Education
Liu Jindong started his professional football career in 2001 for Shandong Luneng after he graduated from their youth team.
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Liu Jindong started his professional football career in 2001 for Shandong Luneng after he graduated from their youth team.
In his first season for Shandong he was able to play in seven games before establishing himself the following season where he played a further nineteen games. By the 2009 league season he would settle within defense and was given the vice-captaincy role within the club, however the teams captain Shu Chang would suffer several long term injury problems throughout season and Liu Jindong spent the majority as the teams captain. Due to his consistent regular appearneces for in 2003 he received a call up to the senior national team, making his debut against Chile in a 0-0 friendly match draw on August 20, 2003 where he played in midfield.
Under Chinese manager Arie Haan, Liu Jindong was able to gain regular playing time for the national team and would even score his first international goal on December 11, 2003 in an East Asian Cup game vs Hong Kong. Despite playing in several friendlies leading up to the 2004 AFC Asian Cup he was not picked in the final squad to play in the tournament, with Zhou Haibin preferred. When Arie Haan left the Chinese team his replacement Zhu Guanghu completely left Liu Jindong out of all of his squads and this was to continue under Vladimir Petrović.
Liu Jindong would have to wait five years until Gao Hongbo came in before he made his return in a friendly match against Germany in a 1-1 draw on May 29, 2009. He would continue to re-establish himself when he played in another friendly against Saudi Arabia in another friendly match, which China lost 4-1 on June 4, 2009. Club Individual.