Career
Yi Teng started his football career by signing with Chongqing Lifan"s youth academy in 2003. After two years playing for Chongqing"s youth academy, Yi joined Chengdu Blades"s youth system in 2005 for further development. On 23 October 2009, he officially transferred to Ligue 2 side Football Club Metz after a brief and successful trial period.
He became the second Chinese football player to be signed a French side after Li Jinyu who played for AS Nancy in 1998.
Yi was promoted to the first team squad in the 2010-2011 season, but failed to make an impact and did not play at all for the entire season. In July 2011, Yi signed a contract with Chinese Super League side Shenzhen Ruby.
Yi was named as club captain by then manager Philippe Troussier in 2012 after Shenzhen was relegated to the second tier. On 1 January 2013, along with Zhao Peng and Zeng Cheng, Yi transferred to Chinese Super League giant for a fee of ¥10 million.
He then made his league debut for Guangzhou on 25 August 2013, as a substitute for Elkeson in the final minutes of a league game against Guangzhou R&F. On 10 February 2014, Yi moved to fellow top tier club Liaoning Whowin on a one-year loan deal.
He made his debut for the club in a 1-1 draw against Shanghai East Asia on 9 March 2014. On 18 June 2015, he was loaned out again to another top tier side Hangzhou Greentown, rejoining former manager Philippe Troussier. He made his debut for the club on 28 June 2015 in a 2-0 loss against Guangzhou R&F. In January 2016, he was loaned to China League One club Beijing Renhe.
On 12 February 2016, Yi was sold to Guangzhou R&F as part of Liu Dianzuo"s transfer deal.
He will join Guangzhou R&F in 2017.
