Yin Xifu
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Yin Xifu (born 3 March 1982) is a Chinese
Chinese people
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 football player. He currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua is a professional Chinese football club currently playing in Chinese Super League. The club is currently owned by Zhu Jun , Shanghai SVA Group, SMEG and Huangpu Investment Ltd. . The current head coach is Dražen Besek...

 as a left midfielder in the Chinese Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...

.

Club career

Yin Xifu started his professional football career at Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua is a professional Chinese football club currently playing in Chinese Super League. The club is currently owned by Zhu Jun , Shanghai SVA Group, SMEG and Huangpu Investment Ltd. . The current head coach is Dražen Besek...

 after graduating from their youth team where he was considered good enough to be trained in Brazil
Brazil
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. He would make his senior debut at the beginning of the 2001 football league season, however despite staying for a further season he was unable to establish himself within the squad and only made one league appearance for Shanghai.

The following season Yin Xifu would move to Shanghai Jiucheng (The 9) (now currently known as Shanghai Zobon) who were a newly formed club starting at the bottom of the professional Chinese football league system. Over there Yin Xifu saw the team qucikly rise through the league system by winning the third tier league and getting promoted to the second tier in his first season. However club owner Zhu Jun left the club and moved to Shanghai United F.C.
Shanghai United F.C.
Shanghai United F.C was a football club that competed in the Chinese Super League. The club played at the Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium in Shanghai and was owned by Zhu Jun, the owner of China's second-largest online gaming company The9 since 2005.In 2004, the team was based in Zhuhai and played...

, with him he decided to take several players to play in the Chinese Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...

 and Yin Xifu was one of them.

While at Shanghai United F.C. he played in 12 league games and scored three goals. However once again club owner Zhu Jun of Shanghai United F.C. decided to move to Shanghai Shenhua at the beginning of the 2007 football league season. This time Zhu Jun merged both Shanghai United F.C. and Shanghai Shenhua, with Shanghai Shenhua keeping their name. Yin Xifu struggled to be included in the Shanghai Shenhua team, however once the squad was significantly reduced Yin Xifu found more playing time and was included in the Shanghai Shenhua squad to play in the first competitive game of the 2009 AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...

 against Singapore Armed Forces FC.

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