Li Tie

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Li Tie (Template:Lang-zh; born 18 May 1977) is a Chinese former professional football coach and player.

A defensive midfielder, he represented Liaoning in the Chinese Jia-A League, Everton in the Premier League, 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 team. He was chosen for the AFC Asian Cup in 2000 and 2007, and for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

After retirement from playing, he started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Guangzhou Evergrande. He moved to the 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.[1]

Club career

Liaoning FC

Li Tie began his football career at the age of fifteen, joining 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 and rose to prominence during the 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 in August 2002.[2] 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 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.[3] At the beginning of the 2003–04 season, Li's start was marred by a sending off against Arsenal on 16 August 2003 after only been substituted on for David Unsworth.[4] 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, 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 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 and Sheffield United announced his signing on a free transfer in July 2006, agreeing to a two-year contract.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Back to China

Despite reassurances to the contrary, Li did indeed move in 2008, transferring to 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 Whowin.[8] He scored first league goal in his football career in a 3–1 win against Shenzhen Shangqingyin in October 2008.[9]

After spending one season with Chengdu, Li decided to return to his hometown club 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 Youth for the final round of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers by Qi Wusheng, along with Li Jinyu, Sui Dongliang, and Zhang Xiaorui.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He was chosen for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the nation's debut in the tournament.[10]

Recovering from an injury, Li returned to competitive football in June 2006 with substitute appearances for the China national team against Switzerland and France. He was once again called up to play for the national team in a friendly against Thailand on 10 August 2006 and in a 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against 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 Chinese national team under Alain Perrin in May 2014.[11] He resigned from his position as assistant coach on 26 June 2015 after about three seasons with Guangzhou.[12] Li became the deputy general manager, sports director and assistant coach at China League One side Hebei China Fortune on 14 July 2015.[13] On 18 August 2015, he was assigned as the manager of the club after Radomir Antić's departure.[14] 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.[15] On 27 August 2016, Li was replaced by Manuel Pellegrini after winning just one match in the last nine matches.[16][17]

On 16 November 2017, Li was appointed as the head coach of China League One club Wuhan Zall.[18] 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.[19]

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 China.[20] On 3 December 2021, Li was replaced by fellow 2002 World Cup teammate Li Xiaopeng.[21]

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.[22][23] 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 China Fortune and Wuhan Zall.[24] He confessed,[24] and on 13 December 2024 was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[1]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cupTemplate:Efn League cupTemplate:Efn Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liaoning 1999 Chinese Jia-A League 24 0 – – 24 0
2000 25 0 – – 25 0
2001 26 0 0 0 – – 26 0
2002 7 0 0 0 – – 7 0
Total 82 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0
Everton 2002-03 Premier League 29 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 33 0
2003-04 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
2004-05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005-06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 34 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 40 0
Sheffield United 2006-07 Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 1 0
2007-08 English Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Chengdu Blades 2008 Chinese Super League 24 1 – – – 24 1
Liaoning Whowin 2009 China League One 22 1 – – – 22 1
2010 Chinese Super League 24 0 – – – 24 0
2011 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 1
Career total 186 4 1 0 6 0 0 0 193 4

