Li Wei (; ; born May 5, 1975) is a Chinese

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coach and former international player who played as a

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. As a player he represented Foshan Fosti,

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before moving to

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and Anhui Jiufang. Since retiring he would move into goalkeeping coaching.

Football career

Li Wei began his football career with second tier football club Foshan Fosti who was taken over by

in the 1998 league season. At Xiamen he would go on to establish himself as the team's first choice goalkeeper and aid the team to win promotion to the top tier as well as the division title in 1999. His impressive performances was considered good enough to be called up to the Chinese national team in 2000 by the Head coach

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who gave him his debut appearance on March 25, 2000 against

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in a 2-0 defeat, this was to be his only international cap . By the end of the season Xiamen were relegated, despite this Li Wei remained as team's first-choice goalkeeper for the next several seasons and aided the team to another second tier title in 2002 before leaving in 2005 for Guangzhou Sunray Cave in exchange for Han Feng. He spent two seasons with them where he was unable to achieve promotion before ending his career with Anhui Jiufang.

Coach career

When the 2008 league season ended Li Wei announced his retirement from football, he decided to stay with Anhui Jiufang to become their goalkeeping coach. He was appointed as the goalkeeping coach of China women's national team on 29 August 2010. He became the goalkeeping coach of

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side

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in January 2015.

Honours

As a player

* Chinese Jia B League: 1999, 2002

References

External links

Player stats
at sodasoccer.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Wei 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Xi'an Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Shaanxi China men's international footballers Xiamen Blue Lions F.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players Anhui Jiufang F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Foshan Fosti F.C. players Men's association football goalkeepers Shanghai Shenxin F.C. non-playing staff Association football goalkeeping coaches