeping coach of

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club Shenzhen Pengcheng. The Chinese football goalkeeper

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is his sister.

Biography

Han Wenhai began his professional football career with

Dalian Shide Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then lat ...

and was one of the first goalkeepers in China to accept the guidance of British coaches to aid players achieve professionalism. This would greatly help him rise to prominence during the 1996 league season when he established himself as Dalian's first-choice goalkeeper and aided the team to win the league title. His performances would see him included in the Chinese squad that took part in the

1996 AFC Asian Cup The 1996 AFC Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 Decembe ...

where he played understudy to

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. This was then followed by several

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qualifying games, however he struggled to replace Ou as the team's goalkeeper and despite being called up to several squads he found another goalkeeper

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pushing ahead of him for the goalkeeper position. At Dalian he remained the team's number one goalkeeper for the next several years and won three more league titles until he left at the end of the 2000 league season when he was replaced by Chen Dong. Han Wenhai would join second tier side Zhejiang Lücheng in 2001 and would go on to play eighteen league games, however he only stayed for one season before joining top tier

Shenyang Ginde Guangzhou City Football Club (广州城) is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and their home venu ...

at the beginning of the 2002 league season. Han stayed with Shenyang for three seasons before retiring at the end of the 2004 league season.

Honours

Club

Dalian Shide *

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: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000

Individual

* China Team of the year: 1996, 1997

Personal life

His sister

was a goalkeeper for

China women's national football team The China women's national football team (, recognized as China PR by FIFA) represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football competitions and is governed by the Chinese Football Association. China women's team won s ...

References

External links

Player profile
at Sina.com 1971 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Dalian China international footballers 1996 AFC Asian Cup players Dalian Shide F.C. players Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Changsha Ginde players Association football goalkeepers {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub