Li Tie

Li Tie (born 18 September 1977) is a Chinese football player. He has played for China PR national team.

Li Tie
李铁

Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-05-18) 18 May 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth	Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1992–1998	Liaoning
1993–1998	→ Shenzhen Jianlibao (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2003	Liaoning	82	(17)
2002–2003	→ Everton (loan)	29	(0)
2003–2006	Everton	5	(0)
2006–2008	Sheffield United	0	(0)
2008	Chengdu Blades	24	(1)
2009–2011	Liaoning	46	(1)
Total		186	(19)
International career
1995–2007	China	92	(6)
Managerial career
2012–2015	Guangzhou Evergrande (assistant coach)
2014	China (assistant coach)
2015	Hebei China Fortune (assistant coach)
2015–2016	Hebei China Fortune
2016–2017	China (assistant coach)
2017–2019	Wuhan Zall
2019–2021	China
Medal record Men's football Representing  China Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Li admitted that he took bribes and fixed matches while managing the Chinese national team. On 23 February 2024, he was sentenced to life in prison.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liaoning FC	1999	Chinese Jia-A League	24	0			–		–		24	0
	2000		25	0			–		–		25	0
	2001		26	0	0	0	–		–		26	0
	2002		7	0	0	0	–		–		7	0
	Total		82	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	82	0
Everton	2002–03	Premier League	29	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	33	0
	2003–04		5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
	2004–05		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2005–06		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		34	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	40	0
Sheffield United	2006–07	Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	–		1	0
	2007–08	English Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Chengdu Blades	2008	Chinese Super League	24	1	–		–		–		24	1
Liaoning Whowin	2009	China League One	22	1	–		–		–		22	1
	2010	Chinese Super League	24	0	–		–		–		24	0
	2011		0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		46	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	1
Career total			186	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	193	2

1. Includes Chinese FA Cup, FA Cup
2. Includes CSL Cup, Football League Cup

International

Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Li goal.

List of international goals scored by Li Tie

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	29 January 1997	Kunming Tuodong Sports Center, Kunming, China	United States	2–0	2–1	Friendly
2	20 April 1997	Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China	Myanmar	?–0	5–0
3	14 January 2000	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China	New Zealand	1–0	1–0	2000 Four Nations Tournament
4	23 January 2000	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Philippines	8–0	8–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5	26 January 2000		Guam	14–0	19–0
6	14 February 2001	National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	5–1	5–1	2001 King's Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 11 November 2021^[2]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Hebei China Fortune	18 August 2015	27 August 2016	36	20	6	10	055.56
Wuhan Zall	16 November 2017	1 January 2020	62	31	17	14	050.00
China	31 October 2019	3 December 2021	12	6	1	5	050.00
Total			110	57	24	29	051.82

Honours

Player

Liaoning Whowin

• China League One: 2009^[3]
• Chinese FA Super Cup: 1999

Individual

• Chinese Jia-A League Team of the Year: 1999, 2001

Manager

Wuhan Zall

• China League One: 2018

Individual

• China League One Coach of the Year: 2018^[4]