Liao Lisheng (; ; born 29 April 1993) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen Peng City, on loan from Chengdu Rongcheng.
Club career Early life Liao Lisheng was born in Longgang, Shenzhen to a Teochew family that originated from Jiexi.恒大最闪耀新星成长路 一球成名？奖金机器？ at qq.com 2014-04-09 Retrieved 2015-04-03 He started his football career when he received organized football training at age nine at the Guangxi Hercules Football School.【深度】廖力生，中国足球马年最大发现 at qq.com 2014-12-24 Retrieved 2015-04-03 He later trained with Zhaoqing Sunray Cave Football School, Gu Guangming Football School, and Shenzhen Kingway's youth academy between 2005 and 2008 and eventually joined Dongguan Nancheng's youth academy in 2008.
Dongguan Nancheng Liao was promoted to Dongguan Nancheng's first team in the 2011 season.2011年中乙联赛完全名单之东莞同舟南城俱乐部 at sports.sohu.com 2011-05-16 Retrieved 2013-01-15 Liao scored three goals in 19 appearances in the group stage as Dongguan finished the fourth place in the south group and entered the playoff stage. Liao played in all five matches in the playoffs; however, Dongguan lost to Chongqing FC 3-0 on aggregate in the semifinals which meant they failed to be promoted to China League One directly, and then lost to Fujian Smart Hero 2-0 in the third place playoff and failed to enter the relegation playoffs.中乙-福建2-0东莞夺得季军 冲甲附加赛决战贵州 at sports.sohu.com 2011-11-23 Retrieved 2013-01-15
Liao was then promoted to captain during the 2012 season. Although Dongguan was deemed as one of the hottest clubs for promotion in this season, they were knocked out by just finished the sixth place in the group stage. Liao played 23 league matches and scored four goals in the 2012 season. Liao scored the winning goal on 2 June 2012 in a 1-0 win against Tianjin Songjiang in the second round of the 2012 Chinese FA Cup, meaning Dongguan became the first third-tier club to reach the third round of FA Cup.足协杯-松江0-1东莞爆冷出局 廖力生弯刀建功 at sports.qq.com 2012-06-02 Retrieved 2013-01-15 They finally ended their FA Cup journey in the third round on 27 June 2012 in a 4-0 loss against Shandong Luneng.
Guangzhou Evergrande After Dongguan Nancheng failed to be promoted to the second tier, Liao transferred to Chinese Super League giant Guangzhou Evergrande along with his teammates Fang Jingqi, Yang Chaosheng, Li Weixin, Hu Weiwei, Zhang Xingbo and Wang Rui in November 2012.恒大签7将国青新星在列 曝将购2欧洲球星投入超6亿 at sports.sina.com.cn 2012-10-29 Retrieved 2013-01-15 He made his debut for the club on 30 October 2013 in a 1-1 draw against Shanghai East Asia.中超-冯俊彦破门麦克布林扳平救主 东亚1-1恒大 at titan24.com 2013-10-30 Retrieved 2014-02-27 On 26 February 2014, he was substituted on for Muriqui at half time when Guangzhou was losing 2-0 against Melbourne Victory in the first match of 2014 AFC Champions League. He provided a crucial assist to Elkeson who scored and put Guangzhou 3-2 ahead, eventually winning the match 4-2.恒大落后里皮杀招换小将 廖力生一战成名获粤球迷好评 at sports.dbw.cn 2014-02-27 Retrieved 2014-02-27 On 18 March 2014, he scored his first goal for the club in the third group match of 2014 AFC Champions League which ensured a 3-1 win against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE (CHN) 3–1 JEONBUK HYUNDAI MOTORS (KOR) at AFC 2014-03-18 Retrieved 2014-03-18 He played 28 matches for the club across all competitions in the 2014 season and was named as a candidate for Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year award; however, he lost out to Liu Binbin who instead picked up the honour.刘彬彬压廖力生荣膺最佳新人 盼打动佩兰进国家队 at ifeng.com 2014-11-06 Retrieved 2014-11-27
