Liu Huan (; born 14 February 1989) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a defender for

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club

Nantong Zhiyun Nantong Zhiyun 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 is based in Nantong, Jiangsu and their home ...

Club career

Liu Huan started his professional football career in 2009 when he was promoted to

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side

Anhui Jiufang Anhui Jiufang Football Club () is a defunct Chinese football club from Hefei, Anhui. The club is owned by Anhui Jiarun Group () with 15,000,000 RMB registered capital. At the end of the 2008 season, Anhui Jiufang qualified from China League Two ( ...

. He joined

Tianjin Runyulong Shenyang Zhongze F.C. () was a former professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese League One division. History The club was founded in August 2009 as Tianjin Runyulong and was initially set-up as an amateur football team t ...

in January 2011 when Tianjin took over Anhui Jiufang and followed the club move to Shenyang as

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in July 2011. On 11 June 2011, he scored his first senior goal by heading the equalizer in the stoppage time in a 3–3 away draw against Yanbian Baekdu Tigers. Liu transferred to

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side Dalian Transcendence on 5 March 2015. He made 18 league appearances as Dalian Transcendence finished the runners-up in the 2015 season and promoted to the second tier. On 4 January 2017, Liu joined

side Chongqing Dangdai Lifan on a free transfer. He established himself within the team immediately and made his debut for Chongqing on 5 March 2017 in a 0–0 home draw against

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. On 24 June 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw against

Changchun Yatai Changchun Yatai 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 Changchun, Jilin and their home stadi ...

. He scored his second goal on 13 August 2017 in a 3–2 away defeat against

Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Port FC (), previously named Shanghai SIPG, is a professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Pudong, Shanghai, and their home sta ...

. He appeared in every minute of the 2017 league season, playing in all 30 Super League games and scored two goals for Chongqing Lifan. On 1 January 2018, Liu transferred to his hometown club

Beijing Sinobo Guoan Beijing Guoan 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 the Chaoyang District in Beijing and their ho ...

. He made his debut on 4 March 2018 in a 3–0 away defeat to

Shandong Luneng Taishan 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 ...

. He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and go on to win his first piece of silverware with the 2018 Chinese FA Cup against Shandong Luneng Taishan. He would continue to be a squad player throughout his time at the club and was loaned out to his previous club Chongqing Lifan throughout the

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season before leaving at the end of the 2022 Chinese Super League season when his contracted finished.

Personal life

Liu Huan is the older twin brother of Dalian Professional defender Liu Le. They are from

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Career statistics

Honours

Club

Beijing Guoan *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Huan 1989 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Beijing Guoan F.C. players Anhui Jiufang F.C. players Dalian Transcendence F.C. players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Footballers from Beijing Chinese twins