Li Kai (; Born July 25, 1989) is a Chinese professional

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Club career

Li Kai began his professional football career after graduating from the

Dalian Shide Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then lat ...

youth team in 2008 and would make his senior debut for the club on June 25, 2008 in a league game over

Liaoning Whowin Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

where Dalian won 2-1. In his debut season Li Kai would go on to score his first goal for the club on September 12, 2008 in a 3-1 defeat to

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, that competes in . Shanghai Shenhua plays its home matches at the Shanghai Stadium, located within Xuhui District. The owner of Shanghai Shenhua is ...

. However, the team suffered a disappointing season which saw Dalian flirt with relegation. By the beginning of the 2010 league season Dalian allowed Li Kai to go on loan to top tier side

Shaanxi Baorong Chanba Beijing Chengfeng Football Club ( zh, s=北京橙丰, t=北京橙丰, p=Běijīng Chéngfēng) was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). T ...

and he would make his debut for the club on March 28, 2010 in a 1-1 draw against his parent club Dalian Shide. By July 28, 2010 he would then score his first goal for the club in a league game against

Chongqing Lifan Chongqing Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the Central People's Government, along with Beijing, Shanghai ...

, which ended in a 2-2 draw. His loan period made his move permanent the following season before his new club decided to move to

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and renamed themselves

Guizhou Renhe Beijing Chengfeng Football Club ( zh, s=北京橙丰, t=北京橙丰, p=Běijīng Chéngfēng) was a professional Chinese Association football, football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Footbal ...

in 2012. On 2 January 2016, Kai transferred to

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side

Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Cangzhou Mighty Lions Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club based in Cangzhou, Hebei. Cangzhou Mighty Lions played its home matches at the Cangzhou Stadium, located within Yunhe District. Their majority shareholder is the Yong ...

. He made his debut for Shijiazhuang on 1 May 2016 in a 2–0 defeat against

Tianjin Teda Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club (), previously Tianjin TEDA (), is a Chinese professional football club based in Tianjin, that competes in . Tianjin Jinmen Tiger plays its home matches at the TEDA Soccer Stadium, located within Binhai. The f ...

, coming on for Mi Haolun in the 81st minute. In March 2017, Kai transferred to League Two side Jiangxi Liansheng. On 7 March 2018, Kai transferred to

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their curren ...

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.''LI KAI
at Soccerway.com Retrieved 2021-04-29

Honours

Club

Qingdao Hainiu *

China League Two The Chinese Football League 2 (), or China League Two, is the third-tier association football league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association and operated by the Chinese Professional ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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Player stats
at Sohu.com 1989 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Qingdao Dalian Shide F.C. players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Qingdao F.C. players Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players Jiangxi Lushan F.C. players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Men's association football utility players Asian Games footballers for China Qingdao West Coast F.C. players Qingdao Red Lions F.C. players {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub