Xu Deshuai

Dalian Shide

Xu began his football career at Dalian with Dalian Shide's youth academy. His potential was quickly identified by the First team in 2004. For Xu's first senior season in China, he was only named in the substitutes list for two matches and made no appearances. The two games he was listed on the substitutes list were in November 2004; the match against Shanghai Shenhua on 11 November, and against Tianjin Teda on 24 November. He was sent to the field in the match, which held on 11 November, on the 91st-minute. He came off the bench at the last moment of the game so the report did not show that. Since Dalian Shide and Citizen organised a project, Dalian Shide sent some youth players to Citizen. In 2005, Xu was sent to Hong Kong, with other teammates such as Chao Pengfei and Ju Yingzhi. He was called up by Dalian Shide U19 for the 2006 China U19 Champions Cup, and the team won the championship. After the tournament, he returned to Hong Kong side Citizen again with Wang Xuanhong.

Citizen

Xu made his debut in Hong Kong in the 2005–06 season. His first domestic league match was on 15 October against Kitchee. He came on in the 71st-minute as a substitute for So Yiu Man in a 3–0 away defeat. He expressed disappointment about always being used as a substitute. He went back to Dalian over the summer where he made five appearances. In the 2007–08 season, Xu established himself as a regular first-team player, making 15 appearances in 18 league matches. He…

China U-19

Jia Xiuquan was appointed as head coach of China's national youth football team for preparing 2008 Olympic Games and he started his planning after 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He selected Xu for the training section for a four-nation mini-tournament Grand Royal Challenge Cup in Burma in 2005. However, he did not go to Burma for the tournament. Xu was called up by the China national under-19 football team between 11 and 15 April 2006 for a four-nation mini-tournament 24th Torneio International do Porto in Portugal. He scored a goal in the match against Portugal. Xu also was called up to China's U-19 squad for the game against Japan's U-20 national team on 26 April 2006, but he did not enter the match.

Hong Kong

2008–09

Although Xu was born in Mainland China, he played in Hong Kong continuously for two years he is eligible for the Hong Kong national football team. He was selected by Goran Paulić and Dejan Antonić for the Hong Kong team at the end of 2008, to prepare for 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification. His international debut for Hong Kong was a friendly against Macau where Hong Kong achieved a 9–1 win. He starred in the 2009 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup, scoring his first goal for Hong Kong by a direct free kick to help Hong Kong secure a 4–1 victory at home and a 5–4 aggregate win over the Guangdong representative team. Xu missed the 2010 East Asian Football Championship semi-final competition because new Hong Kong head coach Kim…

Xu was born on (1987-07-13)13 July 1987 in Dalian, China. He is the only child in his family. His mother was a primary school teacher but Xu hated to study. Thus, he left school after secondary education in Dalian to switch to Dalian Shide's youth academy under his mother's oppositional idea. His mother abandoned interference after the school teacher had told her that Xu has potential in football, so her mother support his football career very much after that.

Club

Dalian Shide Chinese Super League: 2005 Citizen Hong Kong FA Cup: 2007–08 South China Hong Kong League Cup: 2010–11 Hong Kong FA Cup: 2010–11 Kitchee Hong Kong First Division: 2013–14, 2014–15 Hong Kong FA Cup: 2014–15 Eastern Hong Kong Premier League: 2015–16 Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2015–16

International

Hong Kong Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup: 2009, 2012 Hong Kong U-23 East Asian Games: 2009 Long Teng Cup: 2010

Individual

Hong Kong Top Footballers: 2008–09, 2009–10