Ji Mingyi

Ji Mingyi
季铭义
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-12-15) December 15, 1980
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Chengdu Blades
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998-2007 Dalian Shide 192 (3)
2008-2009 Chengdu Blades 45 (0)
National team‡
2003-2007 China 20 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2012.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2012
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ji.

Ji Mingyi (simplified Chinese: 季铭义; traditional Chinese: 季銘義; pinyin: Jì Míngyì; born December 15, 1980 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a former Chinese international footballer who spent the majority of his career with Dalian Shide where he won four league titles and two Chinese FA Cups.

Club career

Ji Mingyi started his career with Dalian Shide in 1999 where he quickly made an impact within the team establishing himself with 21 appearances in his first season. Injecting fresh blood into the dominate Dalian team, during his career with Dalian he won four league titles and two Chinese FA Cups.[1] After nine seasons with Dalian where he was eventually named captain he transferred to the newly promoted Chengdu Blades. At his new club he would immediately establish himself as vital player within the team for the next two seasons until at the end of the 2009 Chinese Super League campaign it was discovered that the club had fixed a game during their promotion to the Chinese Super League and were subsequently relegated as punishment.[2] With the club unable to hold on to Ji Mingyi there was speculation that he would join Korean K League side Jeju United FC, however this fell through and he decided to retire from the game.

International career

After his impressive performances with Dalian he was named in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup where he was selected as back up for Zhang Yaokun and Zheng Zhi in central defence as China came runners-up within the tournament.[3] Throughout Ji Mingyi international career he has continued to be a reserve choice in defence, the following 2007 AFC Asian Cup he was again selected in the squad however did not play any games.

Career statistics

Last update: 1 Jan 2012

SeasonTeamCountryDivisionAppsGoals
1999Dalian Shide China1210
2000Dalian Shide China1260
2001Dalian Shide China1242
2002Dalian Shide China1110
2003Dalian Shide China1230
2004Dalian Shide China1180
2005Dalian Shide China1260
2006Dalian Shide China1241
2007Dalian Shide China190
2008Chengdu Blades China1240
2009Chengdu Blades China1210

Honours

Dalian Shide

References

  1. ↑ Seven China Jia A Championships won by Dalian at english.runsky.com 2004-03-24 Retrieved 2012-07-27
  2. ↑ Chengdu Blades demoted at fifa.com 23 February 2010 Retrieved 2013-03-20
  3. ↑ Asian Cup 2004 China .:. Finale at weltfussball.de 7 August 2004 Retrieved 2012-07-27
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