| Yu Junwei | |
| Birth Date: | 11 July 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Winger, full-back |
| Youthclubs1: | Chengdu FA |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Vannes |
| Youthyears3: | 2017–2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | Chengdu FA |
| Youthyears4: | 2018–2020 |
| Youthclubs4: | Olympique Lyonnais |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | China U16 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam2: | China U17 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2015–2018 |
| Nationalteam3: | China U19 |
| Club-Update: | 17:14, 27 January 2023 (UTC) |
Yu Junwei (; born 11 July 2000) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a winger.
Born in Chengdu in the Sichuan province, Yu moved to the Yunnan province as a child, where he played football at elementary school, and gained the nickname "Chengdu Ronaldo", after Portuguese international winger Cristiano Ronaldo, due to their similar styles of play.[1] He started his career at the provincial Chengdu FA side, before moving to France in 2016 and joining professional side Vannes.[2] He returned to China in 2017, and re-joined the Chengdu FA, representing them in the 2017 National Games.[1] [3]
In September 2018, without going on trial first, he returned to France to join Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais, with Chengdu FA teammate Jian Tao also joining, initially on trial, before signing the following year.[3] [4] While at Lyon, he was given the opportunity to kick-off the Ligue 1 match between Lyon and Monaco in December 2018.[5]
In 2015, Yu was called up to both the Chinese under-16 and under-19 teams.[6] The following year, he was called up to the under-17 side for the Huashan Cup, where he featured in a 1–0 loss to South Korea.[7]
He continued to be called up for the under-19 side, returning to his hometown of Chengdu for the 2017 Panda Cup, though China finished bottom of the four team group, having failed to win a game.[1] He received his last call up to the under-19 side in 2018, when he was called up to an Indonesian youth invitational tournament in September.[8]
As well as football, Yu takes an interest in acting, and in 2017 listed Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, who both played James Bond, as two of his favourite actors.[1]