{{short description|Chinese footballer (born 2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Shǐ|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Shi Letian |image = File:Shi Letian 2025-06-15 (cropped).jpg | caption = Shi Letian in June 2025 |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|1|12|df=y}} |birth_place = Changji, Xinjiang, China |height = |currentclub = Xiamen Feilu |clubnumber = |position = Forward |youthyears1 = 2010–2018 |youthclubs1 = Shandong Luneng |youthyears2 = 2018–2021 |youthclubs2 = Marcet Football Academy |youthyears3 = 2018–2021 |youthclubs3 = Neurofutbol |youthyears4 = 2021 |youthclubs4 = Langreo |years1 = 2021–2022 |clubs1 = Langreo B |caps1 = 15 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2022–2023 |clubs2 = Jingchuan Wenhui |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2023–2024 |clubs3 = Haikou Mingcheng |caps3 = 19 |goals3 = 2 |years4 = 2024 |clubs4 = Rizhao Yuqi |caps4 = 10 |goals4 = 1 |years5 = 2024–2025 |clubs5 = Guangdong GZ-Power |caps5 = 4 |goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2025–2026 |clubs6 = Beijing Institute of Technology |caps6 = 28 |goals6 = 10 |years7 = 2026– |clubs7 = Xiamen Feilu |caps7 = 0 |goals7 = 0 |nationalyears1 = |nationalteam1 = |nationalcaps1 = |nationalgoals1 = |club-update = 11:50, 8 March 2026 (UTC) |nationalteam-update = }} '''Shi Letian''' ({{zh|s=史乐天|t=|p=}}; born 12 January 2003) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a forward for China League Two club Xiamen Feilu.
==Club career== Born in Changji, Xinjiang, Shi started playing football at school, before his parents sent him to Shandong for football training.<ref name=qq>{{cite web|url=https://new.qq.com/rain/a/20210820A0C7YG00|title=新疆足球小伙加盟进西班牙足球俱乐部|trans-title=Xinjiang football boy joins Spanish football club|date=20 August 2021|accessdate=29 January 2023|website=new.qq.com|language=Chinese}}</ref> He played for Shandong Luneng between the ages of 7 and 15,<ref name=tt>{{cite web|url=https://www.toutiao.com/article/6997349905928815135/|title=加泰罗尼亚“闯”进个昌吉足球小子|trans-title=Catalonia "broke" into a Changji football boy|date=17 August 2021|accessdate=29 January 2023|website=toutiao.com|language=Chinese}}</ref> before moving to Spain in 2018 to study at the Marcet Football University's program in Catalonia.<ref name=qq/><ref name=sohu>{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/381200480_779129|title=留洋确诊小将疑遭谩骂！哥哥回击：他才17岁！回国后主动申报症状|trans-title=The teenager who was diagnosed abroad was suspected of being abused! Brother hit back: He is only 17 years old! Voluntarily declare symptoms after returning home|date=18 March 2020|accessdate=29 January 2023|website=sohu.com|language=Chinese}}</ref>
While in Spain, he joined youth academy Neurofutbol, where he scored 20 goals in 24 games at under-16 level.<ref name=qq/> He was promoted to the under-19 team, before a move to professional side Langreo in August 2021.<ref name=qq/> Initially assigned to the under-19 squad, where he made his debut in September 2021,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.cn/china/other/2021-09-20/detail-iktzqtyt7137677.d.html|title=留洋小将史乐天在西班牙U19全国联赛中迎首秀|trans-title=Shi Letian, a teenager studying abroad, made his debut in the Spanish U19 National League|date=20 September 2021|accessdate=29 January 2023|website=sports.sina.cn|language=Chinese}}</ref> he went on to represent the club's 'B' team in the Tercera División RFEF.<ref name=lp>{{LaPreferente|373122}}</ref>
In 2022, he returned to China, signing for Chinese Champions League side Jingchuan Wenhui. He played in Jiangchuan Wenhui's shock penalty shoot-out win over Chinese Super League side Beijing Gouan on 17 November 2022.<ref name=sw>{{Soccerway|letian-shi/798924}}</ref>
==Personal life== Shi's father, Shi Yuxin, was also a footballer, but suffered a serious leg injury in a car crash in 1992, forcing him to retire prematurely.<ref name=tt/>
On a brief return to China in 2020, Shi felt ill at the Beijing Capital International Airport, informing staff, and was diagnosed with COVID-19.<ref name=sohu/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ppsport.com/article/news/877766.html|title=史乐天哥哥为其发声：弟弟到达机场主动申报不适 有些喷子没脑子|trans-title=Shi Letian's brother speaks out for him: My brother took the initiative to declare discomfort when he arrived at the airport.|date=18 March 2020|accessdate=29 January 2023|website=ppsport.com|language=Chinese}}</ref> He spent a month recovering in the Beijing Ditan Hospital, before donating to the "Coronavirus Prevention and Control" through the Red Cross Society of China.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jinqiulive.com/news/53252|title=留洋小将史乐天讲述康复经历：从停机坪直接上救护车，昨日已为抗疫捐款|trans-title=Shi Letian, a teenager who studied abroad, talked about his recovery experience: he went directly to the ambulance from the tarmac and donated money for the fight against the epidemic yesterday|date=28 April 2020|accessdate=29 January 2023|website=jinqiulive.com|language=Chinese}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|27 January 2023.}}<ref name=lp/><ref name=sw/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Langreo B |2021–22 |Tercera División RFEF |15||0||0||0||0||0||15||0 |- |Jingchuan Wenhui |2022 |Chinese Champions League |colspan=2|–||1{{efn|name=CFAC|Appearances in the Chinese FA Cup}}||0||0||0||1||0 |- |Hainan Star |2023 |China League Two |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !15!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!16!!0 |} ;Notes {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shi, Letian}} Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Xinjiang Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Tercera Federación players Category:Shandong Taishan F.C. players Category:UP Langreo footballers Category:Kunming City F.C. players Category:Lanzhou Longyuan Athletic F.C. players Category:Guangdong GZ-Power F.C. players Category:Beijing Institute of Technology F.C. players Category:Xiamen Feilu F.C. players Category:Chinese expatriate men's footballers Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen Category:Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain