Liu Yixin
.jpg) Liu Yixin in April 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liu Yixin | ||
| Date of birth | 27 May 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Zhengzhou, Henan, China | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Henan | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2019 | Guangzhou | ||
| 2019–2022 | Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2022– | Henan | 58 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2025 | |||
Liu Yixin (simplified Chinese: 刘易鑫; traditional Chinese: 劉易鑫; pinyin: Liú Yìxīn; born 27 May 2001) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Chinese Super League club Henan.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Zhengzhou, Henan, Liu Yixin joined the Evergrande Football School of Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande in 2014.[1] He was immediately sent to train in Spain for three years before returning to China in 2017.[1] In 2019, he joined the youth academy of fellow Chinese Super League side Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.[1] On 30 April 2022, Liu Yixin was promoted to the Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic first-team.[1] On 8 May 2022, it was confirmed that Liu has chosen the number 27 shirt.[2] However, on 24 May 2022, it was announced that Liu's club, Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic, has ceased operations, and he subsequently became a free agent.[3]
Henan
[edit]On 27 May 2022, it was announced that Liu Yixin has signed for his hometown club and Chinese Super League side Henan Songshan Longmen.[4] He chose to wear the number 2 shirt.[5] He made his debut for the club on 11 June 2022, coming on as a 62nd substitute for Niu Ziyi in a 3–1 win over Zhejiang.[6] His gametime increased in November 2022, after earning his first start for the club on 13 November in a 3–1 victory against eventual league winners Wuhan Three Towns.[7] On 30 December 2022, he provided an assist for Huang Zichang in the second goal in the 62nd minute, in a 4–0 win against Hebei.[8] Liu continued to be a rotational starter for Henan FC in the 2023 and 2024 seasons.[9] After the 2024 Chinese FA Cup match against Guangxi Pingguo Haliao on 17 July, Liu suffered a patella fracture which sidelined him for four weeks.[10] On 21 September 2024, Liu provided an assist for Bruno Nazário in a 2–0 home win over Chengdu Rongcheng.[11] Four weeks later on 18 October, he assisted Nemanja Čović in the match opener of a 2–1 away defeat to Shanghai Shenhua.[12] On 30 June 2025, he assisted Felippe Cardoso in Henan's first goal in a 2–2 home draw with Shandong Taishan.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Liu Yixin was admitted to Beijing Sport University in July 2024.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 30 June 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Henan | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | Chinese Super League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | Chinese Super League | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2025 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 58 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 58 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "【官宣| 入队列阵！欢迎加入重庆两江竞技！】". www.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 30 April 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "重庆两江竞技公布一线队报名名单：共31人4名外援". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 8 May 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "重庆两江竞技宣布解散并退出职业足坛" (in Chinese). People's Daily Online. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "河南队官方：前重庆队球员石笑天、刘易鑫加盟". www.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 27 May 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "2022中国平安中超联赛河南嵩山龙门一线队大名单". www.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 2 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "河南3-1十人浙江，卡兰加连续三轮建功，马兴煜、埃沃洛破门". www.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 11 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "三镇1-3遭河南逆转丢榜首，杨帅凌空侧勾破门，王上源两助攻". www.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 13 November 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "河北0-4河南，黄紫昌、钟义浩传射，阿德里安、陈克强建功". www.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ a b Liu Yixin at Soccerway
- ^ "官方：河南后卫刘易鑫膝关节髌骨骨裂，预计需休养4-6周". www.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 23 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "雪佛龙 | 河南2-0成都终结3连败，纳萨里奥传射，科维奇头槌". news.qq.com (in Chinese). 21 September 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "雪佛龙 | 申花2-1逆转河南重回榜首，吴曦、特谢拉建功". www.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 18 October 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "河南2-2山东，泽卡梅开二度，卡多索双响，彭欣力直红". www.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 30 June 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "祝贺！河南球员刘易鑫晒北体大录取通知书：". www.163.com (in Chinese). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- 2001 births
- Living people
- Chinese men's footballers
- Sportspeople from Zhengzhou
- Footballers from Henan
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Chinese Super League players
- Guangzhou F.C. players
- Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players
- Henan F.C. players
- Chinese expatriate men's footballers
- Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- 21st-century Chinese sportsmen