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{{Short description|Chinese footballer (born 1977)}}
{{for|the Chinese director|Lee Tit}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Li (surname 李)|Li]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Li Tie<br />李铁
| image = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|5|18}}
| birth_place = [[Shenyang]], [[Liaoning]], China
| height = 1.83 m
| youthyears1 = 1992–1998
| youthclubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]]
| youthyears2 = 1993–1998
| youthclubs2 = → [[Shenzhen Jianlibao]] (loan)
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Defensive midfielder]]
| years1 = 1998–2003
| clubs1 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]]
| caps1 = 82
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2002–2003
| clubs2 = → [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] (loan)
| caps2 = 29
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2003–2006
| clubs3 = [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
| caps3 = 5
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006–2008
| clubs4 = [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2008
| clubs5 = [[Chengdu Blades]]
| caps5 = 24
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2009–2011
| clubs6 = [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]]
| caps6 = 46
| goals6 = 1
| totalcaps = 186
| totalgoals = 4
| nationalyears1 = 1995–2007
| nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]]
| nationalcaps1 = 92
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| manageryears1 = 2012–2015
| managerclubs1 = [[Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.|Guangzhou Evergrande]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears2 = 2014
| managerclubs2 = [[China national football team|China]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears3 = 2015
| managerclubs3 = [[Hebei China Fortune]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears4 = 2015–2016
| managerclubs4 = [[Hebei China Fortune]]
| manageryears5 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs5 = [[China national football team|China]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears6 = 2017–2019
| managerclubs6 = [[Wuhan Zall F.C.|Wuhan Zall]]
| manageryears7 = 2019–2021
| managerclubs7 = [[China national football team|China]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}}
                   {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }}
                   {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
                   {{MedalBronze|[[1998 Asian Games|1998 Bangkok]]|[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|Football]]}}
}}

'''Li Tie''' ({{lang-zh|s=李铁|t=李鐵|p=Lǐ Tiě}}; born 18 May 1977) is a Chinese former professional [[association football|football]] coach and player.

A [[defensive midfielder]], he represented [[Liaoning FC|Liaoning]] in the [[Chinese Jia-A League]], [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in the [[Premier League]], [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] in the [[Football League Championship]] and [[Chengdu Blades]] in the [[Chinese Super League]]. At international level, he made 92 appearances scoring six goals for the [[China national football team|China national team]]. He was chosen for the [[AFC Asian Cup]] in [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]] and [[2007 AFC Asian Cup|2007]], and for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]].

After retirement from playing, he started his coaching career as an assistant coach at [[Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.|Guangzhou Evergrande]]. He moved to the [[China national football team|China national team]] and then [[Hebei China Fortune]] where he gained his first coaching position. In 2024, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery.<ref name="reuters">{{Cite news |last=Mulvenney |first=Nick |date=2024-12-13 |title=Former China coach Li Tie sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/china-sentences-former-national-soccer-coach-20-years-prison-bribery-state-media-2024-12-13/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |work=Reuters}}</ref>

==Club career==
===Liaoning FC===
Li Tie began his football career at the age of fifteen, joining [[Liaoning FC|Liaoning]]'s youth academy system in 1992. The following year, he was sent to Brazil for a five-year training programme sponsored by [[Jianlibao]] and became the captain of the newly organized youth football team. Li started his professional career by playing for [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] and rose to prominence during the [[Chinese Jia-A League 1999|1999 league season]] when Liaoning finished as runners-up within the league.

===Everton===
One of the highest regarded Chinese players of his generation, Li secured a loan transfer in a deal brokered between sponsor [[Kejian]] and [[Premier League]] side [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in August 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Everton Squad, Everton Players |url=http://www.evertonfc.com/player-profile/li-tie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311141625/http://www.evertonfc.com/player-profile/li-tie |archive-date=2009-03-11 |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=www.evertonfc.com |language=en}}</ref> Despite initial skepticism at [[Merseyside]], his first season as an Everton player was a surprising success. Then manager [[David Moyes]] played him in twenty-nine league games and started him in most of his appearances where his displays, as a defensive midfielder helped the club achieve a seventh-place finish during the 2002–03 season.

