Liao Lisheng (; ; born 29 April 1993) is a

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professional footballer who currently plays as a

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for

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club Shenzhen Peng City, on loan from

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Club career

Early life

Liao Lisheng was born in Longgang, Shenzhen to a Teochew family that originated from

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at qq.com 2014-04-09 Retrieved 2015-04-03 He started his football career when he received organized football training at age nine at the Guangxi Hercules Football School.
at qq.com 2014-12-24 Retrieved 2015-04-03 He later trained with Zhaoqing Sunray Cave Football School, Gu Guangming Football School, and Shenzhen Kingway's youth academy between 2005 and 2008 and eventually joined Dongguan Nancheng's youth academy in 2008.

Dongguan Nancheng

Liao was promoted to Dongguan Nancheng's first team in the 2011 season. Liao scored three goals in 19 appearances in the group stage as Dongguan finished the fourth place in the south group and entered the playoff stage. Liao played in all five matches in the playoffs; however, Dongguan lost to Chongqing FC 3-0 on aggregate in the semifinals which meant they failed to be promoted to

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directly, and then lost to Fujian Smart Hero 2-0 in the third place playoff and failed to enter the relegation playoffs. Liao was then promoted to captain during the 2012 season. Although Dongguan was deemed as one of the hottest clubs for promotion in this season, they were knocked out by just finished the sixth place in the group stage. Liao played 23 league matches and scored four goals in the 2012 season. Liao scored the winning goal on 2 June 2012 in a 1-0 win against

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in the second round of the 2012 Chinese FA Cup, meaning Dongguan became the first third-tier club to reach the third round of FA Cup. They finally ended their FA Cup journey in the third round on 27 June 2012 in a 4-0 loss against

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Guangzhou Evergrande

After Dongguan Nancheng failed to be promoted to the second tier, Liao transferred to

giant

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along with his teammates Fang Jingqi, Yang Chaosheng, Li Weixin, Hu Weiwei, Zhang Xingbo and Wang Rui in November 2012. He made his debut for the club on 30 October 2013 in a 1-1 draw against

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. On 26 February 2014, he was substituted on for

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at half time when Guangzhou was losing 2-0 against

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in the first match of

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. He provided a crucial assist to Elkeson who scored and put Guangzhou 3-2 ahead, eventually winning the match 4-2. On 18 March 2014, he scored his first goal for the club in the third group match of 2014 AFC Champions League which ensured a 3-1 win against

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. He played 28 matches for the club across all competitions in the 2014 season and was named as a candidate for

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Young Player of the Year award; however, he lost out to Liu Binbin who instead picked up the honour. On 18 March 2015, Liao suffered a fifth metatarsal bone fracture in a

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match against

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and received surgery in Italy later that month. He recovered from injury by August 2015 but didn't play for Guangzhou for the rest of the 2015 season. He made his return on 24 April 2016, 403 days after his injury, in a 4-0 away win against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 85th minute. He scored his first goal in the Super League on 30 October 2016 in a 4-0 home victory against

. In December 2016, Liao extended his contract with Guangzhou until the end of the 2021 season. On 22 February 2017, Liao scored twice in Guangzhou's season opener, a 7-0 home win against

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in the

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. On 2 May 2017, he scored the opening goal and assisted

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in a 2-1 win against Meixian Techand in the third round of the 2017 Chinese FA Cup. On 7 February 2019, Liao was loaned to fellow top tier club Tianjin Tianhai for the 2019 season.

Shandong Taishan

On 22 March 2022, Liao joined fellow top tier Chinese football club Shandong Taishan for the start of the

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campaign. He made his debut for the club on 3 June 2022 in a league game against Zhejiang FC that ended in a 1-0 victory. This would be followed by his first goal for the club, which was scored in a league game on 10 July 2022 against Dalian Pro in a 3-1 victory. He would establish himself as a regular member of the team's midfield that went on to the win the

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with them.

Chengdu Rongcheng

On 18 February 2025, Liao joined

club

Shenzhen Peng City

On 16 July 2025, Liao was loaned out to another

club from his hometown Shenzhen Peng City.

International career

Liao made his debut for the Chinese national team on 18 June 2014 in a 2-0 win against

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. He was called up to China's final squad for the

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but didn't appear in any matches during the tournament. Liao was named in the China national team's squad in November 2017 for the

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in place of injured Jiang Zhipeng. He left in advance without playing during the tournament for the birth of his child.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Guangzhou Evergrande *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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Shandong Taishan *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Liao, Lisheng Living people 1993 births People from Jiexi Footballers from Jieyang Sportspeople from Shenzhen Men's association football midfielders Chinese men's footballers Guangdong South China Tiger F.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players Tianjin Tianhai F.C. players Shandong Taishan F.C. players Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. players Shenzhen Peng City F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League Two players China men's international footballers China men's youth international footballers China men's under-20 international footballers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for China