On 18 March 2015, Liao suffered a fifth metatarsal bone fracture in a 2015 AFC Champions League match against Kashima Antlers and received surgery in Italy later that month.廖力生赴意大利手术 里皮探望昔日弟子 at sina.com 2015-04-03 Retrieved 2015-04-03 He recovered from injury by August 2015 but didn't play for Guangzhou for the rest of the 2015 season.廖力生伤愈后第一场正式比赛 at goalchina.net 2015-08-31 Retrieved 2016-01-13 He made his return on 24 April 2016, 403 days after his injury, in a 4-0 away win against Tianjin Teda, coming on as a substitute for Alan Carvalho in the 85th minute.中超-郜林双响阿兰处子球 恒大4-0客胜泰达登顶 at sina.com 2016-04-24 Retrieved 2016-04-26 He scored his first goal in the Super League on 30 October 2016 in a 4-0 home victory against Shandong Luneng.滑跪庆祝！廖力生：我太兴奋了 不知道里皮来 at qq.com 2016-10-30 Retrieved 2016-10-31 In December 2016, Liao extended his contract with Guangzhou until the end of the 2021 season.里皮爱徒与恒大续约五年 被废掉?他或已征服斯帅 at Sina 2016-12-12 Retrieved 2016-12-14
On 22 February 2017, Liao scored twice in Guangzhou's season opener, a 7-0 home win against Eastern in the 2017 AFC Champions League.ACL 2017 MD1 - GROUP G: GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE 7-0 EASTERN SC at AFC 2017-02-22 Retrieved 2017-03-01 On 2 May 2017, he scored the opening goal and assisted Gao Lin in a 2-1 win against Meixian Techand in the third round of the 2017 Chinese FA Cup.足协杯-廖力生传射郜林破门 恒大客场2-1胜梅县 at Sina 2017-05-02 Retrieved 2017-07-10
On 7 February 2019, Liao was loaned to fellow top tier club Tianjin Tianhai for the 2019 season.
Shandong Taishan On 22 March 2022, Liao joined fellow top tier Chinese football club Shandong Taishan for the start of the 2022 Chinese Super League campaign. He made his debut for the club on 3 June 2022 in a league game against Zhejiang FC that ended in a 1-0 victory. This would be followed by his first goal for the club, which was scored in a league game on 10 July 2022 against Dalian Pro in a 3-1 victory. He would establish himself as a regular member of the team's midfield that went on to the win the 2022 Chinese FA Cup with them.
Chengdu Rongcheng On 18 February 2025, Liao joined Chinese Super League club Chengdu Rongcheng.
Shenzhen Peng City On 16 July 2025, Liao was loaned out to another Chinese Super League club from his hometown Shenzhen Peng City.
International career Liao made his debut for the Chinese national team on 18 June 2014 in a 2-0 win against Macedonia. He was called up to China's final squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup but didn't appear in any matches during the tournament. Liao was named in the China national team's squad in November 2017 for the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship by Marcello Lippi in place of injured Jiang Zhipeng. He left in advance without playing during the tournament for the birth of his child.
Career statistics Club . + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDongguan Nancheng2011China League Two244---244201223431--265Total'478310000509Guangzhou Evergrande2013Chinese Super League10000000102014170209100281201510001000202016151601000221201716061721030320181100050001602020801030-12020211910000-191Total'882151263101296Tianjin Tianhai (loan)2019Chinese Super League18020--200Shandong Taishan2022Chinese Super League1410000-141202324340400032320242125150-313Total'596919000777Career total212162933531027722
International National teamYearAppsGoals201440202220Total60
Honours Guangzhou Evergrande Chinese Super League: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 AFC Champions League: 2013, 2015 Chinese FA Cup: 2016 Chinese FA Super Cup: 2016, 2017
Shandong Taishan Chinese FA Cup: 2022.
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