In 1999, he left Dalian Wanda to join Chongqing Hongyan in the Chinese Jia B league.
[2] In March 2004, he joined Boca Juniors on a short loan.
Following Li's retirement in 2009, he joined Dalian Aerbin as assistant coach.
[7] In the 2018 season, he was officially appointed as manager [8] but was sacked soon due to poor performances.
[9] In 2019, Li returned to the renamed Dalian Yifang as reserves manager, but left the team not long after Benitez's arrival.