Following Li's successful loan spell, Everton battled with his former club [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]] to sign him on a permanent basis after the 2002–03 season and the deal was finally negotiated on 12 August 2003 when Li signed a three-year contract. Everton paid £1,200,000 for his transfer with two-thirds of the deal paid by sponsorships. The club's ownership let him move to the Premier League despite higher offers from Chinese clubs.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/2955762.stm | work=BBC News | title=Everton secure Li Tie deal | date=12 August 2003}}</ref> At the beginning of the 2003–04 season, Li's start was marred by a sending off against [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] on 16 August 2003 after only been substituted on for [[David Unsworth]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3140777.stm | work=BBC News | title=Campbell off in Arsenal win | date=16 August 2003}}</ref> A series of injuries followed which meant that Li only played five league matches that season. The last injury, a broken leg picked up during international duty in February 2004, ruled him out for another twelve months. In January 2005, when Li made his return to the pitch by playing for Everton's reserve side against [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], he lasted just forty-one minutes and required his leg to be reassessed.

In the summer of 2005, eighteen months since his last game for the Everton first team, Li played the full match against FC Gamlitz in a pre-season friendly. He made a number of other preseason appearances and looked as if he was finally coming back to full fitness. However, he never managed to break back into the first team despite playing regularly for the reserves and even earning another international call-up for the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]]. In March 2006, Li underwent another operation to remove pieces of bone that had grown on his ankle during his time on the sidelines.

===Sheffield United===
In May 2006, Li was released by [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] announced his signing on a free transfer in July 2006, agreeing to a two-year contract.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-07-06 |title=Sheffield Utd close in on Li Tie |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/5154304.stm |access-date=2025-06-24 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Following his move, Li spent some time training with [[China League One]] side [[Chengdu Blades]], which was owned by Sheffield United, while waiting for his visa clearance. On 19 September 2006, Li made his first competitive club start since January 2004 by appearing for Sheffield United in a League Cup match against [[Bury F.C.|Bury]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sheff Utd 1-0 Bury |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/5351644.stm|access-date=11 October 2015|publisher=BBC|date=19 September 2006}}</ref> However, Li did not make another appearance for Sheffield United afterwards due to his lingering injury.

On 12 October 2007, Li was told he could leave Sheffield United on a free transfer, with then manager [[Bryan Robson]] saying: "He's not in my plans and he is free to go wherever he wants on a free transfer." Only two days later though, Sheffield United changed their mind on the decision and stated that he would stay at the club until the end of the season before having his future evaluated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blades keep Tie on |url=https://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11683_2800879,00.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=www.skysports.com}}</ref>

===Back to China===
Despite reassurances to the contrary, Li did indeed move in 2008, transferring to [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]'s affiliated club [[Chengdu Blades]] to reinforce the team after their promotion to the [[Chinese Super League]] and made his debut in the opening game of the 2008 season against his former club [[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning Whowin]].<ref name="chengdu debut">{{cite news| title = Li Tie to Re-appear on Domestic Pitch| url = http://english.cri.cn/2886/2008/01/28/53@318368.htm| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130116081058/http://english.cri.cn/2886/2008/01/28/53@318368.htm| url-status = dead| archive-date = 16 January 2013| publisher = crienglish.com| date = 28 January 2008| access-date = 22 April 2012}}</ref> He scored first league goal in his football career in a 3–1 win against [[Shenzhen Ruby F.C.|Shenzhen Shangqingyin]] in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 October 2008 |title= |script-title=zh:成都3–1深圳止连败 汪嵩传射建功李铁中超首球 |trans-title=Chengdu 3-1 Shenzhen, ending their losing streak; Wang Song scores with a pass and shot, Li Tie's first Chinese Super League goal. |url=http://sports.163.com/08/1025/17/4P49SB4K00051C89.html |access-date=7 February 2009 |publisher=sports.163.com |language=zh |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174941/http://sports.163.com/08/1025/17/4P49SB4K00051C89.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After spending one season with Chengdu, Li decided to return to his hometown club [[Liaoning Whowin F.C.|Liaoning Whowin]] to help them in their promotion push back to the top tier. It proved to be an immediate success when he guided them to the securing the second-tier league title and being promoted back to the top flight after only one season. He suffered an injury in October 2010 which ruled him out for the whole 2011 season. After not fully recovering from his leg injury, Li announced that he had decided to retire from football at the end of the 2011 season.

