Career
In January 2009, he moved to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Pharmaceutical after Wuhan was dissolved. Ni received high praise by then manager Shen Xiangfu and transferred to Guangzhou on a free transfer. He was called up to the first team in the middle of 2009 league season, but didn"t have a chance to appear in the league game.
He was substituted on to play in the next two league matches.
However, he suffered a knee ligament rupture after a few matches, ruling him out for four months. His knee ligament injury relapsed in early 2011 and finally received surgery in April 2011, keeping him out of the field for the rest of the 2011 league season.
In February 2014, Ni moved to China League One side Shenyang Zhongze on a one-year loan deal.