Liao Lei (footballer)

Liao Lei

Personal information
Full name	Liao Lei
Date of birth	(1999-03-01) 1 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Deyang, Sichuan, China
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Nantong Zhiyun
Number	31
Youth career
0000–2017	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Estudiantes	29	(0)
2019	FC Jumilla	1	(0)
2019–2020	UD Los Garres	0	(0)
2020–2023	Shenzhen FC	15	(0)
2020	→ Hunan Billows loan)	10	(0)
2021	→ Beijing BSU (loan)	23	(0)
2024-	Nantong Zhiyun	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:44, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Liao Lei (Chinese: 廖垒; born 1 March 1999) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a left-back for Nantong Zhiyun.

Club career

Liao Lei would play for the Shandong Luneng Taishan youth team and would be sent to Brazil to further his development on 24 September 2014.[2] He would not be promoted to the senior team of Shandong and would go to Spain to play for fourth tier club Estudiantes. After going on to establish himself as a regular within the team he would join third tier Spanish club FC Jumilla.[3] His time at Jumilla would be short lived after they were relegated at the end of the 2018–19 Segunda División B league season and were dissolved due to financial difficulties.[4] Liao would join fourth tier club UD Los Garres on 1 July 2019 for the 2019–20 Tercera División campaign.

On 2 July 2020, Liao would join top tier Chinese club Shenzhen before the start of the 2020 Chinese Super League campaign.[5] On 17 October 2020 he would loaned out to third tier Chinese club Hunan Billows. After his loan period ended, Liao would be loaned out once again on 18 April 2021, to second tier club Beijing BSU for the 2021 China League One season.[6]

Career statistics

As of 31 December 2022.[7][8]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Estudiantes	2018–19	Tercera División	29	0	0	0	-		-		29	0
FC Jumilla	2018–19	Segunda División B	1	0	0	0	-		-		1	0
UD Los Garres	2019–20	Tercera División	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
Shenzhen	2020	Chinese Super League	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	2021		0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	2022		3	0	1	0	-		-		4	0
	Total		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Hunan Billows (loan)	2020	China League Two	10	0	0	0	-		-		10	0
Beijing BSU (loan)	2021	China League One	23	0	1	0	-		-		24	0
Career total			66	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	68	0

References

1. "Liao Lei" (in Chinese). Shenzhen F.C. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
2. "鲁能足校首批33名球员留学巴西 9人去圣保罗(名单)". sina.cn. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
3. "继续买买买！深圳签下留洋西班牙的21岁鲁能后防双子星". sohu.com. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
4. Mainez, Rafa (24 August 2019). "El Jumilla desaparece tras no poder hacer frente a la deuda con la Seguridad Social" [Jumilla is dissolved after not being able to face up to debt with Social Security]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
5. "深足官方宣布孙可姜至鹏张鹭等14人加盟球队". sina.cn. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
6. "今年深圳队本想留用廖垒，收到北体大租借邀请后深圳决定放人". m.dongqiudi.com. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
7. Liao Lei at Soccerway
8. Liao Lei at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)

External links

• Liao Lei at WorldFootball.net