Liu Yue (; born 12 July 1975) is a Chinese former international football defender who played for

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 ...

, Yunnan Hongta F.C. and

Chongqing Lifan F.C. 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 ...

while also representing China in the

1996 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 Decem ...

. Since retiring he has moved into sports commentary with Shanghai TV.

Playing career

Liu Yue would start his career with

and would quickly make a name for himself when he was part of the team that won the 1995

Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. Its current holders are Shandong Taishan, having beaten Shanghai Port in 2021 for a record seventh tit ...

. This would soon see him selected for the Chinese national team where he was selected as the team's first choice left back within the 1996 Asian Cup. Within the tournament he would have a disappointing game against

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within the quarter-finals, which saw China knocked out of the competition and ending his international career once the manager

Qi Wusheng Qi Wusheng (; ; born May 20, 1944 in Weihai) is a Chinese football coach and a former international player. Playing career Despite being born in Shandong, Qi would go on to play for teams within Liaoning before he would be selected for the ...

permanently drop him from the team. Despite this Liu would continue to be a regular for Shandong and go on to win the 1999 league title and FA Cup with them before moving to Yunnan Hongta F.C. where he was reunited with his former coach Qi Wusheng. After spending several seasons with Yunnan the club were taken over by

where he spent one season with them before retiring.

Honours

Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League ( simplified Chinese, commonly known as Jia-A, was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Asso ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Yue 1975 births Living people Chinese footballers China international footballers Footballers from Shandong Shandong Taishan F.C. players Yunnan Hongta players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Chinese association football commentators Association football defenders