Li Ming (footballer, born 1975)
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| Date of birth | 4 May 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Qingdao, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–2001 | Shandong Luneng | 126 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Beijing Guoan | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Shanghai International | 21 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Shenzhen Jianlibao | 30 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Shanghai Stars | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | China U20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2003 | China | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 February 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Li Ming (Chinese: 李明; pinyin: Li Míng; born May 4, 1975, in Qingdao) is an assistant coach and a former Chinese international footballer. As a player, he holds the distinction of being the first professional player to win the Chinese league championship at two different clubs, his first as a key member of the Shandong Luneng's 1999 championship voyage and then as a member of Shenzhen Jianlibao's championship squad in 2004. After retiring he would have a short stint as an assistant coach for Shanghai Stars and he moved away from football until October 17, 2010, saw him detained by the police for his involvement in fixing a league game during his time at Shanghai International in a match against Tianjin Teda on November 30, 2003, and was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment on June 13, 2012.