- Sun Jihai
Sun Jihai (born September 30, 1977 in Dalian, China) is a Chinese football (soccer) player who currently plays for Manchester City as a defender and for the China national football team as a midfielder. Sun's main strengths are his speed, physical strength, crossing and attacking forays down the wings. He is a highly versatile player, having played on both wings, central defense, holding midfielder.
- Li Weifeng
Li Wei-Feng is a Chinese footballer who has represented the Chinese national football team over 90 times. He also played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. 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, …
- Yang Chen
Yang Chen is a professional football player.
- Zheng Zhi
Zheng Zhi (born August 20, 1980) is a Chinese football player. He currently plays for Shandong Luneng, having spent a period on-loan at Charlton Athletic in 2007. Starting the career as a defender, Zhi now plays as a midfielder. He is also captain of the Chinese national team.
- Hao Haidong
Hao Haidong is currently helping out at Chengdu Blades, the Chinese club recently purchased by Sheffield United Football Club in the Football League Championship. Although transferred to the Sheffield outfit in January 2005, he made little impact, suffering from injury, and worked mainly as a coach at the Academy. He holds the record for the cheapest ever transfer fee, joining Sheffield United from Dalian Shide for a pound in 2005.
- Du Wei
Du Wei (February 9, 1982 in Luoyang, Henan) is a Chinese professional football player who plays in defence, as a centre-back for Shanghai Shenhua. In season 2005/06, he had a 6-month loan spell at Celtic in the Scottish Premier League (SPL). He was also a former captain of China's U-21 Football Team and China's Olympic Team in 2004. Before he transferred to Celtic in 2005, he had played for Shanghai Cable and Shanghai Shenhua.
- Xu Yunlong
Xu Yunlong is a Chinese football player. He plays for Beijing Guoan. He plays for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Li Xiaopeng
Li Xiaopeng is a Chinese soccer player who played for Shandong Luneng of the Chinese Super League. He also played for China in the 2002 World Cup Korea/Japan. He retired in 2006 and is scheduled to join the coach team of the China national football team. He scored the first goal for Shandong Luneng with a lob from 40 meters during ACL 2005 in the 7-2 second leg loss against Al-Ittihad (Jeddah). He was well-regarded in China for his good ball-control and vision in passing.
- Zhao Junzhe
Zhao Junzhe is a Chinese football player. He plays for Liaoning FC. He plays for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Zhu Guanghu
Zhu Guanghu (born September 25, 1949 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese football coach and is currently the head coach of the China national football team.
- Su Maozhen
Su Maozhen is a former Chinese professional football player, who played as a forward, who is currently Assistant Manager of the Chinese Olympic football team. He played mostly for Shandong Luneng and was their captain. After winning his first international cap against Saudi Arabia on 1 January, 1994 he went on to represent the China national football team over fifty times including at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Jiang Jin
Jiang Jin (born 17 October, 1968 in Tianjin) is an assistant coach of Shanghai Stars and a former Chinese football goalkeeper. He played for Bayi Football Team, Tianjin Teda and Shanghai Zhongyuan. He played for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. His brother Jiang Hong is also a former football goalkeeper and has appeared in the China national football team.
- Qu Bo
Qu Bo (曲波)(born July 15, 1981 in Tianjin) is a Chinese football player. He plays for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Afterwards, he had a month-long stint with Tottenham Hotspurs before leaving due to lack of work permit.
- Ou Chuliang
Ou Chuliang (born 26 August, 1968 in Guangzhou) is a retired Chinese football goalkeeper. He played for Guangdong Hongyuan, Shanghai Shenhua and Yunnan Hongta. He played for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Ma Mingyu
Ma Mingyu is a retired Chinese football player. He played for Guangdong Hongyuan, Sichuan Guancheng and Perugia Calcio. He played for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Qi Hong
Qi Hong (祁宏)(born 3 June, 1976 in Shanghai) is a Chinese football player. He played for Shanghai Shenhua and now plays for Shanghai United F.C.. He plays for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Qi Hong is famous for his goal from 20 meters in the 1-0 home win against Oman in the World Cup 2002 qualifiers that sent China to the World Cup.
- Zhang Enhua
Zhang Enhua (born 28 April, 1973 in Dalian) is a retired Chinese football player. He played for Dalian Shide and was on loan at Grimsby Town F.C. in England. He played for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In 2005, Zhang Enhua joined South China of Hong Kong to extend his football career. [[Category:Hong Kong First Division League players]
- Wu Chengying
Wu Chengying (born 21 April, 1975 in Shanghai) is a Chinese football player. He played for Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai Zhongyuan. He played for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- An Qi
An Qi (Simplified Chinese: 安琦) (born 19 June, 1981 in Dalian, China) is a Chinese football goalkeeper who currently plays for Xiamen Lanshi in the Chinese Super League. An previously played for Dalian Shide and was one of the more promising young goalkeeper on the China national team. His poor performance recently has seen him falling out of favor with the national team. An was on the Chinese national squad that played during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Gao Yao
Gao Yao (born 13 July, 1970) is a Chinese football player. He plays for Shandong Luneng. He played for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Yang Pu
Yang Pu is a Chinese football player. He plays for Beijing Guoan. He plays for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Yu Genwei
Yu Genwei (born 19 August, 1976) is a retired Chinese football player. He played for Tianjin Teda between 1992 and 2006. He played for China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
- Arie Haan
Arie Haan is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder, who scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Dutch national squad of the 1970s. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven. He participated seven times in European Cup finals with five victories and two defeats.
