Liu Haiguang Explained

Liu Haiguang
柳海光
Fullname:Liu Haiguang
Birth Date:11 July 1963
Birth Place:Shanghai, China
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:1974–1981
Youthclubs1:Shanghai Team
Years1:1982–1987
Years2:1987–1989
Years3:1989–1991
Clubs1:Shanghai Team
Clubs2:Partizan
Clubs3:Shanghai Team
Caps1:?
Caps2:6
Caps3:?
Goals1:?
Goals2:3
Goals3:?
Nationalyears1:1983–1990
Nationalteam1:China
Nationalcaps1:58
Nationalgoals1:20

Liu Haiguang (; born July 11, 1963) is a former Chinese international footballer who spent the majority of his career playing for the Shanghai Team, however he gained distinction when he joined Yugoslav club FK Partizan along with Jia Xiuquan making them one of the earliest Chinese footballers to play in Europe.

Biography

Liu Haiguang started his youth career with the Shanghai Team and would soon break into the Chinese U-20 team where he took part in the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship where he scored one goal as China were knocked-out in the group stages.[1] He would soon become a regular for Shanghai and also be promoted to the Chinese senior team where he was included in the squad for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup, which saw China finish runners-up.[2] After establishing himself as a regular for the national team he along with fellow international team mate Jia Xiuquan would join Yugoslav club FK Partizan and together be one of the earliest Chinese footballers to play in a European club.[3] Liu stayed for two seasons playing in the Yugoslav First League where he won the 1988–89 Yugoslav Cup before soon returning to Shanghai.

On the international stage he represented China at the 1988 AFC Asian Cup and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. When he decided to retire from international football he had scored 36 goals for China national football team making him their top goalscorer. This record would however be broken by Hao Haidong several years later and as of 2024, Liu is the third highest goalscorer.[4] He would retire completely from playing in 1991 and since then has become a businessman and founded 4 children football clubs.

Honours

Partizan

1988–89Shanghai Team

1991

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20071123032033/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191120/matches/match=30736/report.html Report - FIFA.com - Previous Tournaments
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/84asch.html Asian Nations Cup 1984
  3. News: A FOREIGN FIELD: JIA XIUQUAN AND LIU HAIGUANG AT PARTIZAN. IBWM. 2018-05-07. en-GB.
  4. http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/archiver/?tid-54612.html The topscorer for China national football team