Zhang Lie (simplified Chinese: 张烈; traditional Chinese: 張烈; pinyin: Zhāng Liè; born 25 May 1982) is a retired Chinese footballer.

Zhang Lie
张烈
Personal information
Full name Zhang Lie
Date of birth (1982-05-25) 25 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Shenyang, China
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2006 Shenyang Haishi 46 (0)
2008–2010 Shenyang Dongjin 44 (0)
2011–2021 Beijing Renhe 259 (1)
International career
2011 China 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 November 2014

Club career

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Zhang Lie would start his football career playing for his local top-tier football team Shenyang Haishi in the 2000 league season and would eventually establish himself as the team's first choice goalkeeper by the club's manager Zhang Guangying at the beginning of the 2004 season, where he would go on to play in twenty-two league games throughout the campaign.[1] After a campaign that saw Shenyang underperformed at the end of the season, the club would bring in a new manager in Martin Koopman who decided that he wanted to bring in Guo Chunquan and Wang Lüe into the team, which saw Zhang dropped to third choice goalkeeper throughout the 2005 season. The beginning of the 2006 season saw the club bring in a new goalkeeper Song Zhenyu to add even more competition within a goal and Zhang would have to prove himself to Koopman, however while he was given the first game of the season, Song would quickly be promoted to first choice. Zhang spent most of the season as second choice throughout the campaign.

In 2007, Zhang was allowed to leave Shenyang, however he struggled to find a new club to play for and would retire from playing to take up a job with Liaoning Guangyuan as a goalkeeping coach. After a year out, Zhang was given a chance to revitalize his career with third-tier club Shenyang Dongjin who he saw win the division title and promotion to the second tier.[2] The following season would see Zhang not only help establish Shenyang Dongjin within the league, but his impressive performances saw him guide the club to third and just miss out on a double promotion to the top tier.[3] Zhang would go on to draw the attentions of top-tier side Shaanxi Renhe who were interested in his services at the beginning of the 2011 season after they found out that his contract coming to an end, however Shenyang Dongjin believed that Zhang had agreed upon a contract extension and was only up for sale at 2,000,000 yuan. The case would be heard by the Chinese Football Association who ruled that Zhang did not sign a contract extension and was free to join Shaanxi Renhe.[4] The club was later relocated and was renamed Guizhou Renhe. He appeared in every minute of the 2012 league season, playing in all 30 Super League games for Guizhou Renhe, as the club achieved fourth place in the league and runners-up in the FA Cup and gained the entry into AFC Champions League for the first time.

International career

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While playing in the 2004 league season for Shenyang Haishi he would be called up to the China national team for the first time for several training sessions under head coach Arie Haan, however, it wasn't until 2011 when Zhang joined Guizhou Renhe did he show maturity in goal and was called up to the national team again.[5] After six years out of the international scene, then manager Gao Hongbo would not only call him up for a friendly but try Zhang out in a game against North Korea on 8 June 2011 in a 2-0 victory.[6]

Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of match played 14 October 2020.[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shenyang Ginde 2000 Jia-A League / CSL 1 0 0 - - - 1 0
2001 17 0 0 - - - 17 0
2002 4 0 0 - - - 4 0
2003 0 0 0 - - - 0 0
2004 22 0 4 0 0 - - 26 0
2005 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2006 2 0 0 0 - - - 2 0
Total 46 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0
Shenyang Dongjin 2008 China League Two ? 0 - - - - ? 0
2009 China League One 24 0 - - - - 24 0
2010 20 0 - - - - 20 0
Total 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
Shaanxi Renhe / Guizhou Renhe / Beijing Renhe 2011 Chinese Super League 29 0 1 0 - - - 30 0
2012 30 0 5 0 - - - 35 0
2013 29 0 5 0 - 6 0 - 40 0
2014 29 0 2 0 - 5 0 1[a] 0 37 0
2015 27 0 2 0 - - - 29 0
2016 China League One 30 1 0 0 - - - 30 1
2017 28 0 0 0 - - - 28 0
2018 Chinese Super League 29 0 1 0 - - - 30 0
2019 19 0 0 0 - - - 19 0
2020 China League One 9 0 0 0 - - - 9 0
Total 259 1 16 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 287 1
Career total 348 1 20 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 380 1
  1. ^ Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

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Club

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Shenyang Dongjin

Guizhou Renhe

References

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  1. ^ "Zhāng, Liè". nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. ^ "China 2008". RSSSF. 3 April 2009. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  3. ^ "China 2009". RSSSF. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  4. ^ "足协称张烈转会陕西有效 东进不满要求劳动仲裁". sports.163.com. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  5. ^ "张烈:不适应用球致低级失误 着急对手没让我扑救". sports.sina.com.cn. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  6. ^ "China PR 2-0 Korea DPR". teamchina.freehostia.com. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  7. ^ 张烈 at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2018-10-25 (in Chinese)
  8. ^ "足协杯-人和总分3-2恒大队史首夺冠 恒大三冠梦碎". Sports.sina.com.cn. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Shenyang Ginde captain
(Caretaker)

2004
Succeeded by