| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 July 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Beijing | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shenzhen Peng City | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Jingtie Locomotive | 27 | (2) |
| 2017–2020 | Suzhou Dongwu | 83 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 16 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Kunshan (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2023– | Shenzhen Peng City | 28 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Li Zhi (Chinese: 李智; born 29 July 1993) is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing as a left-back for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen Peng City.
Club career[edit]
Li Zhi would start his senior career with third tier football club Jingtie Locomotive in the 2015 China League Two campaign. The following season he would establish himself as a regular, however at the end of the campaign the club dissolved from the professional league. Li would be free to join another third tier club in Suzhou Dongwu where he established himself as their first choice left-back while he aided them to gain promotion.[1]
On 12 April 2021, he transferred to second tier club in Chengdu Rongcheng.[2] He would make his debut on 26 April 2021 in a league game against Jiangxi Beidamen, which ended in a 4-2 victory.[3] At the end of the season he would establish himself as a regular within the team and aid them to promotion at the end of the 2021 league campaign.[4] Despite the promotion, Li was loaned out to second tier club Kunshan where he established himself as regular within the team that won the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One campaign.[5] However, the club was disbanded prior to the 2023 Chinese Super League season.
Sichuan Jiuniu/Shenzhen Peng City[edit]
On 21 April 2023, Li joined fellow China League One club Sichuan Jiuniu. [6] He won the 2023 China League One with Jiuniu and achieved a unique feat in helping 3 different clubs achieve promotion to the Chinese top tier in 3 consecutive seasons. The club moved to Shenzhen and renamed as Shenzhen Peng City before the 2024 Chinese Super League season started. On 9 April 2024, he finally made his Chinese Super League debut and scored a direct free kick in a 2-1 shock away win at Beijing Guoan. [7]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 14 April 2024.[8]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jingtie Locomotive | 2015 | China League Two | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | ||
| Suzhou Dongwu | 2017 | China League Two | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 1 | ||||
| 2020 | China League One | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 2 | |||
| Total | 83 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 3 | ||
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2021 | China League One | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 0[a] | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Kunshan (loan) | 2022 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 1 | |||
| Sichuan Jiuniu/ Shenzhen Peng City |
2023 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2024 | Chinese Super League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | |||
| Total | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 181 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 8 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "没有奇迹！四川FC主动放弃中甲资格 成立6年后宣告解散" (in Chinese). sports.qq.com. 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ "官宣丨唐鑫、李智、勾俊晨加盟成都蓉城足球俱乐部" (in Chinese). m.dongqiudi.net. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ "China » League One 2021 » 1. Round » Jiangxi Beidamen - Chengdu Rongcheng 2:4" (in Chinese). worldfootball.net. 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ "2021赛季中超升降级：成都蓉城队、浙江队成功冲超". 163.com (in Chinese). 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ^ a b "2022中甲联赛圆满落幕 昆山强势打破两项记录". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "官方：儒尼奥尔、于睿、朱宝杰等11名球员加盟四川九牛" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ "爆冷！国安1-2新鹏城，加西亚、张稀哲点射，何宇鹏送点" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 2024-04-09. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
- ^ Li Zhi at Soccerway
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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External links[edit]
- Li Zhi at WorldFootball.net