Ju Yingzhi

Ju Yingzhi
鞠盈智
Ju in 2023
Personal information
Full name Ju Yingzhi
Date of birth (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Southern
Number 24
Youth career
2001–2005 Dalian Shide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Dalian Shide 1 (0)
2006–2008 → Citizen (loan) 34 (5)
2008–2011 Citizen 35 (7)
2011–2015 Pegasus 45 (12)
2015–2018 Eastern 28 (1)
2018–2021 Kitchee 28 (6)
2021– Southern 34 (2)
International career‡
2005 China U-19
2010 Hong Kong U-23 5 (1)
2010–2023 Hong Kong 44 (3)
Managerial career
2024– Southern (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2023
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ju (鞠).
Ju Yingzhi
Traditional Chinese鞠盈智
Simplified Chinese鞠盈智
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJū Yíngzhì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingguk1 jing4 zi3

Ju Yingzhi (Chinese: 鞠盈智; born (1987-07-24)24 July 1987) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Southern. He is also the assistant coach of the club.

Ju represented Hong Kong on the international level. He was also a member of the Hong Kong Asian Games football team in 2010.

Club career

Citizen

Ju Yingzhi scored the winning goal to help Citizen beat Sun Hei 5–4 in a league game.[2]

Pegasus

Ju Yingzhi signed to join Pegasus for the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season. He is reported to have earned a huge pay rise for the move.[3] But it was revealed that he had to go through surgery to cure a problem with his knee. He will therefore miss the first two to three months of the 2011–12 season.[4]

Kitchee

On 15 June 2018, it was confirmed that Ju had signed with fellow Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.[5]

Southern

On 10 August 2021, it was announced that Ju had signed for Southern.[6]

International career

On 9 October 2010, Ju made his international debut for Hong Kong in a 2010 Long Teng Cup match against Philippines.

On 11 November 2010, Ju scored one of the goals in the 4–0 win over Bangladesh U-23 in the group stage of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.

On 26 December 2023, Ju was named in Hong Kong's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[7]

On 24 January 2024, Ju announced his retirement from international football.[8]

Career statistics

International

As of 12 October 2023
National team Year Apps Goals
Hong Kong 2010 3 1
2011 0 0
2012 1 0
2013 4 0
2014 7 1
2015 5 1
2016 0 0
2017 6 0
2018 0 0
2019 5 0
2020 0 0
2021 0 0
2022 8 0
2022 8 0
2023 6 0
Total 44 3

Hong Kong

As of 12 October 2023

Hong Kong U-23

Honours

Club

Dalian Shide[9]

Citizen

Pegasus

Eastern

Kitchee

International

Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ www.the-afc.com https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/teams/2023/afc_asian_cup/hong-kong-china. Retrieved 14 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ (in Chinese)鞠盈智建奇功 公民5：4反勝晨曦. Ming Pao (on soccer.sina.com.hk). 18 October 2010. 04:55:31.
  3. ^ 飛馬開操陣容大換血 Oriental Daily. 19 July 2011 (Tuesday)
  4. ^ (in Chinese)鞠盈智將做膝部手術. Archived 7 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Ta Kung Pao. 7 August 2011. 04:32:01.
  5. ^ "讓傑志傳承 繼續於本地及亞洲賽創造佳績". Kitchee. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018. (in Chinese)
  6. ^ 【港超聯】鞠盈智加盟冠忠南區 冀帶動年青球員成長 Sportsroad 10 August 2021
  7. ^ "中國香港代表隊 – 決選名單" [Hong Kong, China Team – Finalists]. Hong Kong Football Association (in Chinese). 26 December 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  8. ^ 鞠盈智宣布退出港足 結束近14年港隊生涯 國援時代逐漸落幕 HK01 24 January 2024
  9. ^ "Ju, Yingzhi". National-football-teams.com. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.