Lü Jianjun (simplified Chinese: 吕建军; traditional Chinese: 呂建軍; pinyin: Lǚ Jiànjūn) is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a defender for Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.

Lü Jianjun
吕建军
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-01) 1 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Dalian Shide 0 (0)
2004–2005 Dalian Changbo 39 (2)
2006–2007 Harbin Yiteng 13 (0)
2008–2014 Changchun Yatai 142 (2)
2015 Henan Jianye 16 (0)
2016– Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 96 (0)
International career
2006–2008 China U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2020

Club career

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Lü Jianjun played for the Dalian Shide youth team, where he was highly regarded and compared to the Chinese international player Sun Jihai as well as also acquiring the nickname "Great White" due to his pale complexion.[1] He struggled to follow in the former Chinese internationals alumnus footsteps and break into the first team. He instead officially started his professional football career with Dalian Changbo, playing in the second tier of Chinese soccer. Making an immediate impact within the team in his debut season he played 23 games and scoring 2 goals in his debut season.[2]

In the 2006 Chinese league season he transferred to ambitious third-tier club Harbin Yiteng where he immediately saw them win promotion to the second tier.[3] This was soon followed by his selection for the Chinese U-23 football team before returning to his club where he played in 13 games throughout the 2007 league season. His performances for the Chinese youth team soon attracted the interests of Changchun Yatai who paid a transfer of CNY 1,000,000 and the chance to play in the Chinese Super League at the beginning of the 2008 league season.

On 4 May 2014, Lü returned to his former club Harbin Yiteng for the first time when Changchun played them in the league. The reunion was not a happy one for Lü as Changchun lost the Round 10 game 3-1 as well as picking up a Yellow Card on a tackle against Wang Dalong, which the Harbin manager Xin Duan thought was too lenient.[4]

In February 2015, Lü transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[5] Lü moved to another Super League club Shijiazhuang Ever Bright on 26 February 2016.[6] Unfortunately he was part of the team that was relegated, however by the 2019 league season he would help the team win promotion back into the top tier.[7]

International career

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After some decent performances for his club, Lü Jianjun was called up to the Chinese U-23 team that took part in the 2007 Lunar New Year Cup. The team became runner-up in the competition and Lü Jianjun went on to be selected for the senior national team in March 2007.[8] He did not see any playing time and returned to the Under-23 team in hopes of playing in the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics but lost his place to Tan Wangsong.

Career statistics

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As of 31 December 2020.[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dalian Shide 2003 Jia-A League 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Dalian Changbo 2004 China League One 23 2 1 0 - - 24 2
2005 16 0 0 0 - - 16 0
Total 39 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 2
Harbin Yiteng 2006 China League Two 0 0 - - - 0 0
2007 China League One 13 0 - - - 13 0
Total 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Changchun Yatai 2008 Chinese Super League 13 1 - 5 0 - 18 1
2009 11 0 - - - 11 0
2010 16 1 - 3 0 - 19 1
2011 25 0 2 0 - - 27 0
2012 27 0 2 0 - - 29 0
2013 21 0 1 0 - - 22 1
2014 29 0 0 0 - - 29 0
Total 142 2 5 0 8 0 0 0 155 2
Henan Jianye 2015 Chinese Super League 16 0 1 0 - - 17 0
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 2016 13 0 1 1 - - 14 1
2017 China League One 27 0 0 0 - - 27 0
2018 29 0 0 0 - - 29 0
2019 27 0 0 0 - - 27 0
Total 96 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 97 1
Career total 306 4 8 1 8 0 0 0 322 5

References

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  1. ^ "吕建军". data.sports.163.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. ^ "吕建军". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ^ "China 2006". RSSSF. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  4. ^ "多利霸气世界波 毅腾3-1亚泰获中超首胜". sports.sohu.com. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. ^ 河南建业宣布签约三位新援 at sports.sohu.com 2015-02-28 Retrieved 2015-02-28
  6. ^ “压哨”转会!吕建军加盟石家庄永昌 at hb.jjj.qq.com 2016-01-27 Retrieved 2016-01-28 (in Chinese)
  7. ^ "祝贺!石家庄永昌冲超成功!". thepaper.cn. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Match Results". hkfa.com. 21 February 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  9. ^ "吕建军". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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