Zhuang Yi 庄毅

Zhuang Yi (Chinese: 庄毅; pinyin: Zhuang Yi; born 11 July 1973) is a Chinese footballer and businessman who currently the owner and player of China League One side Shenyang Urban. He holds the record of the oldest player and scorer of Chinese professional league.

Club Career

Zhuang Yi started his professional football career in 1994 when Chinese Jia-A League turned to professional league. He was the second top scorer of the league in 1994 season, scoring 12 goals in 18 appearances and won Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year at the end of 1994. He played in the second tier between 1996 and 1997 following Liaoning FC's relegation. He transferred to Chinese Jia-A League side Qingdao Hainiu in 1998. Zhuang transferred to fellow Jia-A League side Beijing Guoan in January 1999 with a fee of ¥2.28 million. In June 1999, he suffered a rupture of achilles tendon in his left leg in a friendly match against LG Cheetahs, ruling him out for the rest of the season.

In January 2000, Zhuang joined his hometown club Shenyang Haishi with a fee of ¥600,000. However, his transfer deal was completely related to his acquisition of Liaoning Youth, which included many promising players such as Zheng Zhi and Xu Liang. He didn't appear for the club in the 2000 season. When he lost his lawsuit and lost the control of Liaoning Youth in November 2000, Zhuang was put in the transfer list by the club. He retired from football in 2001.