Yu Junwei
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 July 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Chengdu, Sichuan, China[1] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, full-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Chengdu FA | |||
2016–2017 | Vannes | ||
2017–2018 | Chengdu FA | ||
2018–2020 | Olympique Lyonnais | ||
International career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | China U16 | ||
2016 | China U17 | ||
2015–2018 | China U19 |
Yu Junwei (Chinese: 鱼竣伟; born 11 July 2000) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a winger.
Club career
[edit]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.[2] He started his career at the provincial Chengdu FA side, before moving to France in 2016 and joining professional side Vannes.[3] He returned to China in 2017, and re-joined the Chengdu FA, representing them in the 2017 National Games.[2][4]
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.[4][5] While at Lyon, he was given the opportunity to kick-off the Ligue 1 match between Lyon and Monaco in December 2018.[6]
International career
[edit]In 2015, Yu was called up to both the Chinese under-16 and under-19 teams.[7] 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.[8]
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.[2] 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.[9]
Personal life
[edit]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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Yu Junwei at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b c d "成都小将家乡"露脸"" [Chengdu teenager "shows his face" in his hometown]. inews.ifeng.com (in Chinese). 19 May 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "成都足协副主席谈蹇韬:与里昂共同决定让他去法丙锻炼" [Vice Chairman of Chengdu Football Association Tan Jiantao: Together with Lyon, it was decided to let him go to France 3 for training]. zhuanlan.zhihu.com (in Chinese). 16 July 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ a b "成都小将加盟里昂梯队" [Chengdu teenager joins Lyon echelon]. sohu.com (in Chinese). 8 September 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "成都足协送两小将留洋里昂U19 国青边翼成张修维师弟" [Chengdu Football Association sent two teenagers to study abroad in Lyon U19 National Youth wing wing became Zhang Xiuwei's junior brother]. new.qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "特邀嘉宾!里昂U19小将鱼竣伟将为法甲中国之夜比赛开球" [Special Guest! Lyon U19 teenager Yu Junwei will kick off the Ligue 1 China Night match]. ppsport.com (in Chinese). 17 December 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ ""成都C罗"鱼竣伟:"小鱼儿" 大心脏" ["Chengdu Ronaldo" Yu Junwei: "Little Yuer" has a big heart]. sports.cntv.cn (in Chinese). 22 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "华山杯-国青屡失良机0-1不敌韩国U17 无缘2连胜" [Huashan Cup-National Youth Lost 0-1 to South Korea U17 and missed 2 consecutive victories]. mt.sohu.com (in Chinese). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "印尼青年足球邀请赛:U-19国青夺冠 鲁能双子星连场破门" [Indonesian Youth Football Invitational Tournament: U-19 National Youth Team wins Luneng Twin Stars with consecutive goals]. thecfa.cn (in Chinese). 26 September 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
External links
[edit]- Yu Junwei at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chengdu
- Footballers from Sichuan
- Chinese men's footballers
- China men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Vannes OC players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Chinese expatriate men's footballers
- Chinese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France