Yu Jinglian (; 5 March 1953 – ) was a coach and former Chinese footballer. He played for China PR in the

1976 Asian Cup The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Iran between 3 and 13 June 1976. The field of six ...

Playing career

Yu Jinglian was born in Weihai. He started his career playing for the

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

football team in 1970. In 1976, Yu was called up to the Chinese national team and played in the

. He joined air force football team in 1978 and moved to Beijing football team in 1980. Yu retired from football in 1984.

Coaching career

Yu Jinglin joined

Shaanxi Guoli Harbin Guoli Football Club () is a defunct football club who played in Harbin, Heilongjiang and their home stadium was the 50,100 seater Jiaodaruisun Stadium. Founded on February 28, 1996 as Shaanxi National Power F.C. in Xi’an, Shaanxi, they ...

to work as an assistant coach in 2000. On 24 December 2000, he left Shaanxi Guoli and joined Chengdu Wuniu as assistant coach. Yu Jinglian left Chengdu Wuniu in 2001 but returned and worked as assistant coach the second time on 6 August until 2003. In 2004, Yu joined Chongqing Lifan to work as assistant coach. From 2008 to 2009, Yu Jinglian went to Wenzhou Tomorrow to work as assistant coach and coach.

Honours

Beijing * China national league: 1982, 1984

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Jinglian 1953 births Living people Chinese men's footballers 1976 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers from Shandong Men's association football forwards Beijing Guoan F.C. players