- Zhou Haibin
Zhou Haibin is a Chinese footballer who is a midfielder for Shandong Luneng. He is a member of the China national football team.
- Bora Milutinović
Velibor "Bora" Milutinović is a Serbian football coach, and the only person to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). He is also the first coach to take four different teams beyond the first round, before failing to do so with China. In the summer of 2003, Milutinović was in serious negotiations to finally take over the national team at his native Serbia-Montenegro.
- Dong Fangzhuo
Dong Fangzhuo is a Chinese football forward who currently plays for Manchester United and represents China at full international level.
- Li Jinyu
Li Jinyu is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League. He won the Golden Boot Award after scoring 26 goals in the 2006 Super League season. One of the premier strikers in China, Li earned his reputation early when he was the star of the Chinese youth team that studied in Brazil. In 1999, he spent one season in France with AS Nancy. He is a regular on the Chinese national team.
- Li Yi
Li Yi (Simplified Chinese: 李毅) is a Chinese soccer player and coach. A striker on China national football team. He now plays for Xian Chanba. His critical and pretentious off-field comments often overshadow his soccer skills. Comments such as saying his ball protecting is better than Thierry Henry, makes him a target for much criticism from home fans.
- Li Leilei
Li Leilei is a Chinese football player who currently plays keeper for Shandong Luneng and the China national football team.
- Liu Yunfei
Liu Yunfei is a Chinese football player who most recently plays the goalkeeper for Shanghai Shenhua. He played for Tianjin Teda mostly as Jiang Jin's backup until 2001, when Jiang was called up to national duty. Liu won the Jia A goalkeeper of the year award in 2001. Meanwhile, Zong Lei, another goalkeeper in the Tianjin team, was also called up by the national U-23 team.
- Mao Jianqing
Mao Jianqing has been one of the star players for Shanghai Shenhua this season in the Chinese Super League. He has also played for the China national football team and scored the important goal against Palestine to send them to the Asian Cup finals in 2007. He missed the 2006 Asian Games in Doha due to injury. His strength is his fast and effective wing play. His speed, strength, confidence and intelligent ball control make him one of the best wingers in China.
- Wu Qunli
Wu Qunli is a retired Chinese football player. He was very famous in Hong Kong when he played with the Hong Kong First Division League giant South China. He joined South China in 1994. He was given a nickname of "Golden Left Foot" for he saved the team many things by scoring some great goals by his left foot. He also represented the China national football team. He was one of the best Chinese player in the 1980's. He was China's player of the year.
- Feng Xiaoting
Feng Xiaoting (born on October 22, 1985) is a Chinese footballer who is a defender for Dalian Shide. He is a member of the China national football team.
- Wang Dalei
Wang Dalei is a Chinese football player who currently plays keeper for Shanghai Liancheng Zobon and the China national football team. He was trained with F.C. Internazionale Milano in summer 2006
- Yu Dabao
Yu Dabao is a Chinese International Football player born in China on April 18 1988 that currently plays for China U-18 and Benfica in Portugal. He currently plays as a striker, being regarded as the next big thing in China. He is considered to be one of the best prospects in China alongside Dong Fangzhuo of Manchester United. Prior to joining Benfica many clubs were reportedly interested in the young talent, including Ajax, Newcastle United and Rangers.
- Zhang Yuning
Zhang Yuning (born May 25, 1977 in Liaoning, China) is a Chinese footballer who last played for A-League club Queensland Roar in Australia. He is a tall, strong centre forward who had a prolific record in Chinese football. He is also a full international for China. He is known as the Chinese David Beckham (due to his popularity with the Chinese tabloid press).
- Ku Kam Fai
Ku Kam Fai is a former Hong Kong professional footballer and he os now one of the assistant coaches of South China. He is widely regarded as one of the best defenders and sweepers in Hong Kong football history. He served for 15 years in South China Athletic Association, which lasted for most of his career. Ku Kam Fai is one of the members in the famous "519" match, …
- Chen Tao
Chen Tao (born on March 11, 1985) is a Chinese footballer who is a midfielder for Changsha Ginde. He is a member of the China national football team.
- Bob Houghton
Bobby Houghton (born 1949) is an English football (soccer) manager and former player, currently the head coach of the Indian national team. During his playing career, Houghton was a midfielder for Fulham (1966-69) and Brighton & Hove Albion (1969-70). Houghton was one of the youngest coaches ever to manage in English senior football, being appointed player manager of Hastings United in the Southern League at only 21. Following his departure as Maidstone United coach, …
- Shen Xiangfu
Shen Xiangfu (born May 27, 1957 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese football coach.