Duan Liuyu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Duan.
Duan Liuyu
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Qingdao West Coast (on loan from Shandong Taishan)
Number 24
Youth career
2015–2018 Shandong Taishan
2015–2017 → São Paulo (youth loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Shandong Taishan 64 (8)
2023 → Wuhan Three Towns (loan) 10 (1)
2024– → Qingdao West Coast (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2019 China U-23 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2023

Duan Liuyu (simplified Chinese: 段刘愚; traditional Chinese: 段劉愚; pinyin: Duàn Liúyú; born 24 July 1998) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder or left-footed right winger for Qingdao West Coast.

Early life

Duan Liuyu started to play football at the age of five and soon joined organised football classes setup by the Shenzhen Football Association before he was admitted to Cuiyuan Middle School (翠园中学) as a football special student in 2010.In 2013, Duan was selected to participate in the China U-16 national team to play in the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship. After the tournament it was discovered that Duan required glasses and was in the honours class within school, he would soon receive the nick name "Glasses striker" by the Chinese media.[1] Duan Liuyu would graduate from Cuiyuan High School (翠园中学高中部) in Luohu District, Shenzhen in 2015.[2]

Club career

On 19 January 2015, Duan Liuyu joined Shandong Taishan as a youth player for a record transfer fee of 1 million RMB, at the time the highest ever paid to a Chinese youth player.[3] Right after the contract signing, Duan Liuyu was sent to São Paulo FC youth training camp for a two year training program.[4] On July 15, 2018, Shandong Taishan announced that they had promoted Duan Liuyu to the first team's roaster.[5] On 1 March 2019 in the first league game for Shandong in the 2019 Chinese Super League season, Duan Liuyu would make his professional football debut against Beijing Renhe in a 1-0 victory.[6]

After making his debut Duan Liuyu would immediately establish himself into the team and scored his first goal in the Chinese Super League in a 3–2 defeat against Henan Jianye on 12 July 2019.[7] A consistent regular within the team, he would gain his first Chinese FA Cup by winning the 2020 Chinese FA Cup against Jiangsu Suning F.C. in a 2-0 victory.[8] This would be followed by his first league title with the club when he was part of the team that won the 2021 Chinese Super League title.[9] Another Chinese FA Cup would be followed up by him winning the 2022 Chinese FA Cup with them.[10]

Career statistics

As of 31 January 2023.[11]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shandong Taishan 2018 Chinese Super League 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2019 19 2 4 0 0 0 - 23 2
2020 20 3 5 1 - - 25 4
2021 15 3 7 0 - - 22 3
2022 10 0 3 0 0 0 - 13 0
Total 64 8 19 1 0 0 0 0 83 9
Career total 64 8 19 1 0 0 0 0 83 9

Honours

Club

Shandong Taishan

References

  1. ^ "放弃清华为踢中超的学霸球员，要肩负起国奥冲击奥运会的担子". kuaibao.qq.com. 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. ^ "深圳16岁高中生百万签鲁能创新纪录 将赴巴西培训". guancha.cn. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ "校园足球立功！鲁能百万签下高二学生". sports.takungpao.com. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ^ "眼镜学霸如何从校园足球迈向百万职业球员". sohu.com. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. ^ "鲁能官方宣布12名小将离队 三人正式上调一线队". sports.sina.com.cn. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  6. ^ "SHANDONG LUNENG VS. BEIJING RENHE 1 - 0". soccerway.com. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  7. ^ "HENAN SSLM VS. SHANDONG TAISHAN 3 - 2". soccerway.com. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  8. ^ "足协杯-王彤惊天内切佩莱头球 鲁能2-0胜江苏夺冠". sports.sina.com.cn. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b "山东泰山队获得2021赛季中超联赛冠军". k.sina.com.cn. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. ^ a b "山东泰山队第八次夺足协杯冠军 创足协杯三连冠纪录". ent.people.com.cn. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  11. ^ Duan Liuyu at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  12. ^ "足协杯-王彤惊天内切佩莱头球 鲁能2-0胜江苏夺冠". sports.sina.com.cn. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.