Li Tie
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| Date of birth | 18 May 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | (4) | |||||||||||||||
| 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
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Li Tie (simplified Chinese: 李铁; traditional Chinese: 李鐵; pinyin: Lǐ Tiě; born 18 May 1977) is a Chinese former professional football coach and player.
A defensive midfielder, he represented Liaoning in the Chinese Jia-A League, Everton in the Premier League, Sheffield United in the Football League Championship and Chengdu Blades in the Chinese Super League. At international level, he made 92 appearances scoring six goals for the China national team. He was chosen for the AFC Asian Cup in 2000 and 2007, and for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
After retirement from playing, he started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Guangzhou Evergrande. He moved to the China national team and then Hebei China Fortune where he gained his first coaching position. In 2024, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery.