Li Kai (; Born July 25, 1989) is a left-footed

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football player who currently plays for

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Qingdao Youth Island Qingdao Youth Island Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One. The team is based in Qingdao, Shandong. History Qingdao Kangtaiyuan F.C. was founded in 2007 by Qingdao Kangtine ...

Club career

Li Kai began his professional football career after graduating from the

Dalian Shide Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then lat ...

youth team in 2008 and would make his senior debut for the club on June 25, 2008 in a league game over

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where Dalian won 2-1. In his debut season Li Kai would go on to score his first goal for the club on September 12, 2008 in a 3-1 defeat to

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. However, the team suffered a disappointing season which saw Dalian flirt with relegation. By the beginning of the 2010 league season Dalian allowed Li Kai to go on loan to top tier side

Shaanxi Baorong Chanba Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their hom ...

and he would make his debut for the club on March 28, 2010 in a 1-1 draw against his parent club Dalian Shide. By July 28, 2010 he would then score his first goal for the club in a league game against

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, which ended in a 2-2 draw. His loan period made his move permanent the following season before his new club decided to move to

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and renamed themselves

Guizhou Renhe Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their h ...

in 2012. On 2 January 2016, Kai transferred to

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Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 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 ...

. He made his debut for Shijiazhuang on 1 May 2016 in a 2–0 defeat against

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, coming on for

Mi Haolun Mi Haolun (; Xiao'erjing: ; born 10 January 1993) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Shaanxi Union. Club career After playing in the youth squad of Shandong Luneng Taishan, Mi started his football career in ...

in the 81st minute. In March 2017, Kai transferred to League Two side

Jiangxi Liansheng Jiangxi Beidamen Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was founded in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, and thei ...

. On 7 March 2018, Kai transferred to

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club (, known as Hai-niu or literally Sea Bull) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is b ...

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.''LI KAI
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Honours

Club

Qingdao Hainiu *

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at Sohu.com 1989 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Qingdao Dalian Shide F.C. players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Qingdao F.C. players Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players Jiangxi Lushan F.C. players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. (1990) players Chinese Super League players China League One players Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Men's association football utility players Asian Games competitors for China {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub