Career
By the 1997 league season Tianjin would have a disappointing season when they came eleventh in the league and were relegated from the top tier. Once more within the top tier Yu Genwei would remain with Tianjin for the rest of his career to help establish them in the top tier. After finding his goalscoring form and with Tianjin back playing in the top tier Yu would be given another chance to play for the China once again when the new Chinese Head coach Bora Milutinović included him in a friendly game against North of Korea on 3 August 2001 in a 2-2 draw.
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