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Li Zhihai
李志海
Personal information
Date of birth	2 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Qingyuan, Guangdong, China
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Guangzhou Glorious
Youth career
1998–2001	Guangzhou Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2001	Guangzhou Ucan
2002–2010	Guangzhou F.C.
2011	Guangdong Sunray Cave
2012	Lam Ieng
2012	Shenzhen Main Sports
2012	Lam Ieng
2012	Guangdong Sunray Cave
2013	Chao Pak Kei
2013	Guangdong Sunray Cave
2017	Zhaoqing Hengtai
2017–	Guangzhou Glorious
Managerial career
2016–2017	R&F (Hong Kong)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2013

Li Zhihai (Chinese: 李志海; pinyin: Li Zhìhǎi; born August 2, 1982) is a former Chinese footballer .

Club career

Li Zhihai would join second-tier club Guangzhou F.C. senior team at the beginning of the 2002 league season and would steadily establish himself as a regular within the squad. Over the following seasons he would become a vital member of the team and was awarded with the club captaincy where he led the team to a division championship and promotion to the Chinese Super League with Guangzhou at the end of the 2007 league season.^[1] The following season, he would lead Guangzhou to a 7th-place finish at the end of the 2008 league season despite missing much of the campaign through injury.^[2] The next season saw Li Zhihai miss eight games due to suspension after he fought with Tianjin Teda F.C. player Éber Luís Cucchi during a June 25, 2008 league game.^[3] After missing much of the 2008 league season through suspension Li Zhihai would once again struggle with injury through much of the 2009 league season and lose the captaincy to Xu Liang. At the end of the season the club would be relegated after it was discovered that the club had fixed a match during the 2007 league campaign, despite this Li Zhihai would stay with the club to help in their push for promotion.^[4]

At the start of the 2010 league campaign Guangzhou brought in a new manager in Lee Jang-Soo who decided to bring in several new players, which saw Li Zhihai often sitting on the bench and despite helping the team win promotion back to the top tier at the end of the season was allowed to leave to second-tier football club Guangdong Sunray Cave at the beginning of the 2011 league campaign. Li was promoted to the team captain in this season. However, he was suspected by the club to involve in match-fixing after his disastrous performance in a league match which Guangdong played against Shanghai East Asia in September. Although Li claimed that the charge was without evidence, he was released by Guangdong at the end of the season.

In April 2012, after spending a brief time in Macau's Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol club Lam Ieng, Li moved to China League Two club Shenzhen Main Sports on a free transfer.^[5] Li returned to Guangdong Sunray Cave who suffered defend crisis in the 2012 league season in June. He was lined up in his first returning match and insured a 2–0 away victory against Beijing Baxy on 23 June.^[6] However, he was dropped from the first team again in July after Guangdong lost to Hohhot Dongjin 4–0. Li was signed by Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol club Chao Pak Kei in January 2013. He made his debut for Chao Pak Kei in a 5–0 home defeat against Lam Ieng on 20 January. He returned to Guangdong Sunray Cave again in February.^[7] Li retired in the end of 2013 season and became the assistant coach of Guangdong Sunray Cave. He played as an amateur player for Zhaoqing Hengtai in his spare time.

Management career

Li joined Guangzhou R&F's youth team staff in 2016. In August 2016, Li was appointed as the manager of Hong Kong Premier League side R&F, which was the satellite team of Guangzhou R&F.^[8] He led the club finished their in 10th place in the 2016–17 Hong Kong Premier League, which secured R&F's stay in the top flight for the next season.

Career statistics

Management statistics

As of 6 May 2017.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
R&F	Hong Kong	July 2016	May 2017	23	3	1	19	013.04
Total				23	3	1	19	013.04

Honours

Club

Guangzhou F.C.

China League One: 2007, 2010^[9]

References

^ China 2007 Archived October 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com 18 Apr 2008 Retrieved 2012-08-04
^ China 2008 Archived July 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine at rsssf.com 3 Apr 2009 Retrieved 2012-08-04
^ 广药欲为受罚之人申诉李志海：绝没有故意踢路易斯 at sports.sina.com.cn 2008-06-30 Retrieved 2012-08-04 (in Chinese)
^ Chengdu Blades demoted at fifa.com 23 February 2010 Retrieved 2012-08-04
^ 前日之泉队长加盟深圳名博足球生涯得以延续 at sports.qq.com 2012-04-16 Retrieved 2012-08-04 (in Chinese)
^ 日之泉客场首胜主帅归功新内援老队长回归稳固后防 at sports.sina.com.cn 2012-06-24 Retrieved 2012-08-04 (in Chinese)
^ 日之泉开季前迎来一位老将绝杀恒大之战他真挺抢眼 at sports.sina.com.cn 2013-02-16 Retrieved 2013-02-17 (in Chinese)
^ "港超聯　梁志榮出任富力領隊兼助教". hk.on.cc. Oriental Press Group Limited. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
^ "中甲最新积分榜:恒大稳胜摘联赛桂冠南京有有降级". sports.sina.com.cn. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

External links

Player profile at Guangzhou Pharmaceutical website
Player stats at sohu.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ye Zhibin	Guangzhou F.C. captain 2004–2010	Succeeded by Zheng Zhi
Preceded by Joel Bertoti Padilha	Guangdong Sunray Cave captain 2011	Succeeded by Yin Hongbo