Liao Lisheng
廖力生
Personal information
Full name Liao Lisheng
Date of birth (1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Shandong Taishan
Number 20
Youth career
2002–2004 Guangxi Hercules Football School
2005–2006 Zhaoqing Sunray Cave Football School
2006–2007 Gu Guangming Football School
2007–2008 Shenzhen Kingway
2008–2010 Dongguan Nancheng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Dongguan Nancheng 47 (8)
2013–2021 Guangzhou Evergrande 88 (2)
2019 → Tianjin Tianhai (loan) 18 (0)
2022- Shandong Taishan 14 (1)
International career‡
2011–2013 China U-20 11 (2)
2013–2016 China U-23 16 (6)
2014– China 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022

Liao Lisheng (Chinese: 廖力生; pinyin: Liào Lìshēng; Mandarin pronunciation: [ljâʊ lî ʂə́ŋ]; born 29 April 1993) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan.

Club career

Early life

Liao Lisheng was born in Longgang, Shenzhen to a Teochew family that originated from Jiexi.[1] He started his football career when he received organized football training at age nine at the Guangxi Hercules Football School.[2] He later trained with Zhaoqing Sunray Cave Football School, Gu Guangming Football School, and Shenzhen Kingway's youth academy between 2005 and 2008 and eventually joined Dongguan Nancheng's youth academy in 2008.[1][2]

Dongguan Nancheng

Liao was promoted to Dongguan Nancheng's first team in the 2011 season.[3] Liao scored three goals in 19 appearances in the group stage as Dongguan finished the fourth place in the south group and entered the playoff stage. Liao played in all five matches in the playoffs; however, Dongguan lost to Chongqing F.C. 3-0 on aggregate in the semifinals which meant they failed to be promoted to China League One directly, and then lost to Fujian Smart Hero 2-0 in the third place playoff and failed to enter the relegation playoffs.[4]

Liao was then promoted to captain during the 2012 season. Although Dongguan was deemed as one of the hottest clubs for promotion in this season, they were knocked out by just finished the sixth place in the group stage. Liao played 23 league matches and scored four goals in the 2012 season. Liao scored the winning goal on 2 June 2012 in a 1-0 win against Tianjin Songjiang in the second round of the 2012 Chinese FA Cup, meaning Dongguan became the first third-tier club to reach the third round of FA Cup.[5] They finally ended their FA Cup journey in the third round on 27 June 2012 in a 4-0 loss against Shandong Luneng.

Guangzhou Evergrande

After Dongguan Nancheng failed to be promoted to the second tier, Liao transferred to Chinese Super League giant Guangzhou Evergrande along with his teammates Fang Jingqi, Yang Chaosheng, Li Weixin, Hu Weiwei, Zhang Xingbo and Wang Rui in November 2012.[6] He made his debut for the club on 30 October 2013 in a 1-1 draw against Shanghai East Asia.[7] On 26 February 2014, he was substituted on for Muriqui at half time when Guangzhou was losing 2-0 against Melbourne Victory in the first match of 2014 AFC Champions League. He provided a crucial assist to Elkeson who scored and put Guangzhou 3-2 ahead, eventually winning the match 4-2.[8] On 18 March 2014, he scored his first goal for the club in the third group match of 2014 AFC Champions League which ensured a 3-1 win against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.[9] He played 28 matches for the club across all competitions in the 2014 season and was named as a candidate for Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year award; however, he lost out to Liu Binbin who instead picked up the honour.[10]

On 18 March 2015, Liao suffered a fifth metatarsal bone fracture in a 2015 AFC Champions League match against Kashima Antlers and received surgery in Italy later that month.[11] He recovered from injury by August 2015 but didn't play for Guangzhou for the rest of the 2015 season.[12] He made his return on 24 April 2016, 403 days after his injury, in a 4-0 away win against Tianjin Teda, coming on as a substitute for Alan Carvalho in the 85th minute.[13] He scored his first goal in the Super League on 30 October 2016 in a 4-0 home victory against Shandong Luneng.[14] In December 2016, Liao extended his contract with Guangzhou until the end of the 2021 season.[15]

On 22 February 2017, Liao scored twice in Guangzhou's season opener, a 7-0 home win against Eastern in the 2017 AFC Champions League.[16] On 2 May 2017, he scored the opening goal and assisted Gao Lin in a 2-1 win against Meixian Techand in the third round of the 2017 Chinese FA Cup.[17]

On 7 February 2019, Liao was loaned to fellow top tier club Tianjin Tianhai for the 2019 season.[18]

Shandong Taishan

On 22 March 2022, Liao joined fellow top tier Chinese football club Shandong Taishan for the start of the 2022 Chinese Super League campaign.[19] He made his debut for the club on 3 June 2022 in a league game against Zhejiang Professional that ended in a 1-0 victory.[20] This would be followed by his first goal for the club, which was scored in a league game on 10 July 2022 against Dalian Professional in a 3-1 victory.[21] He would establish himself as a regular member of the teams midfield that went on to the win the 2022 Chinese FA Cup with them.[22]

International career

Liao made his debut for the Chinese national team on 18 June 2014 in a 2-0 win against Macedonia.[23] He was called up to China's final squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup but didn't appear in any matches during the tournament. Liao was named in the China national team's squad in November 2017 for the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship by Marcello Lippi in place of injured Jiang Zhipeng.[24] He left in advance without playing during the tournament for the birth of his child.[25]

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 31 January 2023.[26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dongguan Nancheng 2011 China League Two 24 4 - - - 24 4
2012 23 4 3 1 - - 26 5
Total 47 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 50 9
Guangzhou Evergrande 2013 Chinese Super League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] 0 1 0
2014 17 0 2 0 9 1 0[a] 0 28 1
2015 1 0 0 0 1 0 0[a] 0 2 0
2016 15 1 6 0 1 0 0[a] 0 22 1
2017 16 0 6 1 7 2 1[a] 0 30 3
2018 11 0 0 0 5 0 0[a] 0 16 0
2020 8 0 1 0 3 0 - 12 0
2021 19 1 0 0 0 0 - 19 1
Total 88 2 15 1 26 3 1 0 129 6
Tianjin Tianhai (loan) 2019 Chinese Super League 18 0 2 0 - - 20 0
Shandong Taishan 2022 Chinese Super League 14 1 0 0 0 0 - 14 1
Career total 167 11 20 2 26 3 1 0 214 16
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

International statistics

National team
Year Apps Goals
2014 4 0
2022 2 0
Total 6 0

Honours

Club

Guangzhou Evergrande

Shandong Taishan

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Shandong Taishan F.C. – current squad
China squad – 2015 AFC Asian Cup
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