Li Fang (footballer)

Li Fang
Personal information
Full name Li Fang
Date of birth (1993-01-27) 27 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Guangyuan, Sichuan, China
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back, Forward
Youth career
2004–2006 Mingyu Football School
2006–2008 Tianjin Teda
2008–2010 Sichuan Youth
2011–2012 Pombal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Sichuan FC 14 (3)
2012 Pombal 3 (0)
2012 Sichuan FC 2 (1)
2012–2013 Sporting Covilhã 1 (0)
2014 Chengdu Tiancheng 3 (0)
2016–2019 Chongqing Lifan 9 (0)
International career
2010 China U-17
2011 China U-20
2013–2014 China U-22
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2019
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Fang (Chinese: 李放; pinyin: Lǐ Fàng; born 27 January 1993) is a Chinese footballer.

Club career

In 2011, Li Fang started his senior football career with China League Two club Sichuan FC as a forward. He moved to Terceira Divisão side Pombal in December 2011 and played three matches for Pombal in the 2011-12 season. Li returned to Sichuan in June 2012 and then transferred to Segunda Liga side Sporting Covilhã in August 2012. On 28 November 2012, he made his debut for Covilhã in a league match against União da Madeira where he coming on as a substitute for Hugo Moreira in the 86th minute.[1] He left Covilhã at the end of 2012/13 league season.

In February 2014, Li transferred to China League One side Chengdu Tiancheng.[2] He made his debut for Chengdu on 27 July 2014 in a 2–1 home defeat against Qingdao Hainiu, coming on as a substitute for Gao Xiang in the 82nd minute.[3] At Chengdu he would play in midfield and defence, however none of these changes would help in seeing the club avoid relegation at the end of the season, which saw Li become an unattached player in 2015 after Chengdu dissolved due to the downgrade.[4]

Li joined China Super League side Chongqing Lifan in the 2016 season.[5] He made his debut in a 2016 Chinese FA Cup match against Tianjin Quanjian with a 4–0 away defeat, coming on for Yang Yun in the 70th minute.[6]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2019.[7][8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sichuan FC 2011 China League Two 14 3 - - - 14 3
Pombal 2011–12 Terceira Divisão 3 0 0 0 - - 3 0
Sichuan FC 2012 China League Two 2 1 - - - 2 1
Sporting Covilhã 2012–13 Segunda Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0
Chengdu Tiancheng 2014 China League One 3 0 0 0 - - 3 0
Chongqing Lifan 2016 Chinese Super League 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
2017 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
2018 8 0 1 0 - - 9 0
2019 1 0 1 0 - - 2 0
Total 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 32 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 36 4

References

  1. ^ "Sporting Covilhã vs. União Madeira 1 - 3". soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  2. ^ 成都天诚签约“马明宇第二” 天才小将曾拒申花 at sports.qq.com 2014-02-27 Retrieved 2014-02-27
  3. ^ 中甲-曲波破门导演逆转 成都1-2海牛李章洙遭两连败 at sports.sina.com 2014-07-27 Retrieved 2016-11-04
  4. ^ 2014赛季中甲第30轮后积分榜 at sports.sohu.com 2014-11-02 Retrieved 2018-10-24
  5. ^ 力帆确定30人大名单 at sports.163.com 2016-02-25 Retrieved 2016-11-04
  6. ^ 足协杯-赵旭日法比亚诺建功 权健4-0胜10人力帆 at sports.163.com 2016-05-11 Retrieved 2016-11-04
  7. ^ "李放". sodasoccer.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Fang Li". zerozero.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 November 2016.