Career
Sichuan GuanchengLiu Yu started his professional football career in 2004 with top tier club Sichuan Guancheng when he made his league debut against Beijing Guoan on March 16, 2004 in a 1-1 draw in Sichuan's first game of the season. He would quickly establish himself as Sichuan's first choice left-back and would feature in sixteen league games throughout the season. Dalian ShideOnce again he would quickly establish himself within the team and become their first choice left-back and make twenty league appearances in his debut season.
By the next season Zhai Yanpeng regained his place as Dalian's left-back and Liu Yu was allowed to leave by the end of the season. This saw Liu Yu join fellow Chinese Super League team Henan Construction and while he was a regular throughout the season he only remained with them for one season before joining Chengdu Blades at the beginning of the 2009 Chinese Super League season. Chengdu BladesAt Chengdu, he immediately established himself as the club's first choice fullback and helped guide the team to mid-table safety in his first season.
However, despite that, the club were relegated to the second tier when it was discovered that they fixed several games in 2007 to help them in their process for promotion to the top tier. By the end of the league campaign, Liu guided the club to second in the league and immediate promotion back into the Chinese Super League. Jiangsu SanityIn Jun 2011, Liu Yu signed a two and half years contract with Chinese Super League team Jiangsu Sainty with a transfer fee of ￥500,000 (about $77,000 according to then exchange rate).
Dalian AerbinIn January 2012, Liu transferred to Super League newcomer Dalian Aerbin with a fee of ￥ 3 million. Chongqing LifanLiu transferred to another China League One club Chongqing Lifan in January 2014.
