Dong Fangzhuo(董方卓) (born January 23, 1985) is a Chinese soccer player.

He signed for Manchester United from Dalian Shide FC in 2004, for £2,000,000.

He is a striker who has yet to make his competitive senior debut for the Manchester club because of work permit issues. He currently plays on loan for Royal Antwerp in Belgium. Dong frequently attends Manchester United FC's home matches.

On United's 2005 Asia tour, Dong made his first team debut in a friendly against a Hong Kong XI and capped it off with a goal in a 2-0 victory.

Hao Haidong (郝海东, May 9, 1970, in Qingdao) plays soccer for Sheffield United Soccer Club in the Soccer League Championship and he also plays for the Chinese national team, and is the record goalscorer with 37 goals for his country. He transferred from Bayi FC to Dalian Shide after the 1996 season, where he played and eventually became head coach before his transfer to England in January 2005, and has won many titles and honors.
 

Li Tie (李铁; born May 18, 1977 in Liaoning, China) is a Chinese professional soccer player. He currently plays for Everton F.C.

The cream of his generation of Chinese soccer players, Li was already a veteran of the national squad when China embarked on their World Cup debut in 2002. Despite ending the compaign without a win, Li was shipped to the Premiership in an exchange deal between sponsors Kejian and Everton.

His first season at Goodison Park was a surprising success. Manager David Moyes played him in 31 league games, the majority from the starting line-up, where his displays as a defensive midfielder helped the club clinch a 7th place finish.

Everton tussled with his former club Liaoning Bodao to sign him permanently after the 2002/3 season. The deal was finally closed in August 2003 for an undisclosed fee, with Li signing a three-year deal. It is likely Everton paid between £500,000 to £1.5 m for the midfielder, although the price was hugely offset by outside sponsorship.

His 2003/4 season was marred by a sending-off (against Arsenal, Aug 2003) and a series of injuries. The last, a broken leg picked up during international duty in February 2004, ruled him out for more than 13 months.
 

Li Weifeng(Chinese: 李玮峰, born January 26, 1978 in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese soccer player who has represented the Chinese national soccer team over 60 times.

Li is a central defender and is known for his heading ability which earned him the nickname "Da Tou"(Big Head). Aside from his soccer skills, Li is also involved in various off-the-field controversies, such as him earning two red cards for the Chinese team in the 2005 East Asian Invitation, as well as allegedly forcing out manager Chi Shangbin in Shenzhen, earning him the reputation "Qiu Ba" (soccer bully).

Li has previously played for Shenzhen Pingan and had a short spell at English side Everton F.C. immediately after the 2002 World Cup, as part of an Everton deal with Chinese sponsor Kejian. However, Li was unable to convince the Everton coaching team for a permanent deal and returned to Shenzhen.
 

Qu Shengqing (Chinese:曲圣卿 born June 5, 1975 in China) is a Chinese soccer player who currently plays for Adelaide United in the newly formed Hyundai A-League. He is a striker who has been capped 30 times for the Chinese national soccer team.

Sun Jihai (孙继海) (born September 30, 1977 in Dalian) is a Chinese soccer (soccer) player, he currently plays for Manchester City as a defender and the China national soccer team as a midfielder.

Sun's main strengths are his speed, physical strength, crossing and attacking forays down the wings. However, he is a highly versatile player, having played on the left wing, central defense and as a holding midfielder. Sun is a valuable asset for the Chinese men's national soccer team. He was among the first group of Chinese players to ply their trade in the Premiership after the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan, including midfielder Li Tie (currently at Everton F.C.) and centre-back Li Weifeng (currently at Shenzhen Jianlibao F.C.). Sun became the first Chinese soccer player to score in the English Premiership during an away match to Birmingham City F.C. during the 2002/2003 season.

Sun started China's first match during the 2002 World Cup against Costa Rica, but his ankle was injured during a wild tackle by Costa Rican defender, Gilberto Martinez. Unable to play, he sat out the rest of China's matches in Group C against Brazil and Turkey.

At the beginning of the 2004/2005 season, Sun damaged his cruciate ligaments during a tackle by Chelsea striker Eidur Gudjohnsen and missed the rest of the season. After recuperating and following a strict physical regime devised by his father, Sun Jihai is now used sparingly by current Manchester City coach, Stuart Pearce.

He has previously played for Dalian Shide and had a loan spell at Crystal Palaceduring season 1998/99.

 

Sun Wen (孙雯) (born April 6, 1973 in Shanghai, China) is a well-known female Chinese soccer (soccer) player.

Sun appeared in the national squad at the age of 17[1]. A strong striker with great skills and passing abilities, Sun won both the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot for the 1999 Women's World Cup, and became the first woman to be nominated for the Asian Soccer Confederation player of the year award. Some regarded her as even superior to Mia Hamm, whom she has often been compared to. In 2002, she was voted FIFA's Woman Player of the Century, an award she shared with American Michelle Akers. Sun played for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association from 2001 until the league's demise in 2003, and became an international relations student and a journalist in Fudan University. She returned to the Chinese women's team from an two-year retirement at December 15, 2005
 

Yang Chen (楊晨, born January 17, 1974 in Beijing, China) is a professional soccer player. In 1997 he left Chinese club Beijing Guoan for Eintracht Frankfurt, then of the Bundesliga. Frankfurt was relegated, and following failure to reach promotion, Yang transferred to FC St. Pauli in 2002, before coming back to his home country. Yang Chen played for China at the 2002 World Cup.

 

Fan Zhiyi (born on November 6, 1969 in Shanghai) is a professional soccer central defender from the People's Republic of China.

Fan's biggest strengths is his superb fitness as well as his excellent positional play and distribution from the back. The 6-foot tall defender also has good aerial ability and strength.

A folk hero and soccer icon in his native country , Fan was a regular fixture in the People's Republic of China national team and was a very influential player, even winning the Captain's armband. He anchors their defense and has been capped a record 107 times for his country before his international retirement.

In Fan's early playing days for Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese First Division, Fan's versatility as a player meant he played in several positions until he settled into central defense as a sweeper.

In season 1998/99, Fan made national headlines when he left Shanghai to join English First Division side Crystal Palace, where he played alongside his Chinese national team mate Sun Jihai (a versatile defender then on loan from C-league club Dalian Shide). Fan soon established himself as an important player at Palace and was popular with the Palace fans and staff, as well as winning Palace many new fans in the UK and back in China.

After securing 2002 World Cup qualification for China in October 2001, Fan was transferred to Scottish Premiership outfit Dundee FC for £350,000.

In March 2002, he moved from Dundee FC to join Shanghai Zhongyuan on loan.

After a spell on trial at Gillingham, Fan joined English Second Division side Cardiff City in November 2002.

In October 2003 the much-traveled veteran returned to Asia and signed a one-year contract to become player-coach of Hong Kong side Buler Rangers. However his stay in Hong Kong lasted just several months, as in early 2004 he moved back across the border to become the captain of C-league Division 1 side Zhuhai Zhongbang in Zhuhai.

On a final note, Fan has often stated his desire to move into coaching once he hangs up his boots for good.
 

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