Li Tie

Li Tie
李铁
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-05-18) 18 May 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1992–1998 Liaoning
1993–1998Shenzhen Jianlibao (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 Liaoning 82 (17)
2002–2003Everton (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 (19)
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
Men's football
Representing  China
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Football
*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 professional football coach and former player.

As a player 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. 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.