Li Fusheng
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Li Fusheng | ||
Date of birth | 4 January 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Ju County, Shandong, China | ||
Date of death | 2 December 2007 | (aged 54)||
Place of death | Beijing, China | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1974 | Chengdu Military Football Team | ||
1975–1984 | Bayi Football Team | ||
International career | |||
1976–1984 | China PR | 119 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Li Fusheng (Chinese: 李富胜; January 4, 1953 – December 2, 2007) was a Chinese international football goalkeeper. He represented Chengdu Military Football Team and Bayi Football Team at club level while also having a long association representing China at international level where he made 119 appearances making him China's highest capped goalkeeper.
Playing career
Li Fusheng was born in
New Zealand in a play-off.[2]
Life outside football
After a highly distinguished career where he was a highly regarded goalkeeper despite being relatively short for a goalkeeper he would retire from football in 1984 and move into coaching taking on a coaching role within
PLA National Defense University to become a Colonel before he took on a position at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution where he was the deputy director in charge of cultural relics. In August 2007 after moving to a home and decorating he fell off a ladder and sustained serious head injuries. He stayed within the hospital for three months before dying of his injuries on December 2, 2007.[3]
Honours
Bayi Football Team
References
- ^ "李富胜". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ^ "China PR 1-2 New Zealand". teamchina.freehostia.com. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ^ "意外事故致"铁门"辞世 李富胜享年54岁 哀悼". sports.sohu.com. 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ^ "China 1977". RSSSF. 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ "China 1981". RSSSF. 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
External links
- Profile at sodasoccer.com