[1] He would eventually make his league debut for Shenhua on 18 June 2011 in a game against Hangzhou Greentown, coming on as a substitute for Feng Renliang in the 86th minute as the match ended in a 1–0 defeat.

[3] He would eventually make his debut for Qingdao on 13 April 2016 in a Chinese FA Cup game against Lijiang Jiayunhao that ended in a 2–1 defeat.

[4] While he would score in his league debut for the club on 28 October 2017 against Meizhou Hakka in a 2–1 defeat, Liu would still find himself as a peripheral figure within the team until the Head coach Jordi Vinyals decided to hand Liu his first league start on 6 April 2019 against Heilongjiang Lava Spring that ended in a 3–0 victory.

[5] After that game Liu would become an integral member of the team that would win the 2019 China League One division and promotion into the top tier.

[9] He would go on to establish himself as regular within the team that gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One campaign.