==International career==
Li was one of four players called up from the [[Shenzhen Ruby|Shenzhen Youth]] for the final round of [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers]] by [[Qi Wusheng]], along with [[Li Jinyu]], [[Sui Dongliang]], and [[Zhang Xiaorui]].{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} He was chosen for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], the nation's debut in the tournament.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2002-05-27 |title=China |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/may/27/worldcupfootball2002.sport2 |access-date=2025-06-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Recovering from an injury, Li returned to competitive football in June 2006 with substitute appearances for the China national team against [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] and [[France national football team|France]]. He was once again called up to play for the national team in a friendly against [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] on 10 August 2006 and in a [[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification|2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier]] against [[Singapore national football team|Singapore]] on 16 August 2006. Li remained as a part of the national side and was called up by [[Zhu Guanghu]] to play the [[2007 AFC Asian Cup]], but failed to make an appearance during the tournament.

==Managerial career==
On 25 May 2012, Li accepted an invitation from [[Guangzhou Evergrande]] manager [[Marcello Lippi]] to become one of his assistant coaches. He also became the assistant coach of the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]] under [[Alain Perrin]] in May 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=李铁正式出任国足新助教 目标锁定明年亚洲杯 |trans-title=Li Tie officially appointed as new assistant coach for the national team, targeting next year's Asian Cup. |url=http://sports.qq.com/a/20140527/043227.htm |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=sports.qq.com |language=zh}}</ref> He resigned from his position as assistant coach on 26 June 2015 after about three seasons with Guangzhou.<ref>{{Cite web |title=李铁向恒大提出辞职 三年助教感谢三主帅信任 |trans-title=Li Tie resigns from Evergrande, thanks three head coaches for their trust over three years as assistant. |url=http://sports.qq.com/a/20150626/012058.htm |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=sports.qq.com |language=en}}</ref> Li became the deputy general manager, sports director and assistant coach at [[China League One]] side [[Hebei China Fortune F.C.|Hebei China Fortune]] on 14 July 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=河北华夏宣布李铁加盟 身兼3职任中方教练组组长 |trans-title=Hebei China Fortune announced Li Tie's joining, serving three roles as the head of the Chinese coaching staff. |url=http://sports.163.com/15/0714/17/AUGHPI2800051C89.html |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=sports.163.com |language=en}}</ref> On 18 August 2015, he was assigned as the manager of the club after [[Radomir Antić]]'s departure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=河北华夏宣布安蒂奇下课 李铁成新任主帅 |trans-title=Hebei China Fortune announced Antić's dismissal; Li Tie becomes the new head coach. |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2015-08-18/doc-ifxfxzzn7560743.shtml |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=sports.sina.com.cn}}</ref> Li led the club to win promotion to [[Chinese Super League]] in the 2015 season by winning eight matches in the rest of nine and finishing the runners-up in the league.<ref>{{Cite web |title=李铁：带队9场8胜1平满意 明年中超是更大挑战 |trans-title=Li Tie: Leading the team with 8 wins and 1 draw in 9 matches is satisfying; next year's CSL will be a greater challenge. |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2015-11-01/doc-ifxkhcfq1033669.shtmll |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=sports.sina.com.cn |language=en}}</ref> On 27 August 2016, Li was replaced by [[Manuel Pellegrini]] after winning just one match in the last nine matches.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sport |first=Observer |date=2016-08-27 |title=Manuel Pellegrini hired by Chinese Super League’s Hebei China Fortune |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/27/manuel-pellegrini-chinese-super-league-hebei-china-fortune-manchester-city |access-date=2025-06-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=华夏幸福官方宣布李铁下课 佩莱格里尼任主教练-搜狐体育 |trans-title=Hebei China Fortune officially announced Li Tie's dismissal; Pellegrini appointed head coach - Sohu Sports |url=https://sports.sohu.com/20160827/n466287111.shtml |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=sports.sohu.com}}</ref>

