Duan Liuyu (simplified Chinese: 段刘愚; traditional Chinese: 段劉愚; pinyin: Duàn Liúyú; born 24 July 1998) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Shandong Luneng.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Shandong Luneng | ||
| Number | 36 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Shandong Luneng | ||
| 2015–2017 | → São Paulo (youth loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Shandong Luneng | 54 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 2019– | China U-23 | 1 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2022 | |||
Duan Liuyu started to play football at the age of five and soon joined organised football classes setup by the Shenzhen Football Association before he was admitted to Cuiyuan Middle School (翠园中学) as a football special student in 2010.In 2013, Duan was selected to participate in the China U-16 national team to play in the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship. After the tournament it was discovered that Duan required glasses and was in the honours class within school, he would soon receive the nick name "Glasses striker" by the Chinese media.[1] Duan Liuyu would graduate from Cuiyuan High School (翠园中学高中部) in Luohu District, Shenzhen in 2015.[2]
On 19 January 2015, Duan Liuyu joined Shandong Luneng as a youth player for a record transfer fee of 1 million RMB, at the time the highest ever paid to a Chinese youth player.[3] Right after the contract signing, Duan Liuyu was sent to São Paulo FC youth training camp for a two year training program.[4] On July 15, 2018, Shandong Luneng announced that they had promoted Duan Liuyu to the first team's roaster.[5] On 1 March 2019 in the first league game for Shandong in the 2019 Chinese Super League season, Duan Liuyu would make his professional football debut against Beijing Renhe in a 1-0 victory.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shandong Luneng | 2018 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2020 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 25 | 4 | ||||
| 2021 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 54 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 9 | ||
Shandong Luneng
Shandong Taishan F.C. – current squad | |
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