Li Chunyu () (born October 9, 1986, in

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) is a

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former professional

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player who played as a

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Club career

Li Chunyu began his professional football career with

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club

Shenyang Ginde Guangzhou City Football Club (广州城) is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and their home venu ...

where he would make his league debut against

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on October 31, 2004, in a 3–1 defeat. He would gradually establish himself as regular within the center of their midfield and when the club decided to move to

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and rename themselves

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he would join them. By the 2007 league season he would become an integral member of their team and go on to score his first league goal on March 19, against

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in a 1–1 draw. In January 2010 he moved abroad to Europe to play for

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n top tier club FK Rad where he would go on to make his league debut on March 14, 2010, against

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in a 3–2 defeat. During his time at the club he would receive very little playing time and was released at the end of the season. As a free agent he would transfer to

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side

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in July 2010 and would go on to make his league debut against

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in ...

on August 7, 2010, in a 2–2 draw. Despite only joining the club halfway through their league campaign he would go on to make seven league appearances by the end of the season. Li would return to China and signed with Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba playing in the

, with a club renamed a year later to Guizhou Renhe. His return to China would see him quickly establish himself as a regular with his club and go on to win his first piece of silverware with the

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. On 4 January 2015, Li transferred to fellow

side

Shijiazhuang Yongchang Cangzhou Mighty Lions Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Cangzhou, Hebei and their home stadium i ...

. The following season he was unfortunately part of the team that was relegated at the end of the

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season. He would remain with Shijiazhuang within the second tier until they won promotion back into the Chinese top tier when they came runners-up at the end of the 2019 league campaign.

International career

As a youngster he was part of

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and was considered good enough to take part in the

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where he played in all of China's games during the tournament. His time within the Chinese set-up didn't really go much further until he gained regular playing time with Gangwon FC and it was only once he achieved this he was given his senior debut in a friendly against

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on November 17, 2010, in a 1–0 victory for China.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020''.

Honours

Guizhou Renhe *

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References

External sources

His arrival at FK Rad official site

at Srbijafudbal * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Chunyu 1986 births Living people Footballers from Shenyang Men's association football midfielders Chinese men's footballers China men's international footballers Chinese expatriate men's footballers Changsha Ginde players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players FK Rad players Gangwon FC players Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players K League 1 players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Chinese expatriate sportspeople in South Korea