Career
Yao Lijun began his football career playing for Shanghai Cable 02 where his impressive displays for the club would see him captain the team to numerous youth championships, before joining their senior team that took part in the third tier in the 2000 Chinese league season. After playing in one league season with the club they were taken over by top tier side and he moved towards their senior team Unfortunately in 2013 the Chinese Football Association would revoke the league title after it was discovered the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be bias to Shenhua in games that season.
