Liu Yue (; born 12 July 1975) is a Chinese former international

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defender who played for

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, Yunnan Hongta F.C. and Chongqing Lifan F.C. while also representing

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in the

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. 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

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. 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 20 May 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 Chongqing Lifan F.C. where he spent one season with them before retiring.

Honours

Chinese Jia-A League The National Football Jia A League (simplified Chinese: 全国足球甲A联赛), 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 th ...

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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