Li Wei (footballer, born 1985)

Li Wei (Chinese: 李微; pinyin: Lǐ Wēi; born 18 March 1985) is a Chinese former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Li Wei
李微
Personal information
Full name Li Wei
Date of birth (1985-03-18) March 18, 1985
Place of birth Beijing, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2001–2004 Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2019 Shandong Luneng 118 (6)
2013 → Wuhan Zall (loan) 25 (4)
2019 Zibo Cuju 15 (2)
2020–2021 Zhejiang 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 April 2022
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Club career

Li Wei was born in Beijing. He moved to Shandong to begin his football career, where he would play for the Shandong Luneng under-19 youth team. With Shandong Luneng comfortably winning the 2006 Chinese Super League title the club's manager Ljubiša Tumbaković allowed Li Wei to graduate to the senior team on October 5, 2006, which he came onto as a substitute against Shanghai Shenhua in a 2-1 defeat.[1] This was his only appearance in the season. It was not until the 2007 league season that saw Li Wei establish himself as a regular member of the Shandong team when he played in seventeen league games for them, which also included his first senior goal on May 9, 2007 in an AFC Champions League group game vs Adelaide United at Jinan.[2] This was followed by his first league goal against Wuhan Guanggu on September 5, 2007 in a 2-0 win.[3] The following season, however, would see Li Wei struggle to remain as a first choice player. Despite winning the 2008 Chinese Super League title with the club he was mainly used as a peripheral squad player within the team. He would continue to be used as a substitute until the introduction of Branko Ivanković as the club's new manager in the 2010 league season. Wei's ability to play in numerous midfield positions saw him gain significantly more playing time under Ivanković's reign and aid Shandong to win another league title.

With the exit of Ivanković, due to poor results within the 2011 AFC Champions League that saw the club eliminated within the group stages, Li's playing time significantly diminished.[4] On 18 February 2013 he would be loaned out to recently promoted top tier club Wuhan Zall.[5] While he immediately established himself as an integral member of the team, he could not aid them from avoiding relegation at the end of the 2013 Chinese Super League.[6] Upon his return to Shandong, Li continued to be a consistent squad member within the team until he left the club in a free transfer to join third tier club Zibo Cuju on 12 June 2019.[7] After one season with the club he left on a free transfer to second tier club Zhejiang on 28 February 2020.[8] After two seasons with the club he would aid them to promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 campaign.[9] He would retire from professional football after the 2021 season and move into coaching.[10]

Career statistics
As of 22 April 2022.[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shandong Luneng2005Chinese Super League00000--00
20061000---10
2007173--11-184
2008130----130
2009110--40-150
2010183--11-183
201121010-50-270
20125000---50
20148040-10-130
20159010-301[lower-alpha 1]0140
20168021-60-161
20176020---80
20181000---10
Total 118610100212101509
Wuhan Zall (Loan)2013Chinese Super League25400---254
Zibo Cuju2019China League Two15200---152
Zhejiang Greentown2020China League One9000--0[lower-alpha 2]090
20216020--0[lower-alpha 2]080
Total 15020000000170
Career total 17312121002121020715
  1. Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs

Honours

Club

Shandong Luneng

References
  1. "2-1 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  2. "Match: Shandong Luneng Taishan v Adelaide United - AFC - Soccer". soccernet.espn.go.com. May 9, 2007. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  3. "2-0 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  4. "专访伊万:与鲁能是和平分手 盼未来再回中国执教". sports.iqilu.com. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. "武汉卓尔老总宣布内援第六签 鲁能大将租借加盟". sports.sohu.com. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  6. "China 2013". RSSSF. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  7. "官宣：三将加盟，并肩为淄博而战！". m.dongqiudi.com. 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  8. "欢迎李微、魏敬宗、龙成加盟浙江绿城". m.dongqiudi.com. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  9. "足球——中超附加赛：浙江平青岛 总分胜出升入中超" (in Chinese). sohu.com. 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  10. "浙江队谈杨、吴昊一、李微、孙昊晟退役，转型教练". Dongqiudi. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  11. 李微 at sodasoccer.com 2019-10-31 Retrieved 2019-10-31 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "足协杯-麦克格文压哨绝杀 鲁能5-4舜天夺冠". Sports.sina.com.cn. 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
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