Shang Yi (; born 20 January 1979) is a Chinese former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played at both professional and international levels, as a

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. He is a commentator for Beijing TV Sports Channel.

Playing career

Born in

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

, Shang began his career at

Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Football Club (), known in AFC competitions as Beijing FC, is a Chinese professional football club based in Beijing, that competes in . Beijing Guoan plays its home matches at the Workers' Stadium, located within Chaoyang Distr ...

, spending his entire career there, minus a short spell in Spain with Xerez during the 2003–04 season. While at Xerez, Shang hit the headlines after the club was paid to play him by a "personal sponsor" of the player. He is mainly remembered for scoring a goal versus Cádiz CF, fierce rivals of the club Shang earned two caps for

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

in 2000.

Later career

Shang became a commentator for Beijing TV Sports Channel after his retirement.

Personal life

Shang Yi married table tennis player Wu Na in 2003. They have a son Shang Juncheng who is a professional tennis player.

Honours

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 ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

References

1979 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Tianjin China men's international footballers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Chinese association football commentators Chinese Super League players Beijing Guoan F.C. players Xerez CD footballers Chinese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Men's association football midfielders {{PRChina-footy-midfielder-stub