Li Zhuangfei (; born 24 January 1988 in Zibo) is a

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player.

Club career

Li Zhuangfei began his football career playing for the various

Shandong Luneng Shandong Taishan 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 Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is th ...

youth teams and showed great potential by being called up for the Chinese U-17 team that won the

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. Li, however, struggled to break into the Shandong senior team and was instead loaned out to the newly promoted top-tier side

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in 2006. He made his league debut for Xiamen on March 18, 2006, against Shanghai Shenhua in a 2-2 draw where he came on as a substitute for Zou Yougen. After the game Li gradually became the first-choice defensive midfielder in the team, and the club's manager Gao Hongbo hailed him as the most promising Chinese star among his age. After his loan period with Xiamen ended Li joined top-tier side Wuhan Guanggu on a deal that brought him to Wuhan with several other Shandong Luneng players that included

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and

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. However, due to some bad relationship with local players, most Shandong players in the team were purged at the end of the season except

. He transferred to second-tier club Jiangsu Sainty in the 2008 league season where he was awarded No.10 jersey and played in six games and scored one goal to help aid Jiangsu to the division title as well as promotion to the top tier. Within the top tier Li saw even less playing time and only made one appearance throughout the season as the club finished in mid-table. This saw Li decide to move to top-tier club Qingdao Jonoon half-way through the 2010 league season where he made his debut for the club in a league game on July 18, 2010, against

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, which ended in a 2-0 victory for Qingdao. In 2010, Li signed for Qingdao Jonoon. Li was loaned to

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side Yunan Lijiang for half season on 10 July 2017. In February 2018, Li transferred to League Two side

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National team

Li was the captain of China U-17 National Team compete in the

2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship The 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the eleventh edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Lima, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Piura and Iquitos in Peru between 16 September and 2 October 2005. Players born after 1 January 1988 could participa ...

Career statistics

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

Honours

Club

Jiangsu Sainty *

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International

China U-17 *

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References

External links

Player stats
at Sohu.com
Player profile
at Jiangsu Sainty website {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Zhuangfei 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Zibo Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Shandong Shandong Taishan F.C. players Xiamen Blue Lions F.C. players Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. players Jiangsu F.C. players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Yunnan Flying Tigers F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Chinese people