Li Hailong (; born 2 August 1996) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a defender for

Shandong Taishan Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is ...

in the

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...

Club career

Li Hailong was sent to Portugal for further training by

side

Shandong Luneng Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is ...

(now renamed

) in 2014. He joined Campeonato de Portugal side

Sacavenense Sport Grupo Sacavenense is a Portuguese football club founded 1911 and located in Sacavém Sacavém (; ar, شقبان) is a former civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Lisbon District, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new p ...

in the summer of 2014 and played in both senior team and U-19 team. On 12 February 2015, he made his senior debut in a 3–1 home win against

Pinhalnovense Clube Desportivo Pinhalnovense is a Portuguese football club based in the town of Pinhal Novo, Palmela, Setúbal District. Founded in 1948, it currently plays in AF Setúbal 2ª Divisão, holding home games at ''Campo de Jogos Santos Jorge'', wi ...

. Li moved to another Campeonato de Portugal club

Torreense Sport Clube União Torreense is a Portuguese sports club, best known for its association football section, founded in Torres Vedras in 1917, as Sport União Torreense. History It participated six times in the Portuguese Liga (last in 1991–92 ...

in January 2016. He made his debut for Torreense on 21 February 2016 in a 0–0 draw against Eléctrico, coming on as a substitute for Yang Ailong in the 65th minute. Li returned to Shandong Luneng and was promoted to the first team squad by

Felix Magath Wolfgang Felix Magath (; born 26 July 1953) is a German football manager and former player. The most notable spell of his playing career was with Hamburger SV, with whom he won three Bundesliga titles, the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final a ...

in July 2016. On 24 July 2016, he made his debut for Shandong in a 1–0 home defeat against

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" i ...

, coming on for

Qi Tianyu Qi Tianyu (; born 22 January 1993) is a Chinese people, Chinese footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Shandong Taishan F.C., Shandong Taishan in the Chinese Super League. Club career After playing in the youth squad of Shandong Lune ...

in the 62nd minute. He would be used as a consistent squad player within the team and would gain his first league title with the club when he was part of the team that won the

2021 Chinese Super League The 2021 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2021 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An I ...

title. This would be followed up by him winning the

2022 Chinese FA Cup The 2022 Chinese Football Association Cup, officially known as the Yanjing Beer 2022 Chinese FA Cup ( Chinese: 燕京啤酒2022中国足球协会杯) for sponsorship reasons, will be the 24th edition of the Chinese FA Cup. The defending champions ...

with them the next season.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 January 2023.''

Honours

Club

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. Its current holders are Shandong Taishan, having beaten Shanghai Port in 2021 for a record seventh ti ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeyp ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Hailong 1996 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Shandong People from Linyi S.C.U. Torreense players Shandong Taishan F.C. players Segunda Divisão players Chinese Super League players Men's association football defenders Chinese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China