Xu Deshuai (Chinese: 徐德帥; pinyin: Xú Déshuài; born 13 July 1987) is a former Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer who played as a winger.

[15] In a Senior Shield match on Boxing Day in 2009, Xu and Fung Kai Hong verbally abused the referee Gary Wong Po On after a controversial decision.

[16][17] Xu returned in the league match against Sun Hei on 12 March 2010, coming on as a substitute at the 64th-minute for Citizen teammate Wong Yiu Fu and scored a goal during second half injury time.

[24][25] After the 2010 Asian Games, Xu returned to the club but he played in a new role deep-lying playmaker to spare the right-winger position for Lee Wai Lim.

2010–11 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield semi-final matches held at Christmas in 2010 and one of two is the first game of Xu after suspension.

[27][28] In a League Cup quarter-final match on 9 January 2011, Xu scored in the 10th minute by a pass from Lau Nim Yat.

[34] Caretaker coach of South China Chan Ho Yin said Xu's recovery could raise the competitiveness of the team and it was a piece of good news before Hong Kong derby.

New coach Ján Kocian appointed Xu as a box-to-box midfielder and played as one of playmakers with captain Li Haiqiang but he could not have a good performance.

[37][38] After a downturn of South China, Xu returned to play as a right winger and he scored in the shield match which defeated Sham Shui Po.

[40] In Lunar New Year, South China held a friendly four-team mid-season tournament 2012 Asian Challenge Cup and Xu played both the semi-final and third-place match in the event.

[48] Before the New Territories derby in FA Cup against Tai Po, some media in Hong Kong believe Xu would be the Pegasus's key to winning the match.

He selected Xu for the training section for a four-nation mini-tournament Grand Royal Challenge Cup in Burma in 2005.

[51] 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.

[52][53] 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,[54] but he did not enter the match.

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.

[58] Xu missed the 2010 East Asian Football Championship semi-final competition because new Hong Kong head coach Kim Pan-Gon, manager of South China selected only South China players at the Hong Kong Football Association's invitation.

[59][60] Kim Pan-Gon selected Xu for two AFC Asian Cup qualifying matches against Japan in October and November 2009.

In January 2010, he missed the AFC Asian Cup qualifying matches again due to his Chinese passport requiring a visa to enter Bahrain immigration.

[70] The first match for Hong Kong was against Philippines national football team, but heavy rain caused the game to be abandoned.

[73] He also played in the last match of the tournament and Hong Kong drew with Chinese Taipei national football team.

[74] At the end of the season, Xu was recalled for the friendly against Malaysia in Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground,[75] but he left the team due to injury.

He was a start-up player in the 1st leg game on 28 December 2011 but he was tightly marked by Cantonese and did not make any score or assist.

[77] Caretaker coach Liu Chun Fai let fast-speed Jaimes McKee take the place of Xu in the 2nd leg.

[79] Having stepped down as a South China player in this season, Xu was dropped completely from the Hong Kong national team and selected by new coach Ernie Merrick.

On 16 March 2013, Kim Pan-Gon announced that Xu would be recalled to the Hong Kong squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Vietnam.

He made some cross passes and long-range shots during the game but did not create any change and Hong Kong won the Vietnam team by one goal.

[89][90] In the second game won Uzbekistan on 9 November, Xu had highest number of shoots of the Hong Kong and made the corner before winning goal.

[91][92] He made an assist for Au Yeung Yiu Chung in first half of the last group stage match against Bangladesh on 11 November 2010.

[99][100] Hong Kong team changed the form from defensive to offensive but right-winger Xu and left-winger Chan Man Fai were marked successfully by Omani in the match.

[1] He lived in Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island with Chao Pengfei and Ju Yingzhi before he started playing for South China.