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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Duan Liuyu in June 2025 | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Chengdu,Sichuan, China | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder,Right winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Qingdao West Coast (on loan fromShandong Taishan) | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Shandong Taishan | ||
| 2015–2017 | →São Paulo (youth loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Shandong Taishan | 64 | (8) |
| 2023 | →Wuhan Three Towns (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2024– | →Qingdao West Coast (loan) | 43 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | China U-23 | 1 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 August 2025 | |||
Duan Liuyu (simplified Chinese:段刘愚;traditional Chinese:段劉愚;pinyin:Duàn Liúyú; born 24 July 1998) is a Chinesefootballer currently playing as amidfielder or left-footedright winger forQingdao West Coast.
Duan Liuyu started to play football at the age of five and soon joined organised football classes setup by the Shenzhen Football Association before he was admitted to Cuiyuan Middle School (翠园中学) as a football special student in 2010. In 2013, Duan was selected to participate in the China U-16 national team to play in the2014 AFC U-16 Championship. After the tournament it was discovered that Duan required glasses and was in the honours class within school, he would soon receive the nick name "Glasses striker" by the Chinese media.[1] Duan Liuyu would graduate from Cuiyuan High School (翠园中学高中部) inLuohu District,Shenzhen in 2015.[2]
On 19 January 2015, Duan Liuyu joinedShandong Taishan as a youth player for a record transfer fee of 1 million RMB, at the time the highest ever paid to a Chinese youth player.[3] Right after the contract signing, Duan Liuyu was sent toSão Paulo FC youth training camp for a two year training program.[4] On 15 July 2018,Shandong Taishan announced that they had promoted Duan Liuyu to the first team's roaster.[5] On 1 March 2019 in the first league game for Shandong in the2019 Chinese Super League season, Duan Liuyu would make his professional football debut againstBeijing Renhe in a 1-0 victory.[6]
After making his debut Duan Liuyu would immediately establish himself into the team and scored his first goal in the Chinese Super League in a 3–2 defeat againstHenan Jianye on 12 July 2019.[7] A consistent regular within the team, he would gain his firstChinese FA Cup by winning the2020 Chinese FA Cup againstJiangsu Suning F.C. in a 2-0 victory.[8] This would be followed by his first league title with the club when he was part of the team that won the2021 Chinese Super League title.[9] Another Chinese FA Cup would be followed up by him winning the2022 Chinese FA Cup with them.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shandong Taishan | 2018 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2020 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 25 | 4 | ||||
| 2021 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 3 | ||||
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 64 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 64 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 9 | ||