Qi Hong

Qi Hong
祁宏
Personal information
Full name Qi Hong
Date of birth (1976-06-03) 3 June 1976
Place of birth Shanghai, China
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2001 Shanghai Shenhua 145 (24)
2002–2004 Shanghai COSCO Huili 40 (4)
2005 Shanghai The 9 11 (4)
2006 Shanghai United 6 (0)
Total 202 (32)
International career
1998–2003 China 39 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Qi Hong (Chinese: 祁宏; pinyin: Qí Hóng; born June 3, 1976, in Shanghai) is a former Chinese international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or shadow striker throughout his career.

At Shanghai Shenhua he won the league and Chinese FA Cup with them before controversially moving to then local neighbours Shanghai COSCO Huili. While internationally he was part of the Chinese squad that came fourth within the 2000 AFC Asian Cup as well as also being part of the squad that took part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Since retiring he would help form a local youth football club Shanghai Luckystar, however on October 12, 2010, he was detained by police for his involvement in fixing a league game against Tianjin Teda F.C. on November 30, 2003, and was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment on June 13, 2012.