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International

Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Li goal.
List of international goals scored by Li Tie
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 January 1997 Kunming Tuodong Sports Center, Kunming, China {{safesubst: Template:Yesno alias = United States flag alias = Flag of the United States.svg flag alias-1776 = Flag of the United States (1776–1777).svg flag alias-1777 = Flag of the United States (1777–1795).svg flag alias-1777-Ross = Betsy Ross flag.svg flag alias-1795 = Flag of the United States (1795-1818).svg flag alias-1795FM = Flag of the United States (1795–1818).svg flag alias-1818 = Flag of the United States (1818-1819).svg flag alias-1819 = Flag of the United States (1819-1820).svg flag alias-1820 = Flag of the United States (1820-1822).svg flag alias-1822 = Flag of the United States (1822–1836).svg flag alias-1836 = Flag of the United States (1836-1837).svg flag alias-1837 = Flag of the United States (1837-1845).svg flag alias-1845 = Flag of the United States (1845-1846).svg flag alias-1846 = Flag of the United States (1846-1847).svg flag alias-1847 = Flag of the United States (1847-1848).svg flag alias-1848 = Flag of the United States (1848-1851).svg flag alias-1851 = Flag of the United States (1851-1858).svg flag alias-1858 = Flag of the United States (1858-1859).svg flag alias-1859 = Flag of the United States (1859-1861).svg flag alias-1861 = Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg flag alias-1863 = Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg flag alias-1865 = Flag of the United States (1865-1867).svg flag alias-1867 = Flag of the United States (1867-1877).svg flag alias-1877 = Flag of the United States (1877-1890).svg flag alias-1890 = Flag of the United States (1890-1891).svg flag alias-1891 = Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg flag alias-1896 = Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg flag alias-1908 = Flag of the United States (1908-1912).svg flag alias-1912 = Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg flag alias-1959 = Flag of the United States (1959–1960).svg flag alias-1960 = Flag of the United States (Web Colors).svg flag alias-pantone = Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg flag alias-yacht = United States yacht flag.svg flag alias-air force = Flag of the United States Air Force.svg flag alias-coast guard-1799 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1799).png flag alias-coast guard-1815 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1815).png flag alias-coast guard-1836 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1836).png flag alias-coast guard-1841 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1841).png flag alias-coast guard-1867 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1867).png flag alias-coast guard-1868 = Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1868).png flag alias-coast guard-1915 = Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915-1953).png flag alias-coast guard-1953 = Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg flag alias-coast guard = Flag of the United States Coast Guard.svg link alias-coast guard = United States Coast Guard flag alias-army = Flag of the United States Army.svg link alias-naval = United States Navy flag alias-navy-1864 = Flag of the United States Navy (1864-1959).svg flag alias-navy = Flag of the United States Navy (official).svg link alias-navy = United States Navy link alias-marines = United States Marine Corps flag alias-marines-1914 = Flag of the United States Marine Corps (1914-1939).png flag alias-marines = Flag of the United States Marine Corps.svg link alias-merchant marine = United States Merchant Marine flag alias-merchant marine = Flag of the United States Merchant Marine Higher Resolution.jpg flag alias-space force = Flag of the United States Space Force.svg link alias-military = United States Armed Forces link alias-football = United States men's national soccer team link alias-Australian rules football = United States men's national Australian rules football team flag alias-23px = Flag of the United States (23px).png empty = USA Selects size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan=2|Friendly

2 20 April 1997 Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China {{ Template:Yesno alias = Myanmar shortname alias = Myanmar flag alias = Flag of Myanmar.svg flag alias-1937 = British Burma 1937 flag.svg flag alias-1943 = Flag of Burma 1943.svg flag alias-1948 = Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg flag alias-1974 = Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg flag alias-military = Flag of the Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) of Myanmar.svg link alias-military = Tatmadaw flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Myanmar.svg link alias-air force = Myanmar Air Force flag alias-army = Army Flag of Myanmar.svg flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Myanmar.svg link alias-army = Myanmar Army link alias-naval = Myanmar Navy flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Myanmar.svg link alias-navy = Myanmar Navy flag alias-coast guard = Myanmar Coast Guard Ensign.svg link alias-coast guard = Myanmar Coast Guard flag alias-army 1948 = Former army flag of Myanmar.png link alias-army 1948 = Myanmar Army flag alias-navy 1948 = Naval Ensign of Burma (1948-1974).svg link alias-navy 1948 = Myanmar Navy flag alias-navy 1974 = Naval Ensign of Burma (1974–1994).svg link alias-navy 1974 = Myanmar Navy flag alias-air force 1948 = Air Force Ensign of Burma (1948-1974).svg link alias-air force 1948 = Myanmar Air Force flag alias-air force 1974 = Former Ensign of Myanmar Air Force.png link alias-air force 1974 = Myanmar Air Firce size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant = 1974

