Liu Zhenli (footballer)

Liu Zhenli (simplified Chinese: 刘震理; traditional Chinese: 劉震理; pinyin: Liú Zhènlǐ; born June 26, 1985, in Qingdao, Shandong) is a Chinese football goalkeeper, who plays for Qingdao Hainiu. Internationally, he played for the Chinese U-23 team and made the squad that took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Liu Zhenli
刘震理
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-06-26) June 26, 1985
Place of birth Qingdao, Shandong, China
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Qingdao Hainiu
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2015 Qingdao Jonoon 195 (0)
2016–2019 Shandong Luneng 0 (0)
2020–2021 Qingdao 26 (0)
2022–2023 Qingdao Youth Island 23 (0)
2023– Qingdao Hainiu 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 April 2022
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Club career

Liu Zhenli started his professional football career at the beginning of the 2004 Chinese Super League season after graduating from the youth team. The following season, he would play understudy to Li Shuai who was injured near the end of the season, which allowed Liu to make his league debut on October 22, 2005, against Tianjin Teda F.C. in a 2–0 defeat.[1] The following season, he would fight for the goalkeeping position with Li Shuai before eventually cementing himself as the first choice goalkeeper at the club in the beginning of the 2007 Chinese Super League season.

On 7 January 2016, Liu transferred to Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng.[2]

International career

His impressive performances at the end of the 2007 season saw him called into the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament squad where he was second choice goalkeeper. At the tournament he played in the final group game against Brazil which China lost 3–0 as they were knocked out in the group stages.[3]

Career statistics
As of 20 November 2022.[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Qingdao Jonoon 2004Chinese Super League0000-00
20053000-30
20061500--150
2007280---280
2008240---240
2009260---260
2010130---130
201112000--120
201214000--140
201311000--110
2014China League One26030--290
201523000--230
Total 19503000001980
Shandong Luneng 2016Chinese Super League0000-0000
20170010--10
20180000--00
20190000-0000
Total 0010000010
Qingdao Huanghai/
Qingdao		 2020Chinese Super League15000--150
202111000--110
Total 260000000260
Qingdao Youth Island 2022China League One23000--230
Qingdao Hainiu 2023Chinese Super League0000--00
Career total 24404000002480

References
  1. "外援小将齐发威 天津泰达主场2-0痛击青岛队". sports.sohu.com. 2005-10-22. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  2. 官宣！刘震理正式加盟山东鲁能 at sports.sohu.com 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2016-01-08
  3. "Liu Zhenli Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  4. 刘震理 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine


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