Li Yi'nan


Li Yi'nan is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a centre back.

Club career

Li Yi'nan played for the Shenyang Haishi youth team until he was promoted to the senior side during the 1999 league season. Under the team's Head coach Valeri Nepomniachi Li began to establish himself within the team during the 2000 league season and even though Valeri Nepomniachi left at the end of the season Li Yi'nan still continued to progress as a regular within the team. By the 2004 league season he was wanted by Shanghai Shenhua; however Shenyang tried to hold on to him by making him the team's captain. This only delayed his move which happened at the beginning of the 2005 league season and saw him reunite with Valeri Nepomniachi who immediately made him an integral member of the team's defence. The next season, however saw him plagued by injuries and Nepomniachi leaving the club, which resulted in him making only nine appearances. By the 2007 league season the club had merged with Shanghai United F.C. and Li saw his playing time shrink even further.
At the beginning of the 2008 league season he left Shanghai to join Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. for 1.7 million Yuan; however this move turned out to be a disaster because Li Yi'nan struggled to even establish himself within the team, before the club were controversially relegated then subsequently disbanded during the Chinese Super League 2008 season after the club's management did not accept the punishment given to them by the Chinese Football Association after a scuffle broke out during a league game against Beijing Guoan on September 27, 2008. Without a club to play for several months he would be unemployed before he joined second tier football team Pudong Zobon F.C. halfway through the 2009 league season. This would then lead to a move to top tier side Chongqing Lifan at the beginning of the 2010 league season, where he would quickly establish himself within the team's defence.

Club career stats

Last update: 25 January 2013
SeasonTeamCountryDivisionAppsGoals
1999Shenyang Haishi110
2000Shenyang Haishi1171
2001Shenyang Haishi191
2002Shenyang Ginde1241
2003Shenyang Ginde1251
2004Shenyang Ginde1110
2005Shanghai Shenhua1230
2006Shanghai Shenhua190
2007Shanghai Shenhua140
2008Wuhan Optics Valley F.C.171
2009Pudong Zobon F.C.2121
2010Chongqing Lifan1203
2011Chongqing Lifan220
2011Liaoning Whowin150
2012Shenyang Dongjin2112