On 16 November 2017, Li was appointed as the head coach of China League One club [[Wuhan Zall F.C.|Wuhan Zall]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=新浪体育 |date=2017-11-16 |title=武汉卓尔官宣李铁成为新帅 新赛季全力冲击中超 |trans-title=Wuhan Zall officially announced Li Tie as their new coach; they will go all out for promotion to the Chinese Super League next season. |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2017-11-16/doc-ifynvxeh5252523.shtml |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=sports.sina.com.cn}}</ref> In the 2018 season, he led the club to the Chinese Super after a five-year absence, being confirmed as champions and achieving promotion with three matches remaining in the season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=不死草 |date=2018-10-06 |title=中甲-冲超！汉军归来！卓尔时隔五年重返中超舞台 |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2018-10-06/doc-ihkvrhps7729586.shtml |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=sports.sina.com.cn}}</ref>

He acted as caretaker coach of Chinese national team following the resignation of [[Marcello Lippi]] in 2019. On 2 January 2020, Li was appointed as the new manager of [[Chinese national football team|China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecfa.cn/zhongguozhidui/20200102/28448.html |script-title=zh:中国足协任命李铁为国家男子足球队主教练|date=2 January 2020}}</ref> On 3 December 2021, Li was replaced by fellow 2002 World Cup teammate [[Li Xiaopeng (footballer)|Li Xiaopeng]].<ref>{{cite web |date=3 December 2021 |title= |script-title=zh:官方：足协同意李铁辞职，李霄鹏出任国足新帅 |trans-title=Official: Football Association accepts Li Tie's resignation, Li Xiaopeng appointed as new head coach of the national team. |url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/2450229.html |access-date=3 December 2021 |work=Dongqiudi |language=zh}}</ref>

==Corruption conviction==
On 26 November 2022, Li was placed under investigation for "serious violations of laws" by the [[Central Commission for Discipline Inspection]] (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the [[National Supervisory Commission]], the highest anti-corruption agency of China.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Guo, Rui |title=China's former football head coach Li Tie under investigation for 'serious violations of the law' |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3201103/chinas-former-football-head-coach-li-tie-under-investigation-serious-violations-law |access-date=1 February 2023 |work=South China Morning Post |date=26 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Former head coach of China's national soccer team under investigation |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/former-head-coach-chinas-national-soccer-team-under-investigation-2022-11-26/ |access-date=1 February 2023 |work=Reuters |date=26 November 2022}}</ref> He was put on trial for "accepting and offering bribes" while manager of the Chinese national team and for being involved in match-fixing while manager of [[Hebei F.C.|Hebei China Fortune]] and [[Wuhan Yangtze River F.C.|Wuhan Zall]].<ref name=":0" /> He confessed,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=D'Urso |first=Joey |date=2024-02-20 |title=Li Tie: Confessions of corruption, at risk of time in jail – so what has happened? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5270134/2024/02/20/li-tie-china-corruption/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128180843/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5270134/2024/02/20/li-tie-china-corruption/ |archive-date=2024-11-28 |access-date=2024-12-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and on 13 December 2024 was sentenced to 20 years in prison.<ref name="reuters" /><!-- Removed source claims that he had been sentenced to life in prison, not verifiable in other sources -->

