Yan Junling
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File:Yan Junling 20191101.jpg Junling with China in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yan Junling | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Shanghai, China | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shanghai Port | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2006 | Genbao Football Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007– | Shanghai Port | 404 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | China U-19 | ||
| 2011–2012 | China U-23 | ||
| 2015– | China | 58 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2024 | |||
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| Yan Junling | |||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 颜骏凌 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 顏駿淩 | ||||||||
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Yan Junling (Chinese: 颜骏凌; pinyin: Yán Jùnlíng; born 28 January 1991) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port and the China national team.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Yan Junling started his football career when he joined the Genbao Football Academy in 2001 and was promoted to Shanghai SIPG's (later to be renamed as Shanghai Port) first team during the 2007 season.[1] He played as the backup goalkeeper for Gu Chao between 2007 and 2010. After Gu transferred to Hangzhou Greentown in early 2011, Yan became the first-choice goalkeeper for the club.[2] Yan made 24 league appearances in the 2012 season as Shanghai won the second tier league title and was subsequently promoted to the top flight.
Yan would establish himself as a vital member of the team throughout the 2013 Chinese Super League campaign as the club finished in ninth while also gaining significant investment from Shanghai International Port.[3] He would go on to be an integral member of the team that would come runners-up within the 2015 Chinese Super League and qualification for the AFC Champions League for the first time in the clubs history.[4] He would go on to be a consistent presence within the team as he won the 2018 Chinese Super League title with the club.[5]
On 26 June 2019, Yan saved a penalty by Lee Dong-gook and helped the team win 5-3 in the penalty shootout against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in the round of 16 of the 2019 AFC Champions League.
On 29 October 2023, Yan won his second league title with Shanghai Port after a 1-1 home draw against direct competitor Shandong Taishan. [6]
International career
[edit | edit source]Yan made his debut for the Chinese national team on 13 December 2014 in a 4–0 win against Kyrgyzstan. However, this match was not recognised as an international "A" match by FIFA.
In January 2015, Yan was a member of China's squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, where he served as back-up for first choice goalkeeper Wang Dalei. He made his official debut on 27 March 2015 in a 2–2 draw against Haiti, coming on as a substitute for Wang.[7]
After China's failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, manager Marcello Lippi decided to let Yan replace Zeng Cheng as the national team's first choice goalkeeper for the next 4-year cycle. Yan played all five matches at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates as China reached the quarter-finals where they lost 3–0 to Iran.[8]
Yan was named in China's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar and started the team's all 3 matches, he kept 2 clean sheets and conceded only one goal throughout the tournament but was not able to prevent the team's elimination after the group stage.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 3 December 2024[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shanghai SIPG/ Shanghai Port |
2007 | China League Two | - | - | - | |||||||
| 2008 | China League One | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 2010 | 10 | 0 | - | - | - | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2011 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2012 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | Chinese Super League | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | 42 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 30 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | 49 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Total | 385 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 466 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 385 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 466 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
International statistics
[edit | edit source]| National team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 57 | 0 |
Honours
[edit | edit source]Shanghai Port
- Chinese Super League: 2018,[5] 2023, 2024, 2025
- Chinese FA Cup: 2024
- China League One: 2012[10]
- China League Two: 2007
- Chinese FA Super Cup: 2019[11]
Individual
- Chinese Football Association Goalkeeper of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019
- Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2017, 2018, 2019
- Chinese FA Super Cup Most Valuable Player: 2019
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 东亚四小龙：根宝“一见钟情” 一人动如法拉利 at eastday.com 2009-12-02 Retrieved 2013-02-20 (in Chinese)
- ^ 国门曾赌气徐根宝欲退役回家练摊 曝遭布帅弃用缘由 at sina.com.cn 2012-11-08 Retrieved 2013-02-20 (in Chinese)
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- ^ 颜骏凌：扑单刀皆因运气好 能代表国足登场很荣幸 Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Shanghai Online. 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2015-03-30. (in Chinese)
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- ^ 颜骏凌 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Yan Junling at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Yan Junling at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Chinese men's footballers
- Footballers from Shanghai
- Shanghai Port F.C. players
- Chinese Super League players
- China League One players
- China League Two players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- 2015 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup players
- China men's international footballers
- China men's youth international footballers
- China men's under-20 international footballers
- 21st-century Chinese sportsmen