Li Ke

Li Ke

Li Ke, formerly known as Nicholas yannaris, was born on May 23, 1993 in Leighton stone, London, England. He is a Chinese professional football player and a midfield player. Now he plays for Beijing Guoan Football Club of the China Super League.

Li Ke came from the youth training camp of Arsenal Football Club. In January 2014, Li Ke transferred to Brentford football club. In February 2015, Lee was loaned to Wycombe Rangers Football Club by Brentford. In May 2015, Li Ke returned to Brentford and played for Brentford for four seasons, making 135 appearances, scoring 12 goals and contributing 9 assists. In January 2019, before the start of CSL, Li Ke completed the naturalization procedures and officially became a citizen of the people's Republic of China. On January 31, 2019, Li Ke officially joined Beijing Zhonghe Guoan Football Club. On May 30, 2019, Li Ke was selected into the training list of the Chinese men's football national team, becoming the first naturalized international player in the history of Chinese football.

Sports career

Club career

A Senna

Lee joined the Arsenal youth camp at the age of eight. In 2010, Li Ke captained the U18 youth team of Arsenal to win the U18 youth Premier League.

On October 25, 2011, Li Ke made his debut for the first team of Arsenal in the 2-1 win over Wanderers Football Club Bolton in the 1 / 8 of the UEFA Cup. In the 2011-12 season, Li Ke made 3 appearances for the first team of Arsenal, including two cup games and the Premier League in which Arsenal play Manchester United Football Club at home. In the 2012-13 season, Li Ke played in the reserve team of Arsenal, making 20 appearances in various competitions and contributing 2 assists.

Brentford

On January 28, 2014, Arsenal officially announced that Li Ke has officially joined the League one team Brentford football club in the form of permanent transfer. On February 1, 2014, in the 30th round of League A, Brentford drew 1-1 with schlusbury Town Football Club, Li Ke came on as a substitute in the 50th minute to complete his debut of joining Brentford. In 2013-14 season, he made 12 appearances in various competitions.

In February 2015, Lee was loaned to Wycombe Rangers Football Club for three months. On February 28, 2015, Li Ke made his debut at Wycombe Rovers in the 33rd round of the League B in a 2-0 draw with Stefan nag football club. In May 2015, Li Ke returned to Brentford after ending his tenancy with Wycombe Rovers. In 2014-15 season, Li Ke played 20 times in various competitions, scoring one goal and contributing one assist.

On April 2, 2016, Li Ke scored one goal in the 65th minute of Brentford's 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest Football Club in the 39th round of the British Champions League, which was Li Ke's first goal in the 2015-16 season. On April 5, Li Ke scored a goal in the 17th minute of Brentford's 3-1 win over wanderers in the 40th round of the Champions League, which was his second goal in the 2015-16 season. In the 2015-16 season, Li Ke made 33 appearances in various competitions on behalf of Brentford and scored 2 goals.

On August 6, 2016, in the first round of the championship, Brentford lost 2-1 to Huddersfield Town Football Club, Li Ke scored a goal in the 77th minute, which was Li Ke's first goal in the 2016-17 season. In the 2016-17 season, Li Ke made 49 appearances in various competitions, scoring 6 goals and contributing 5 assists.

On August 19, 2017, in the fourth round of the championship, Brentford lost 2-0 to Ipswich Town Football Club, Li Ke started and made his debut as Brentford captain for the first time. On September 12, 2017, Li Ke scored a goal in the 9th minute in the fourth round of the Champions League match when Brentford lost 2-1 to Sheffield Wednesday football club, which was Li Ke's first goal in the 2017-18 season. In the 2017-18 season, Li Ke played 44 times in various competitions, scoring 4 goals and contributing 4 assists.

In the 2018-19 season, Li Ke made 20 appearances in various competitions on behalf of Brentford.

Beijing Guoan

On January 31, 2019, Li Ke officially joined Beijing Zhonghe Guoan Football Club. On March 30, Li Ke made his debut in the third round of the match between Beijing Zhonghe Guoan 1-0 Beijinger and the football club, becoming the first naturalized player in the Chinese Super League. On April 14, 2019, Li Ke scored his first goal in the Chinese Super League in the 69th minute of the 5th round of Beijing Zhonghe Guoan's home 2-1 victory over Henan Jianye football club. At the same time, it was also the first goal of China's first naturalized players. On May 17, Li Ke scored his second goal in the 72nd minute of the 10th round of Beijing Zhonghe Guoan's home 2-1 victory over Tianjin Tianhai football club. In the 2019 season, Li Ke played 46 times in various competitions, scoring 2 goals and contributing 1 assist.

In January 2020, Li Ji will be selected into the Chinese technical League.

National team career

England national team

Li kezeng played for England U17, U18 and U19 youth teams, making 10 appearances in various competitions.

China National Team

In January 2019, before the start of the 2019 season of CSL, Li Ke successfully completed the naturalization procedures and officially became a citizen of the people's Republic of China. On May 30, Li Ke was selected into the national football training list, becoming the first naturalized player to be selected into China's national men's football training team. On June 7, Li Ke made his debut in China's 2-0 win over the Philippines in the international warm-up match, making him the first naturalized player to represent the national football team.

On September 29, 2020, Li Ke was selected into the training list of men's national football team announced by China Football Association.

Personal life

Li Ke was born in London, UK. His father was an immigrant from Cyprus. Li Ke's mother was born in the UK and was a Cantonese Chinese immigrant to the UK. Both his grandfather and grandmother were Cantonese Chinese.

Career data

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National team data

Character evaluation

Li Ke's performance is impeccable, his play is more like European players. Li Ke's characteristics are better at organization and defense, and less dazzling at the offensive end. But it will make people connect Li Ke and Zheng Zhi. They have similar technical characteristics and are good at connecting the preceding and the following in the back waist position. (Beijing Youth Daily)

Li is a versatile player with good attack and defense. He is good at shooting from a long distance. He can not only take up the position of the back waist, but also be competent for the position of the right back, the edge forward and the center forward. Li Ke, who can take up multiple positions in the middle and back court, can not only enhance the defensive hardness of the team's midfield, but also enrich the team's offensive means with his long-range shooting ability. (Tencent online review)