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Li Chunyu (; born October 9, 1986) is a Chinese former professional
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who played as a
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.


Club career

Li Chunyu began his professional football career with
Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...
club
Shenyang Ginde Guangzhou City Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club which last competed in the Chinese Super League. The team was based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The club's name between 2011 and 2020 was Guangzhou R&F, which was short for ' ...
where he would make his league debut against Liaoning Zhongyu on October 31, 2004, in a 3–1 defeat. He would gradually establish himself as regular within the center of their midfield and when the club decided to move to
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and rename themselves
Changsha Ginde Guangzhou City Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club which last competed in the Chinese Super League. The team was based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The club's name between 2011 and 2020 was Guangzhou R&F, which was short for ' ...
he would join them. By the 2007 league season he would become an integral member of their team and go on to score his first league goal on March 19, against
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in a 1–1 draw. In January 2010 he moved abroad to Europe to play for
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n top tier club
FK Rad FK Rad () is a football club based in Banjica, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Belgrade Zone League, the fourth tier of the national league system. Founded in 1958, the club spent a total of 30 seasons in the top flight between 1987 and 2 ...
where he would go on to make his league debut on March 14, 2010, against
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in a 3–2 defeat. During his time at the club he would receive very little playing time and was released at the end of the season. As a free agent he would transfer to
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side
Gangwon FC Gangwon FC () is a South Korean football club based in Gangwon Province. They joined the K League as its 15th club for the 2009 season. The club is sponsored by High1 Resort. History Gangwon Province's governor Kim Jin-sun announced a sch ...
in July 2010 and would go on to make his league debut against
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on August 7, 2010, in a 2–2 draw. Despite only joining the club halfway through their league campaign he would go on to make seven league appearances by the end of the season. Li would return to China and signed with Shaanxi Zhongjian Chanba playing in the
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, with a club renamed a year later to Guizhou Renhe. His return to China would see him quickly establish himself as a regular with his club and go on to win his first piece of silverware with the
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. On 4 January 2015, Li transferred to fellow
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side Shijiazhuang Yongchang. The following season he was unfortunately part of the team that was relegated at the end of the
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season. He would remain with Shijiazhuang within the second tier until they won promotion back into the Chinese top tier when they came runners-up at the end of the 2019 league campaign.


International career

As a youngster he was part of
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and was considered good enough to take part in the
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where he played in all of China's games during the tournament. His time within the Chinese set-up didn't really go much further until he gained regular playing time with Gangwon FC and it was only once he achieved this he was given his senior debut in a friendly against
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on November 17, 2010, in a 1–0 victory for China.


Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020''.


Honours

Guizhou Renhe *
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References


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His arrival at FK Rad official site
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