Liu Tianqi (; born 17 January 1989) is a

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football player.

Club career

Liu was born in Jixi,

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and moved to

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with his family when he was still a boy. He began to play organized football in Zhuang Yi Football School and later moved to

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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 ...

's youth team system. He started his professional football career in 2008 when he was loan to

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club Shaanxi Star (Shaanxi Baorong Chanba's youth team) for one year. Liu was promoted to Shaanxi Baorong Chanba's first team squad by

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in 2009. However, as Shaanxi struggled at the bottom of the league, he did not appear for the club in the 2009 league season. On 9 May 2010, in the first match after

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took over the club which Shaanxi Baorong Chanba played against

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at home, Liu made his debut for Shaanxi and played as a starter in the right-back position, but was substituted by Xin Feng in the 29th minute. Just playing one match for Shaanxi, Liu was loaned to League Two club Dalian Aerbin in the summer of 2010. He made 10 appearances in the second half of the 2010 season as Dalian Aerbin finished the first place and won promotion to League One. Dalian Aerbin extended Liu's loan deal for one year in 2011. Liu played 18 matches in the League One, the club won two consecutive champions and promotions and entered the top flight in the 2011 season. Liu returned to Shaanxi Baorong Chanba which moved their home stadium to Guiyang and changed their name into Guizhou Renhe later for the 2012 Super League campaign. He was highly appraised by the manager Gao Hongbo and gained a regular starter as a full back. He made 32 appearances in the 2012 season as the club achieved fourth place in the Super League and runners-up in the FA Cup and gained the entry into

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for the first time. Liu was excluded from Beijing Renhe's squad in the 2017 season. On 7 April 2017, he received a ban of six months by the

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for age falsification. On 28 February 2018, Liu transferred to

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side

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. In March 2019, Liu transferred to

side Shenyang Urban. He would go on to win the

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division with the club.

Career statistics

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

Honours

Club

;Dalian Aerbin *

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* Chinese FA Super Cup:

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;Shenyang Urban *

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Tianqi Living people 1989 births People from Jixi Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Heilongjiang Dalian Professional F.C. players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Inner Mongolia Zhongyou F.C. players Dalian Transcendence F.C. players Liaoning Shenyang Urban F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Men's association football defenders