Liu Yiming (footballer)

Liu Yiming
刘奕鸣
Personal information
Full name Liu Yiming
Date of birth (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Wuhan Three Towns
Number 18
Youth career
2006–2012 Dalian Yiteng
2012–2014 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 → Liaoning Youth (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2016 Sporting B 1 (0)
2015–2016 → Pinhalnovense (loan) 16 (0)
2016–2018 Tianjin Quanjian 74 (1)
2019–2021 Guangzhou FC 5 (0)
2019 → Shenzhen FC (loan) 11 (0)
2021 → Wuhan Three Towns (loan) 17 (0)
2022– Wuhan Three Towns 24 (1)
International career‡
2013–2014 China U-19 13 (1)
2015–2018 China U-23 22 (1)
2017– China 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2019
In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.
Liu Yiming
Simplified Chinese刘奕鸣
Traditional Chinese劉奕鳴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Yìmíng
IPA[ljǒʊ î mǐŋ]

Liu Yiming (Chinese: 刘奕鸣; pinyin: Liú Yìmíng; born 28 February 1995) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a centre-back for Wuhan Three Towns.

Club career

Liu started his football career when he joined Dalian Yiteng's youth academy in 2006. He went on trial with Sporting CP's youth academy in 2012 and joined soon after.[1] In March 2013, he was loaned to China League Two club Liaoning Youth.[2] In December 2013, Liu signed a professional contract with Sporting B until 2019.[3] He made his debut for the club in 0–0 draw against C.D. Aves, receiving two yellows and was sent off in the 43rd minute.[4]

On 1 February 2016, Liu transferred to China League One side Tianjin Quanjian.[5] In his debut season with the club he would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and helped them win the division title as well as promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2016 China League One season.[6] In the top tier for the first time with the club, he scored his first goal for them on 1 April 2017 in a 1–0 home win against Henan Jianye; however, he was sent off in the 94th minute after receiving two yellow cards.[7] Despite his indiscretion he would play a vital part in the team that qualified for 2018 AFC Champions League, where he helped guide them to a quarter-finals where they lost to Kashima Antlers in their first attempt in the competition.[8]

On 7 February 2019, Liu transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Guangzhou.[9] On 1 March 2019, he made his debut for the club in a 3–0 home win against Tianjin Tianhai.[10] On 19 July 2019, Liu was loaned out to fellow top tier side Shenzhen for the remainder of the 2019 season. The following season he would be used even more sparingly at Guangzhou and would go on to be loaned out to second tier club Wuhan Three Towns in the 2021 China League One campaign. The move would turn out to be a big successes and he would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team and help aid the club to win the league title and gain promotion as the club entered the top tier for the first time in their history.[11] The following campaign Wuhan would make the move permanent and he would be part of the squad that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.[12]

International career

Liu was called up to the Chinese national team by then manager Marcello Lippi for the first time in November 2017 for the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[13] He made his international debut on 9 December 2017 in a 2–2 draw against South Korea.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 January 2023.[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liaoning Youth (loan) 2013 China League Two 0 0 - - - 0 0
Sporting B 2012–13 Segunda Liga 0 0 - - - 0 0
2013–14 1 0 - - - 1 0
2014–15 0 0 - - - 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Pinhalnovense (loan) 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal 16 0 0 0 - - 16 0
Tianjin Quanjian 2016 China League One 23 0 1 0 - - 24 0
2017 Chinese Super League 28 1 0 0 - - 28 1
2018 23 0 2 0 10 0 - 35 0
Total 74 1 3 0 10 0 0 0 87 1
Guangzhou Evergrande 2019 Chinese Super League 5 0 2 0 0 0 - 7 0
2020 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 0
Total 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
Shenzhen (loan) 2019 Chinese Super League 11 0 0 0 - - 11 0
Wuhan Three Towns (loan) 2021 China League One 17 0 1 0 - - 18 0
Wuhan Three Towns 2022 Chinese Super League 24 1 1 0 - - 25 1
Career total 148 2 7 0 12 0 0 0 167 2

International

National team
Year Apps Goals
2017 3 0
2018 7 0
2019 3 0
Total 13 0

Honours

Tianjin Quanjian

Guangzhou Evergrande

Wuhan Three Towns

References

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  2. ^ 2013年中乙联赛球队报名表—辽宁青年 at images.sport.org.cn 2013-04-27 Retrieved 2016-02-01
  3. ^ "Sporting: chineses já são profissionais". Relvaldo. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Aves vs Sporting B". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  5. ^ 权健宣布留洋小将刘奕鸣加盟 at sports.163.com 2016-02-01 Retrieved 2016-02-01
  6. ^ a b "2016赛季中甲积分榜". sports.sina.com.cn. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  7. ^ "4分钟2黄!权健U23进球又染红 拖时间伎俩太低级". Sina. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  8. ^ "TIANJIN TIANHAI VS. KASHIMA ANTLERS 0 - 3". Soccerway.com. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  9. ^ "恒大官宣三才俊加盟 天海刘奕鸣张修维+亚泰何超". Sina. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  10. ^ "中超-冯潇霆替补爆射韦世豪破门 10人恒大3-0天海". Sina. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  11. ^ a b "恭喜武汉三镇冲超成功！5大前国脚压阵，下赛季或将上演武汉德比". sohu.com (in Chinese). 13 December 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  12. ^ a b "武汉三镇捧起中超冠军火神杯 3年3冠创造三镇奇迹". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  13. ^ "刘奕鸣:入选国足梦想成真 全力以赴赢得里皮认可". Sina. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  14. ^ "国足年轻化关键在有里皮 刘奕鸣:这场价值超无数场". Sina. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  15. ^ "刘奕鸣". sodasoccer (in Chinese). Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ "China » Super League 2019 » 30. Round". worldfootball.net. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.