Yin Xifu started his professional football career at Shanghai Shenhua after graduating from their youth team where he was considered good enough to be trained in Brazil.
The following season Yin Xifu would move to Shanghai The 9 who were a newly formed club starting at the bottom of the professional Chinese football league system.
[2] This was followed by a further 12 league games and three goals as the club established themselves within China's top division at the end of the 2006 campaign.
decided to move to Shanghai Shenhua at the beginning of the 2007 football league season.
[3] Yin Xifu struggled to be included in the Shanghai Shenhua team, however once the squad was significantly reduced Yin Xifu found more playing time and was included in the Shanghai Shenhua squad to play in the first competitive game of the 2009 AFC Champions League against Singapore Armed Forces FC.