Liao Lei (footballer)

Liao Lei (born 1 March 1999) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a left-back for Nantong Zhiyun.

Club career
Liao Lei would play for the Shandong Luneng Taishan youth team and would be sent to Brazil to further his development on 24 September 2014. He would not be promoted to the senior team of Shandong and would go to Spain to play for fourth tier club Estudiantes. After going on to establish himself as a regular within the team he would join third tier Spanish club FC Jumilla. His time at Jumilla would be short lived after they were relegated at the end of the 2018–19 Segunda División B league season and were dissolved due to financial difficulties. Liao would join fourth tier club UD Los Garres on 1 July 2019 for the 2019–20 Tercera División campaign.

On 2 July 2020, Liao would join top tier Chinese club Shenzhen before the start of the 2020 Chinese Super League campaign. On 17 October 2020 he would loaned out to third tier Chinese club Hunan Billows. After his loan period ended, Liao would be loaned out once again on 18 April 2021, to second tier club Beijing BSU for the 2021 China League One season.

Career statistics
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