Liu Yi (; born 26 August 1988) is a Chinese football coach and former footballer who played as a centre-back or left-back.

Club career Liu Yi would be promoted from the Tianjin TEDA F.C. youth team into the senior team during the 2009 league season after competing in the 2008 AFC U-19 Championship for China where they finished in the quarter-finals. On October 28, 2009 Liu Yi was suspended for one year and fined 10,000 Yuan by the Chinese Football Association for lying about his age to compete in the tournament. After his suspension finished he would join second tier club Shenyang Dongjin at the beginning of the 2011 league season.

On February 3, 2015 Liu Yi would join Harbin Yiteng for the start of the 2015 league season. After only one season Liu Yi would move to Beijing Enterprises Group on a club record fee of 20 million Yuan. After three seasons he would join top-tier club Wuhan Zall at the start of the 2019 Chinese Super League season.

On 17 January 2025, Liu was retired from professional football and became a member of Yunnan Yukun coaching team.

On 21 May 2026, Liu was given a 5-year ban for match-fixing by the Chinese Football Association.

Career statistics .

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTianjin TEDA2009Chinese Super League00–00–00201000–––00 Total0000000000Shenyang Dongjin2011China League One23400––234201229010––3002013China League Two9120––11120147100––71 Total686300000716Harbin Yiteng2015China League One28000––280Beijing Enterprises201617010––180201728200––282201829100––291 Total743100000753Wuhan Zall2019Chinese Super League27000––270202018020–20220 Total450200020490 Career total21596000202239

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