}} || style="text-align:center"|?–0 || style="text-align:center"|5–0

3 14 January 2000 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China {{ Template:Yesno alias = New Zealand flag alias = Flag of New Zealand.svg flag alias-1834 = Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand.svg flag alias-civil-1867 = Flag of New Zealand Government Ships 1867.svg flag alias-civil = Civil Ensign of New Zealand.svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of New Zealand.svg flag alias-naval-1941 = Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg link alias-naval = Royal New Zealand Navy flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of New Zealand.svg link alias-air force = Royal New Zealand Air Force flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of New Zealand.svg link alias-navy = Royal New Zealand Navy empty = Junior All Blacks link alias-football = New Zealand men's national football team size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || 2000 Four Nations Tournament

4 23 January 2000 Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam {{ Template:Yesno alias = Philippines flag alias = Flag of the Philippines.svg flag alias-1535 = Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg flag alias-1821 = Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg flag alias-1873 = Flag of the First Spanish Republic.svg flag alias-1875 = Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg flag alias-aguinaldo = Flag of the Philippines (1898–1901).svg flag alias-1898 = Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg flag alias-1908 = US flag 46 stars.svg flag alias-1912 = US flag 48 stars.svg flag alias-1919 = Flag of the Philippines (1919-1936).svg flag alias-1936 = Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg flag alias-1985 = Flag of the Philippines (light blue).svg flag alias-1986 = Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg flag alias-air force = Flag of the Philippine Air Force.svg link alias-air force = Philippine Air Force flag alias-army=Flag of the Philippine Army.svg flag alias-marines=Flag of the Philippine Marine Corps.svg link alias-marines=Philippine Marine Corps flag alias-military=Flag of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.svg link alias-military=Philippine Armed Forces flag alias-navy=Flag of the Philippine Navy.svg link alias-navy=Philippine Navy link alias-army = Philippine Army link alias-naval = Philippine Navy size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|8–0 || style="text-align:center"|8–0 || rowspan=2|2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification

5 26 January 2000 {{ Template:Yesno alias = Guam flag alias = Flag of Guam.svg size = name = altlink = national football team

}} || style="text-align:center"|14–0 || style="text-align:center"|19–0

6 14 February 2001 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand {{ Template:Yesno alias = Thailand shortname alias = Thailand flag alias = Flag of Thailand.svg flag alias-1767 = Flag of Thailand (Ayutthaya period).svg flag alias-1782 = Flag of Thailand (1782).svg flag alias-1817 = Flag of Thailand (1817).svg flag alias-1855 = Flag of Thailand 1855.svg flag alias-1893 = State Flag of Thailand (1916).svg flag alias-1916 = Flag of Siam (1916).svg flag alias-marines=Flag of the Royal Thai Marine Corps.svg link alias-marines=Royal Thai Marine Corps border-marines= flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Thailand.svg link alias-naval = Royal Thai Navy flag alias-navy = Flag of the Royal Thai Navy.svg link alias-navy = Royal Thai Navy flag alias-military=Flag of the Royal Thai Armed Forces HQ.svg link alias-military=Royal Thai Armed Forces flag alias-air force = Flag of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg link alias-air force = Royal Thai Air Force flag alias-army= Flag of the Royal Thai Army.svg link alias-army=Royal Thai Army flag alias-sanctionedFB = THA AFF 2020.png size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || 2001 King's Cup

Managerial statistics

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Wuhan Zall 16 November 2017 1 January 2020

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China 31 October 2019 3 December 2021

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Total

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Honours

Player

Liaoning Whowin

Individual

Manager

Wuhan Zall

Individual

  • China League One Coach of the Year: 2018[27]

References

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