Liu Xing (footballer)

Liu Xing
Personal information
Date of birth	17 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Xingning, Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Hunan Mangguoba
Youth career
2013–2017	Villarreal
2017–2019	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team
2019	Guangdong South China Tiger
2020–2022	Chengdu Rongcheng
2022	Hunan Billows
2022–	Hunan Mangguoba
International career
2015	China U14
2017	China U16
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:14, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Liu Xing (Chinese: 刘兴; born 17 April 2000), is a Chinese footballer who plays as a left-back for Hunan Mangguoba.

Club career

Born in Xingning, Meizhou, Guangdong, Liu was selected in 2013 for the Wanda Group's "China's Future Football Star" initiative, to encourage the development of young Chinese players.^[1] He started with Villarreal, spending four years before a switch to Atlético Madrid.^[1] He returned to China in 2019, joining Guangdong South China Tiger.^[1]

After two appearances in China League One with Guangdong South China Tiger, he left the club after it was disbanded.^[2] He joined fellow League One side Chengdu Rongcheng in September 2020.^[2] He was released in May 2022, without making an appearance for the senior squad, moving to China League Two side Hunan Billows.^[3]

International career

Liu has represented China at under-14 and under-16 level.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 January 2023.^[4]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Guangdong South China Tiger	2019	China League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Chengdu Rongcheng	2020	China League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2021	China League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2022	Chinese Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunan Billows	2022	China League Two	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "兴宁19岁足球小将征战中甲联赛，曾入选国少队留洋西班牙" [The 19-year-old Xingning football player played in the Chinese League One and was selected for the national junior team to study abroad in Spain]. sohu.com (in Chinese). 3 March 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "成都兴城官宣4新星加盟前国青队长+边路快马来投" [Chengdu Xingcheng officially announced that 4 new stars will join the former national youth captain + fast horses from the side to vote]. sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 10 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ "成都蓉城公告莱昂纳多离队马晓磊等14名球员外租" [Chengdu Rongcheng announced that Leonardo left the team, Ma Xiaolei and other 14 players rented out]. sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 9 May 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ Liu Xing at Soccerway

[sohu-1] "兴宁19岁足球小将征战中甲联赛，曾入选国少队留洋西班牙" [The 19-year-old Xingning football player played in the Chinese League One and was selected for the national junior team to study abroad in Spain]. sohu.com (in Chinese). 3 March 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[sina-2] "成都兴城官宣4新星加盟前国青队长+边路快马来投" [Chengdu Xingcheng officially announced that 4 new stars will join the former national youth captain + fast horses from the side to vote]. sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 10 September 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[3] "成都蓉城公告莱昂纳多离队马晓磊等14名球员外租" [Chengdu Rongcheng announced that Leonardo left the team, Ma Xiaolei and other 14 players rented out]. sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 9 May 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[4] Liu Xing at Soccerway

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