Bian Jun (; born 15 July 1977) is a former Chinese international football player who is mostly associated with his time at

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, that competes in . Shanghai Shenhua plays its home matches at the Shanghai Stadium, located within Xuhui District. The owner of Shanghai Shenhua is ...

where he won the 1998

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. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title. H ...

. He started his career with Shanghai Pudong, where he played as a striker, then joined Shenhua, where he was converted to a central defender. After spending the majority of his career there, he moved to Shanghai United before he retired.

Club career

Bian won several caps for China National Team and China U-23 National Team and played for China in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Game. He started his career as a football player in Shanghai Pudong, then sparked interest from

and finally made the switch in 1997. He made 159 appearances for Shanghai Shenhua and scored six times in a period that saw him win the 1998

and 2003 league title. However, in 2013 the

Chinese Football Association The Chinese Football Association (), abbreviated as CFA (), is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams an ...

revoked the league title after it was discovered that the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be biased for Shenhua in games that season. In the 2006 league campaign he was loaned out to Shanghai United, where he played just 12 games before he declared his retirement from the game.

Honours

: 1998

References

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