Liu Zhenli

Liu Zhenli
刘震理
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-06-26) June 26, 1985
Place of birth Qingdao, Shandong, China
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Shandong Luneng
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2015 Qingdao Jonoon 196 (0)
2016– Shandong Luneng 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2015.


This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Zhenli (simplified Chinese: 刘震理; traditional Chinese: 劉震理; pinyin: Liú Zhènlǐ; born June 26, 1985 in Qingdao, Shandong) is a Chinese football goalkeeper, who plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League. Internationally he would play for the Chinese U-23 team and made the squad that took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Liu Zhenli started his professional football career at the beginning of the 2004 Chinese Super League season after graduating from the youth team. The following season he would play understudy to Li Shuai who was injured near the end of the season, which allowed Liu to make his league debut on October 22, 2005 against Tianjin Teda F.C. in a 2-0 defeat.[1] The following season he would fight for the goalkeeping position with Li Shuai before eventually cementing himself as the first choice goalkeeper at the club in the beginning of the 2007 Chinese Super League season.

On 7 January 2016, Liu transferred to Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng.[2]

Country

His impressive performances at the end of the 2007 season saw him called into the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament squad where he was second choice goalkeeper. At the tournament he played in the final group game against Brazil which China lost 3-0 as they were knocked out in the group stages.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "外援小将齐发威 天津泰达主场2-0痛击青岛队". sports.sohu.com. 2005-10-22. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  2. ↑ 官宣！刘震理正式加盟山东鲁能 at sports.sohu.com 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2016-01-08
  3. ↑ "Liu Zhenli Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
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