In 2007, Liu started his professional footballer career with Harbin Yiteng in the China League One division.
[1] He was unfortunately part of the squad that was relegated to the third-tier at the end of the 2008 China League One campaign.
[3] He would make his Chinese Super League debut for Harbin on 7 March 2014 in a game against Shandong Luneng Taishan that ended in a 1-0 defeat.
[6] Liu transferred to fellow League One side Meizhou Hakka in December 2018.
[7] He would make his debut in a league game on 16 March 2019 against Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard in a 4-0 victory.