Liao Junjian (; born 27 January 1994) is a

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footballer who currently plays for

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Club career

Liao Junjian started his football career when he was promoted to Dongguan Nancheng's first team in the 2011 season. He transferred to

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in July 2012. On 27 February 2015, Liao moved to League One club

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after Guangdong Sunray Cave dissolved. On 15 April 2015, he made his debut for Hebei in a

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match against his hometown club Guangxi Longguida. Liao made his league debut for Hebei on 2 May 2015 in a 2–0 home victory against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 84th minute. He played 21 league matches for the club in the 2015 season, as Hebei China Fortune won promotion to the

after they finished the second place of the league. On 4 March 2016, Liao made his Super League debut in a 2–1 away win over

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. He assisted

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's winning goal in the match. He was the regular starter of the club, appearing 28 league matches of 30 in the 2016 season. Liao injured during the preseason training of 2017 season. He lost his position to Chinese international

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and

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after he returned to field in May 2017. In July 2017, Liao was loaned to fellow first-tier club

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until 31 December 2017. He didn't appear for Chongqing throughout the entirety of his loan spell. On 26 February 2018, Liao was loaned to

club

Wuhan Zall Wuhan Yangtze River Football Club, formerly Wuhan Zall Football Club (), is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in ...

for the 2018 season. He made his debut for the club on 11 March 2018, playing the whole 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win over

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. On 5 May 2018, he scored his first goal for Wuhan by shooting the equalizer in the injury time in a 2–2 away draw against

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. Liao played 29 league matches out of 30 in the 2018 season as Wuhan Zall won the title of the league and promoted to the first-tier. Liao made a permanent transfer to Wuhan Zall on 25 February 2019. On 22 March 2022, Liao transferred to

club

. He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 4 June 2022 against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger in a 1-1 draw. This would be followed by his first goal for the club, which was in a league game on 12 November 2022 against

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in a 1-0 victory.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liao, Junjian Living people 1994 births Men's association football defenders Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Guangxi Shaanxi Wuzhou F.C. players Hebei F.C. players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Wuhan Yangtze River F.C. players Meizhou Hakka F.C. players People from Beihai Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China