Chinese striker Qu Shengqing

　　Chinese striker Qu Shengqing will play at the inagural Australian Super League.

　　The 1999 Footballer of the Year, Qu Shengqing, will join Australian soccer club Adelaide in the upcoming inagural season of the Australian Super League.

　　The Australian club and Qu’s Shanghai club Shenhua signed the deal yesterday which will see the Chinese footballer playing in Australia for one year.

　　Under the agreement, Adelaide will pay some 200,000 RMB yuan, or somewhat less than 24,000 US dollars, to Shanghai Shenhua for Qu’s services.

　　The 29-year-old striker says he will go to Australia by the end of the month to start his overseas career.


Profile
　　Name: Qu Shengqing 
　　Birthday: June 5th, 1975
　　Height: 1.82 metre
　　Weight: 85 Kg
　　Position: Forward
　　Club: Shanghai Shenhua

Career Highlights:
　　1989: selected to the national juvenile¹ team
　　1991: selected to the national youth team
　　1993: selected to the national Olympic team
　　1994: turns professional by joining the Liaoning Yuandong club
　　1998: selected to the national All-Star team
　　1999: selected to the national squad²
　　　　　selected to the Asian All-Star team
　　　　　Top scorer of the professional CFA Serie A League with 17 goals.