Lu Bofei (; born August 2, 1979) is a Chinese

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who currently manager Suzhou Dongwu in

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Club career

Lu Bofei started his professional footballer career with

Bayi Football Team The Bayi or August First Football Team () or its full name the People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club () was a football team under the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) that played in China's football league system between 1 ...

in 1999, however he was loaned out to

Changchun Yatai Changchun Yatai 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 Changchun, Jilin and their home stadi ...

the following season to gain playing time. His loan was fairly successful and Lu Bofei played in 19 league games and scored 2 goals for Changchun Yatai. By the 2001 season Lu Bofei had established himself as regular member of the Bayi Football Team, however by 2003 Bayi had disbanded and Lu Bofei would move to

Shenzhen Jianlibao Shenzhen Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League. The team is based in Shenzhen, Guangdong and their home stadium is the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre that has a seating capacity of ...

. His move to Shenzhen Jianlibao (now known as Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti) was to prove extremely successful as Shenzhen Jianlibao won the

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with Lu Bofei playing a significant part in their success. After a disappointing 2006 season which saw Shenzhen Jianlibao unable to build on their earlier success Lu Bofei moved to the newly promoted Wuhan Guanggu. His career at Wuhan Guanggu was to prove extremely disappointing as Lu Bofei was unable to establish himself as first choice regular and Wuhan Guanggu were controversially relegated then subsequently disbanded during the Chinese Super League 2008 league season after the club's management did not accept the punishment given to them by the

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after a scuffle broke out during a league game against

Beijing Guoan 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 ho ...

on September 27, 2008. This lead Lu Bofei to join top tier club

Jiangsu Shuntian Jiangsu Football Club (), later known as Jiangsu Sainty F.C. (2000–2016) and Jiangsu Suning F.C. (2016–2021), was a professional Association football, football club that participated in the Chinese Super League since 2009 until its dissol ...

at the beginning of the 2009 season.

International career

Lu Bofei made his senior level debut coming on January 10, 2008 as a late substitute for

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against

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in a friendly that ended in a 0-0 draw.

Honours

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Jiangsu Sainty *

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at Sohu.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Lu, Bofei 1979 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Beijing China men's international footballers Bayi Football Team players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Shenzhen F.C. players Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. players Jiangsu F.C. players Chinese Super League players Men's association football midfielders