18 Facts About Liao Lisheng

Liao Lisheng is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Chengdu Rongcheng.

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

Liao Lisheng started his football career when he received organized football training at age nine at the Guangxi Hercules Football School.

Liao Lisheng 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.

Liao Lisheng 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 Lisheng was then promoted to captain during the 2012 season.

Liao Lisheng played 23 league matches and scored four goals in the 2012 season.

Liao Lisheng played 28 matches for the club across all competitions in the 2014 season and was named as a candidate for Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year award; however, he lost out to Liu Binbin who instead picked up the honour.

On 18 March 2015, Liao Lisheng suffered a fifth metatarsal bone fracture in a 2015 AFC Champions League match against Kashima Antlers and received surgery in Italy later that month.

Liao Lisheng recovered from injury by August 2015 but didn't play for Guangzhou for the rest of the 2015 season.

In December 2016, Liao Lisheng extended his contract with Guangzhou until the end of the 2021 season.

On 7 February 2019, Liao Lisheng was loaned to fellow top tier club Tianjin Tianhai for the 2019 season.

On 22 March 2022, Liao Lisheng joined fellow top tier Chinese football club Shandong Taishan for the start of the 2022 Chinese Super League campaign.

Liao Lisheng would establish himself as a regular member of the team's midfield that went on to the win the 2022 Chinese FA Cup with them.

On 18 February 2025, Liao Lisheng joined Chinese Super League club Chengdu Rongcheng.

Liao Lisheng was called up to China's final squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup but didn't appear in any matches during the tournament.

Liao Lisheng was named in the China national team's squad in November 2017 for the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship by Marcello Lippi in place of injured Jiang Zhipeng.

Liao Lisheng left in advance without playing during the tournament for the birth of his child.