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes [[Chinese FA Cup]], [[FA Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [[Chinese Super League Cup|CSL Cup]], [[Football League Cup]]}}
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Liaoning F.C.|Liaoning]]
|[[Chinese Jia-A League 1999|1999]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Chinese Jia-A League]]
|24||0||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||0
|-
|[[Chinese Jia-A League 2000|2000]]
|25||0||||||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||25||0
|-
|[[Chinese Jia-A League 2001|2001]]
|26||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||26||0
|-
|[[Chinese Jia-A League 2002|2002]]
|7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||7||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!82!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!82!!0
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Everton F.C.|Everton]]
|[[2002–03 Everton F.C. season|2002-03]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Premier League]]
|29||0||1||0||3||0||0||0||33||0
|-
|[[2003–04 Everton F.C. season|2003-04]]
|5||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||7||0
|-
|[[2004–05 Everton F.C. season|2004-05]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Everton F.C. season|2005-06]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!34!!0!!1!!0!!5!!0!!0!!0!!40!!0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]
|[[2006–07 Sheffield United F.C. season|2006-07]]
|Premier League
|0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[2007–08 Sheffield United F.C. season|2007-08]]
|[[Football League Championship|English Championship]]
|0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!0!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0
|-
|[[Chengdu Blades]]
|[[Chinese Super League 2008|2008]]
|[[Chinese Super League]]
|24||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||1
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Liaoning Whowin]]
|[[2009 China League One|2009]]
|[[China League One]]
|22||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||22||1
|-
|[[Chinese Super League 2010|2010]]
|rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League
|24||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||0
|-
|[[2011 Chinese Super League|2011]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!46!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!46!!1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!186!!4!!1!!0!!6!!0!!0!!0!!193!!4
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Li goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Li Tie
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 29 January 1997 || [[Kunming Tuodong Sports Center]], [[Kunming]], China || {{fb|USA}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan=2|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 20 April 1997 || [[Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]], China || {{fb|MYA|1974}} || style="text-align:center"|?–0 || style="text-align:center"|5–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 14 January 2000 || [[Tianhe Stadium]], [[Guangzhou]], China || {{fb|NZL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || [[2000 Four Nations Tournament (Guangzhou)|2000 Four Nations Tournament]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 23 January 2000 || rowspan=2|[[Thong Nhat Stadium]], [[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam || {{fb|PHI}} || style="text-align:center"|8–0 || style="text-align:center"|8–0 || rowspan=2|[[2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 26 January 2000 || {{fb|GUM}} || style="text-align:center"|14–0 || style="text-align:center"|19–0
|-
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 14 February 2001 || [[National Stadium (Thailand)|National Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand || {{fb|THA}} || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || [[2001 King's Cup]]
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{{Updated|11 November 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/26/51047/E611A7FF3187A4C6.shtml |title=李铁 |access-date=28 November 2018 |archive-date=28 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128122734/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/26/51047/E611A7FF3187A4C6.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}!!{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}!!{{Tooltip|D|Draws}}!!{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}!!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
|[[Hebei China Fortune]]
|18 August 2015
|27 August 2016
{{WDL|36|20|6|10}}
|-
|[[Wuhan Zall]]
|16 November 2017
|1 January 2020
{{WDL|62|31|17|14}}
|-
|[[China national football team|China]]
|31 October 2019
|3 December 2021
{{WDL|12|6|1|5}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|110|57|24|29}}
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Liaoning Whowin'''
*[[China League One]]: [[2009 China League One|2009]]<ref>{{cite web |date=28 March 2009 |title=中甲最终积分榜：辽宁冠军南昌冲超成功 四川降级 |trans-title=Chinese League One Final Standings: Liaoning Champions, Nanchang Successfully Promoted, Sichuan Relegated |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/b/2009-03-28/17414294050.shtml |access-date=6 August 2019 |work=sports.sina.com.cn}}</ref>
*[[Chinese FA Super Cup]]: 1999

'''Individual'''
*[[Chinese Jia-A League]] Team of the Year: [[Chinese Jia-A League 1999|1999]], [[Chinese Jia-A League 2001|2001]]

===Manager===
'''Wuhan Zall'''
*[[China League One]]: [[2018 China League One|2018]]

'''Individual'''
*China League One Coach of the Year: [[2018 China League One|2018]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=铜旗 |date=2018-11-16 |title=中甲联赛颁奖典礼在京举行 共颁出各类共17大奖项 |url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2018-11-16/doc-ihnvukff5529620.shtml |access-date=2025-06-24 |website=sports.sina.com.cn}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerbase}}
*{{Soccerway|li-tie/28486}}
*[http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MP0905 Sohu.com profile]

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