Yu Hai

Yu Hai is a Chinese former professional footballer, born on 4 June 1987. He began his career with Shaanxi Chanba in 2004, spent time in the Netherlands with Vitesse, and returned to Shaanxi in 2009; the club later moved to Guizhou and became Guizhou Renhe. He scored all three goals in the 2013 Chinese FA Cup final win over Guangzhou Evergrande, the club first major trophy. In 2015 he joined Shanghai SIPG, later renamed Shanghai Port, where he was converted into a left-back and won Chinese Super League titles in 2018 and 2023 before announcing his retirement on 5 January 2024. He made his international debut for China on 4 June 2009, was part of the squad that won the 2010 East Asian Football Championship, and played at the 2011 and 2015 AFC Asian Cups, scoring the winner against Saudi Arabia in 2015.