{{short description|Chinese footballer (born 2001)}} {{family name hatnote|Liu|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Liu Yixin | image = File:Liu Yixin 2025-04-25 (cropped).jpg | caption = Liu Yixin in April 2025 | fullname = Liu Yixin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|5|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Zhengzhou, Henan, China | height = 1.83 m | currentclub = Henan | clubnumber = 27 | position = Left-back | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2019 | youthclubs1 = Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | youthyears2 = 2019–2022 | youthclubs2 = Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic | years1 = 2022 | clubs1 = Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2022– | clubs2 = Henan | caps2 = 69 | goals2 = 0 | club-update = 22 November 2025 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Liu Yixin''' ({{zh|s=刘易鑫|t=劉易鑫|p=Liú Yìxīn}}; born 27 May 2001) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Chinese Super League club Henan.
==Career== ===Early career=== Born in Zhengzhou, Henan, Liu Yixin joined the Evergrande Football School of Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande in 2014.<ref name="CQLA"/> He was immediately sent to train in Spain for three years before returning to China in 2017.<ref name="CQLA"/> In 2019, he joined the youth academy of fellow Chinese Super League side Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.<ref name="CQLA"/> On 30 April 2022, Liu Yixin was promoted to the Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic first-team,<ref name="CQLA">{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/2727564.html|title=【官宣{{!}} 入队列阵！欢迎加入重庆两江竞技！】|website=www.dongqiudi.com|date=30 April 2022|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> fielding the number 27 shirt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2022-05-08/doc-imcwipii8662349.shtml|title=重庆两江竞技公布一线队报名名单：共31人4名外援|website=sports.sina.com.cn|date=8 May 2022|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> However, on 24 May 2022, it was announced that Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic had ceased operations, and Liu subsequently became a free agent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2022/0525/c1012-32429662.html|title=重庆两江竞技宣布解散并退出职业足坛|publisher=People's Daily Online|date=25 May 2022|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref>
===Henan=== On 27 May 2022, it was announced that Liu Yixin has signed for his hometown club and Chinese Super League side Henan Songshan Longmen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/2786056.html|title=河南队官方：前重庆队球员石笑天、刘易鑫加盟|website=www.dongqiudi.com|date=27 May 2022|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> He chose to wear the number 2 shirt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/2798216.html|title=2022中国平安中超联赛河南嵩山龙门一线队大名单|website=www.dongqiudi.com|date=2 June 2022|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> He made his debut for the club on 11 June 2022, coming on as a 62nd substitute for Niu Ziyi in a 3–1 win over Zhejiang.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/2814070.html|title=河南3-1十人浙江，卡兰加连续三轮建功，马兴煜、埃沃洛破门|website=www.dongqiudi.com|date=11 June 2022|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> His gametime increased in November 2022, after earning his first start for the club on 13 November in a 3–1 victory against eventual league winners Wuhan Three Towns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/3094654.html|title=三镇1-3遭河南逆转丢榜首，杨帅凌空侧勾破门，王上源两助攻|website=www.dongqiudi.com|date=13 November 2022|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> On 30 December 2022, he provided an assist for Huang Zichang in the second goal in the 62nd minute, in a 4–0 win against Hebei.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/3195937.html|title=河北0-4河南，黄紫昌、钟义浩传射，阿德里安、陈克强建功|website=www.dongqiudi.com|date=30 December 2022|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> Liu continued to be a rotational starter for Henan FC in the 2023 and 2024 seasons.<ref name=soccerway/> After the 2024 Chinese FA Cup match against Guangxi Pingguo Haliao on 17 July, Liu suffered a patella fracture which sidelined him for four weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/3195937.html|title=官方：河南后卫刘易鑫膝关节髌骨骨裂，预计需休养4-6周|website=www.dongqiudi.com|date=23 July 2024|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> On 21 September 2024, Liu provided an assist for Bruno Nazário in a 2–0 home win over Chengdu Rongcheng.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20240921A07QPW00|title=雪佛龙 {{!}} 河南2-0成都终结3连败，纳萨里奥传射，科维奇头槌|website=news.qq.com|date=21 September 2024|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> Four weeks later on 18 October, he assisted Nemanja Čović in the match opener of a 2–1 away defeat to Shanghai Shenhua.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/4617427.html|title=雪佛龙 {{!}} 申花2-1逆转河南重回榜首，吴曦、特谢拉建功|website=www.dongqiudi.com|date=18 October 2024|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref> On 30 June 2025, he assisted Felippe Cardoso in Henan's first goal in a 2–2 home draw with Shandong Taishan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/5199393.html|title=河南2-2山东，泽卡梅开二度，卡多索双响，彭欣力直红|website=www.dongqiudi.com|date=30 June 2025|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref>
==Personal life== Liu Yixin was admitted to Beijing Sport University in July 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/J876S2NE0529AQIE.html|title=祝贺！河南球员刘易鑫晒北体大录取通知书：|website=www.163.com|date=28 July 2024|access-date=17 July 2025|language=zh}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|31 October 2025}}<ref name=soccerway>{{Soccerway|yixin-liu/839614}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- |+ Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Henan |2022 |Chinese Super League |15||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||0 |- |2023 |Chinese Super League |16||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18||0 |- |2024 |Chinese Super League |17||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||19||0 |- |2025 |Chinese Super League |21||0||4||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||25||0 |- ! colspan=2 | Total !69!!0!!9!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!78!!0 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !69!!0!!9!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!78!!0 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|yixin-liu/839614}}
{{Henan F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Yixin}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Sportspeople from Zhengzhou Category:Footballers from Henan Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Chinese Super League players Category:Guangzhou F.C. players Category:Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Category:Henan F.C. players Category:Chinese expatriate men's footballers Category:Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen