Han Yanming (Chinese: 韩燕鸣; born October 26, 1982, in

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

) is a Chinese football player.

Club career

Han Yanming began his professional footballer career during the 2001 league season after graduating from the various

Tianjin Teda Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Tianjin, and their home stadium is t ...

youth teams. With Tianjin he would gradually established himself as a useful attacking midfielder capable of scoring goals as a substitute, however it wasn't until the

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season when he helped Tianjin qualify for

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did he show his importance towards the team. His significance towards the team ended the following season when Tianjin were unable to improve upon their previous season's results and several first team regulars including Han were transfer listed. While

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n side

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showed an interest in his services Han suffered an injury before a transfer could take place. Once he recovered Han did not return to Tianjin and instead went to Henan to train on his fitness believing that he was free to leave after Tianjin stopped paying his wages. After a whole year without playing football Han believed that he was a free agent and was widely expected to join top-tier side

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at the beginning of the 2011 league season. He would, however decide to return to Tianjin Teda instead where he claimed that he and the club had settled their differences. Tianjin Teda would also have to financially compensate Henan Construction for the time Han spent with them, which meant that Han was too late in registering his name for Tianjin Teda in allowing him to play in the

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. After playing a handful of games for Tianjin Han was allowed to leave and would join recently promoted second-tier club

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at the beginning of the 2012 league season. However, he was released by the club on 16 September 2012 for disciplinary problems.

International career

Han Yanming would make his international debut in a friendly against

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on December 12, 2009, when he came on as a substitute for

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in a 2–2 draw.

References

External links

Player profile at Tianjin Teda website
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Player stats at sohu.comPlayer profile at football-lineups.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Yanming 1982 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Tianjin China men's international footballers Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players Men's association football midfielders