Liu Ziming (; born 26 June 1996) is a Chinese

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currently playing as a

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for Liaoning Shenyang Urban.

Club career

Liu Ziming would play for the

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 ...

youth team before being promoted to the senior team and then sent out on loan to third tier Portuguese clubs GDU Torcatense and

Juventude de Pedras Salgadas Juventude de Pedras Salgadas is a Portuguese sports club from Pedras Salgadas. Since 2021, the men's football team has acted, once again, as a farm team for G.D. Chaves, and plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth tier of Portuguese foo ...

. When he returned Liu he would make his debut for Shijiazhuang in a

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game on 19 April 2017 against

Yinchuan Helanshan Yinchuan Helanshan Football Club was an association football club based in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China. The Helan Mountain Stadium was their home venue. History Yinchuan Helanshan F.C. was established on 17 July 2013 by Yinchuan Sports Federation ...

that ended in a 1-0 victory. This was soon followed with another loan move to Bulgarian second tier club Neftochimic. After his return from Bulgaria, Liu was moved into the reserve team, where he quickly became the reserve league's top goalscorer. This saw Liu return to the senior team of Shijiazhuang and him making his league debut for the club on 20 October 2018 against Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard, which ended in a 3-1 victory. The following season he would become a regular within the team and aid the club to win promotion into the Chinese top tier when they came runners-up at the end of the 2019 league campaign. Liu would only make a handful of games throughout the

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campaign. On 12 April 2021 he would go out on loan to second tier club and go on to make his debut for them in a league game on 24 April 2021 against

Zhejiang Professional F.C. Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CF ...

in a 4-0 defeat. Despite the loss he would establish himself as a regular within the team and go on to score his first goal for the club in a league game on 22 September 2021 against

Beijing Sport University F.C. Beijing Sport University Football Club (), commonly known as BSU (), is a Chinese professional football club that currently participates in the China League One division under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is base ...

in a 2-1 victory. On 28 April 2022, Liu would be loaned out again to another second tier club in Liaoning Shenyang Urban where he made his debut in a league game on 9 June 2022 against Shanghai Jiading Huilong F.C. in a 1-0 defeat. Once again he would establish himself as regular within the team and go on to score his first goal for the club in a league game on 26 June 2022 in the reverse fixture against Shanghai Jiading Huilong F.C. in a 3-1 victory.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Ziming 1996 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Chinese expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards China League One players Chinese Super League players Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Juventude de Pedras Salgadas players PFC Neftochimic Burgas players Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Qingdao West Coast F.C. players