Li Yi (footballer)

Li Yi
李毅
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-06-20) June 20, 1979
Place of birth Bengbu, Anhui, China
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
1991–1996 Tianjin Locomotive
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Tianjin Locomotive 38 (8)
1999 Beijing Guoan (Loan) 18 (4)
2000–2006 Shenzhen Kingway 153 (52)
2007–2010 Shaanxi Chanba 57 (4)
Total 266 (68)
International career
1998 China U20
1998–1999 China U23
2001–2006 China 30 (2)
Managerial career
2011–2013 Shenzhen Ruby (assistant)
2014–2015 Shenzhen Ruby
2019-2020 Hebei China Fortune (assistant)
2020-2021 Sichuan Jiuniu
Medal record
Representing  China
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
2004 China Team
East Asian Football Championship
2003 Japan Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of December 1, 2010
‡ National team caps and goals as of February 7, 2010

Li Yi (Chinese: 李毅; born June 20, 1979) is a Chinese football coach and former player.

As a player, he was a striker who represented Tianjin Locomotive, Beijing Guoan, Shaanxi Chanba and Shenzhen Kingway whom he won the 2004 Chinese Super League with. He would also represent the Chinese national team in the 2003 East Asian Football Championship and 2004 AFC Asian Cup. Since retiring he moved into football coaching and was assigned his first head coaching position with Shenzhen Ruby before leaving the club on 12 April 2015.