Li Shuai (footballer, born 1982)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
Li Shuai
李帅
Li with Guangzhou in 2009
Personal information
Full name Li Shuai
Date of birth (1982-08-18) 18 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Qingdao, Shandong, China
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1997–2001 Qingdao Hainiu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Qingdao Jonoon 40 (0)
2007–2015 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 137 (0)
2016–2021 Shanghai Shenhua 105 (0)
Managerial career
2022 Shanghai Shenhua (Goalkeeping Coach)
2023-2024 China U23 (Goalkeeping Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Li Shuai (simplified Chinese: 李帅; traditional Chinese: 李帥; pinyin: Li Shuài, born 18 August 1982) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Li Shuai started his football career playing for Qingdao Jonoon's youth academy. In the 2002 season, Li was promoted to the first team and made his debut on 1 September 2002 in a 4-1 loss against Beijing Guoan.[1] After several seasons as the backup goalkeeper, Li would start to rise to prominence by playing in 23 league games during the 2005 season as he established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper.[2] The following season for Li was to prove unsuccessful with Qingdao as they flirted with relegation. He also found himself playing a significantly smaller role within the team by playing in only thirteen games within the season.[3]

At the start of the 2007 season, Li transferred to second tier side Guangzhou GPC. After only one season with the team, he quickly established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper and saw Guangzhou immediately promoted to the top tier after winning the second tier title.[4] Within the top tier again, Li would make sure the club were midtable regulars for the next several seasons until the club were relegated for match-fixing at the end of the 2009 season which occurred in 2006 before he joined the club.[5] Despite this, Li remained loyal towards the club and he went on to make his 100th appearance for Guangzhou on 18 September 2010 in a 2-1 win against Yanbian FC. He became the club's second-choice goalkeeper after June 2011. He was linked with fellow Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua at the end of the 2014 season; however, he decided to stay in Guangzhou and signed a one-year extension with an option to a second year with the club on 19 November 2014.[6]

On 19 January 2016, Li transferred to Shanghai Shenhua.[7] He made his debut for the club on 5 March 2016 in a 1-1 draw against Yanbian Fude. Li played 29 league matches in the 2016 season as the club won qualification to the AFC Champions League for the first time since 2011. He received a special contribution award from the club along with Obafemi Martins on 2 November 2016 for the season he had with the club.[8] For the next several seasons he would be an integral member of the team that won the 2017 and 2019 Chinese FA Cup's.[9] On 3 March 2022 Li decided to officially retire from professional football at the age of 39 and move into coaching.[10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [11]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Qingdao Jonoon 2002 Chinese Jia-A League 1 0 0 0 - - - 1 0
2003 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0
2004 Chinese Super League 3 0 5 0 2 0 - - 10 0
2005 23 0 1 0 4 0 - - 28 0
2006 13 0 1 0 - - - 14 0
Total 40 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 53 0
Guangzhou Evergrande 2007 China League One 21 0 - - - - 21 0
2008 Chinese Super League 30 0 - - - - 30 0
2009 29 0 - - - - 29 0
2010 China League One 24 0 - - - - 24 0
2011 Chinese Super League 11 0 2 0 - - - 13 0
2012 10 0 6 0 - 2 0 - 18 0
2013 3 0 2 0 - 0 0 1[a] 0 6 0
2014 4 0 2 0 - 0 0 0[b] 0 6 0
2015 5 0 1 0 - 5 0 3[a] 0 14 0
Total 137 0 13 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 161 0
Shanghai Shenhua 2016 Chinese Super League 29 0 2 0 - - - 31 0
2017 27 0 7 0 - 1 0 - 35 0
2018 25 0 1 0 - 5 0 1[b] 0 32 0
2019 12 0 3 0 - - - 15 0
2020 2 0 1 0 - 6 0 - 9 0
2021 10 0 0 0 - - - 10 0
Total 105 0 14 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 132 0
Career total 281 0 34 0 6 0 19 0 5 0 346 0
  1. ^ a b Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

Club

Guangzhou Evergrande

Shanghai Shenhua

References

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  2. ^ "李帅". sodasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  3. ^ "China 2006". RSSSF. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. ^ "China 2007". RSSSF. 18 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Chengdu Blades demoted". fifa.com. 23 February 2010. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  6. ^ "李帅续约因绿地诚意小 郑智已顶薪续约一年一签". 163.com. 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  7. ^ "李帅正式转会上海绿地申花足球俱乐部". Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. ^ "李帅获申花年度贡献奖 盼继续提升随申花重新崛起". Sina. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  9. ^ a b "足协杯-马丁斯轰世界波 申花总分3-3上港夺冠". sports.sina.com.cn. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  10. ^ "记者：李帅正式决定退役，将在申花担任门将教练". ppsport.com. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  11. ^ Li Shuai at Soccerway
  12. ^ "中甲最新积分榜:恒大稳胜摘联赛桂冠 南京有有降级". sports.sina.com.cn. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  13. ^ "足协杯-张琳芃传射8024两球 恒大总分5-3贵州夺冠". Sports.sina.com.cn. 18 November 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2019.