Yu Junwei
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Chengdu, Sichuan, China[1] | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chengdu FA | |||
| 2016–2017 | Vannes | ||
| 2017–2018 | Chengdu FA | ||
| 2018–2020 | Olympique Lyonnais | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | China U16 | ||
| 2016 | China U17 | ||
| 2015–2018 | China U19 | ||
Yu Junwei (Chinese: 鱼竣伟; born 11 July 2000) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a winger.
Born in Chengdu in the Sichuan province, Yu moved to the Yunnan province as a child, where he played football at elementary school, and gained the nickname "Chengdu Ronaldo", after Portuguese international winger Cristiano Ronaldo, due to their similar styles of play.[2] He started his career at the provincial Chengdu FA side, before moving to France in 2016 and joining professional side Vannes.[3] He returned to China in 2017, and re-joined the Chengdu FA, representing them in the 2017 National Games.[2][4]
In September 2018, without going on trial first, he returned to France to join Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais, with Chengdu FA teammate Jian Tao also joining, initially on trial, before signing the following year.[4][5] While at Lyon, he was given the opportunity to kick-off the Ligue 1 match between Lyon and Monaco in December 2018.[6]
International career
In 2015, Yu was called up to both the Chinese under-16 and under-19 teams.[7] The following year, he was called up to the under-17 side for the Huashan Cup, where he featured in a 1–0 loss to South Korea.[8]
He continued to be called up for the under-19 side, returning to his hometown of Chengdu for the 2017 Panda Cup, though China finished bottom of the four team group, having failed to win a game.[2] He received his last call up to the under-19 side in 2018, when he was called up to an Indonesian youth invitational tournament in September.[9]