From 65438 to 0988, Fan Zhiyi began to represent the second national team in the unprofessional China Football League A, ranking first in the standings, defeating the Liaoning team with five consecutive championships, and only because the Liaoning team got extra points, it came second.

1989, Fan Zhiyi scored the only goal in the first round match with Liaoning team, and finally helped the second national team win the League A championship.

1990, Fan Zhiyi was selected for the China Olympic football team formed by Xu Genbao.

199 1, Fan Zhiyi was selected for the China national men's football team coached by klaus schlappner.

1992 10, Fan Zhiyi represented China in 1992 Japan Asian Cup, and kept full attendance in five games to help the national football team win the third place.

1994 10, Fan Zhiyi participated in the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games on behalf of China national team, and was elected as the best player twice, helping the national football team win the silver medal, creating the best record in the history of the Asian Games.

1996 re-elected as the captain of the national football team coached by Qi Wusheng;

1in March, 1997, he was selected as the national football coach of Qi Wusheng for the third time to prepare for and participate in the 16 World Cup qualifiers;

1February 1998 was selected as the national football team coached by British Horton; 10 was selected as the national Asian Games football team.

1999 12 was selected as the national football training team headed by Jin Zhiyang.

In February 2000, he was selected to the national team coached by Yugoslav milutinovic, which helped China win the right to participate in the World Cup for the first time and participated in the 2002 World Cup finals in Korea and Japan.

After the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002, he officially retired from the national team and participated in the 109 international A-level competition on behalf of the national team.