Li Chi (footballer)

Li Chi (simplified Chinese: 李炽; traditional Chinese: 李熾; pinyin: Lǐ Chì; born 6 March 1983 in Wuhua) is a Chinese football player.

Li Chi
李炽
Personal information
Full name Li Chi
Date of birth (1983-03-06) March 6, 1983
Place of birth Wuhua, Guangdong, China
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Guangdong Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Guangdong Xiongying 42 (1)
2005–2014 Jiangsu Sainty 144 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Club career

Shenzhen Kejian

Li Chi would start his professional football career in the 2003 league season when he joined second tier football club Guangdong Xiongying and under the club's manager Wang Baoshan, he would immediately go on to be a vital member of the team which finished seventh.[1] With the club facing financial difficulties the club moved to Shenzhen in hopes of getting better crowds and the club changed their name to Shenzhen Kejian to represent this. The move turned out to be disappointing on and off the field as the club finished the league tenth as well as becoming bankrupt in the process.[2]

Jiangsu Sainty

Li transferred to second tier club Jiangsu Sainty in 2005 along with his previous coach Wang Baoshan and within his debut season see the club finish the league in fifth.[3] The following season would see Wang Baoshan join top tier club Shenzhen Jianlibao, however Li remained as a succession of coaches came in to try to win promotion until Pei Encai came in and Li would play in fourteen league games and scored one goal as Jiangsu won the division title at the end of the 2008 China League One season.[4]

Honours

Jiangsu Sainty

References
  1. "China 2003". RSSSF. 18 Apr 2004. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  2. "【冠军人物志】--艰苦与努力.李炽". xici.net. 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  3. "China 2005". RSSSF. 26 Oct 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  4. "China 2008". RSSSF. 3 Apr 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-28.


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