Liao Junjian (; born 27 January 1994) is a

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footballer who currently plays for

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side Meizhou Hakka.

Club career

Liao Junjian started his football career when he was promoted to Dongguan Nancheng's first team in the 2011 season. He transferred to

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side

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in July 2012. On 27 February 2015, Liao moved to League One club Hebei China Fortune after Guangdong Sunray Cave dissolved. On 15 April 2015, he made his debut for Hebei in a

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match against his hometown club Guangxi Longguida. Liao made his league debut for Hebei on 2 May 2015 in a 2–0 home victory against

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, coming on as a substitute for Xu Xiaolong in the 84th minute. He played 21 league matches for the club in the 2015 season, as Hebei China Fortune won promotion to the

after they finished the second place of the league. On 4 March 2016, Liao made his Super League debut in a 2–1 away win over

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. He assisted

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's winning goal in the match. He was the regular starter of the club, appearing 28 league matches of 30 in the 2016 season. Liao injured during the preseason training of 2017 season. He lost his position to Chinese international Zhao Mingjian and Zhang Chengdong after he returned to field in May 2017. In July 2017, Liao was loaned to fellow first-tier club

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until 31 December 2017. He didn't appear for Chongqing throughout the entirety of his loan spell. On 26 February 2018, Liao was loaned to

club

Wuhan Zall Wuhan Yangtze River Football Club, formerly Wuhan Zall Football Club (), was a Chinese professional football club that participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Wuhan ...

for the 2018 season. He made his debut for the club on 11 March 2018, playing the whole 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win over

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. On 5 May 2018, he scored his first goal for Wuhan by shooting the equalizer in the injury time in a 2–2 away draw against

Zhejiang Greentown Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang and currently known as Zhejiang F.C. Greentown () for sponsorship reasons, is a Chinese professional football club based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, that co ...

. Liao played 29 league matches out of 30 in the 2018 season as Wuhan Zall won the title of the league and promoted to the first-tier. Liao made a permanent transfer to Wuhan Zall on 25 February 2019. On 22 March 2022, Liao transferred to

club Meizhou Hakka. He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 4 June 2022 against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger in a 1-1 draw. This would be followed by his first goal for the club, which was in a league game on 12 November 2022 against

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in a 1-0 victory.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

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