Qiu Li (, born June 6, 1981 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China) is a naturalised

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an former professional

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player and current assistant coach of Shenyang Urban F.C.

Playing career

Club career

Qiu started his senior career in Changchun Yatai and transferred to

Liaoning Zhongyu Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

in 2001. He was released by the club in 2005 as he was surplus to requirements. Qiu was brought to

to play for the S. League club, Sinchi FC, in 2005. After the club decided to pull out of the S-league for the 2006 season, he stayed in Singapore and agreed on a contract with the Young Lions where he excelled with 19 goals from 25 matches played. He joined

Home United FC Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as The Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club competing in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Since the 2021 season, the ...

in 2007 but failed to find his form and joined

Tampines Rovers FC Tampines Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football league system. Founded in 1945, the club have won the national league ...

in 2008. Impressive displays in his debuting two seasons earned him Singapore

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. In 2011, he joined Home United again and in 2013 he joined

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after being released by Home United. Qiu returned to Home United for the third time in 2014. However at the end of the season, he were released by the team again, and retired from playing professionally soon after.

International career

Qiu made his debut for the

Singapore national football team The Singapore national football team (, zh, 新加坡國家足球隊, ta, சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய கால்பந்து அணி ) represents the Republic of Singapore in the senior men's international footb ...

on 28 May 2008, in a friendly against

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. However, on 24 November 2008, FIFA banned Qiu from playing for Singapore because he did not meet the new criteria stating that a new citizen needs to reside in his new country for five years. Qiu Li had only lived in Singapore for three years. Thus he would be only eligible to represent Singapore in 2010.

lost two games by forfeit (3–0) during 2010 World Cup qualifiers because Qiu was lined up.Qiu ineligible for Singapore – FIFA
the-AFC.com, 4 December 2008. Qiu Li was naturalised in 2010 under the

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and was eligible to play for Singapore in 2010 under FIFA rules. On 23 July 2011, Qiu Li scored his first goal for Singapore in the first leg of the World Cup Qualifier against

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played at a sold out crowd at Jalan Besar Stadium.

Coaching career

After retirement from professional football, Qiu joined Liaoning Shenyang as a coach.

Honours

International

Singapore *

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: 2012

Club

Home United *

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: 2011 Balestier Khalsa *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Qiu, Li 1981 births Living people Footballers from Shenyang Chinese footballers Singaporean footballers Singapore international footballers Chinese emigrants to Singapore Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Liaoning F.C. players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Naturalised citizens of Singapore Association football forwards Home United FC players Tampines Rovers FC players Balestier Khalsa FC players Singapore Premier League players Young Lions FC players