User:IBayern/Liu Shaoziyang

Category:本地和维基数据均无相关图片 Liu Shaoziyang（ Category:2003年 births Category:12月11日 deaths）is a Chinese football player who plays as a goalkeeper junior team of FC Bayern Munich since December 2021. He also played for the China Junior Team.

Club Career
Liu was born in Wenzhou and moved to Wuhan with his parents at a very young age. There he attended the Hankou Furen Primary School, a school known for its football tradition. At first he was trained as a defender, but his coach Feng Lihua suggested him become a goalkeeper, for he has advantage in height and is brave enough facing the balls. Thus, the coach spent extra half an hour to teach him the basic skills of a goalkeeper before school team training, which helped his later transforming into a goalkeeper. In 2014, Liu joined the junior team of a new-estanblished local club, Wuhan Shangwen F.C. (now Wuhan Three Towns F.C. ), and as a member of the club's oversea training plan, he flew to Barcelona for education and football training in 2016.

In 2020, Liu started to train with the first tram of Three Towns. In March 2021, the club reached an agreement with the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich for a cooperation in youth training. Liu became the first player to be trained by the two clubs, undergoing his training on FC Bayern Campus, and played for the FC Bayern Munich Junior Team. In August, Liu attended the pre-season training camp of FC Bayern U19.

On December 16, 2021, Bayern Munich officially announced the signing of Liu Shaoziyang and provided him with a professional contract until June 30, 2025. Liu became the first Chinese player to join Bayern Munich. Prior to this, Liu had been training and living on the FC Bayern campus in Munich for nearly 11 months. According to reports, Bayern needs to pay a transfer fee of about 1 million euros to the Three Towns. After the signing, Liu will be mainly trained with the club's U19 team, and sometimes with the second team. He will also work closely with goalkeeper coordinator Tom Starke and receive regular German language training to help his integration into the team.

International Career
In 2020, Liu stayed overseas due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and failed to be selected into the U18 team. However, he is still considered as an important player of future China Youth Team.