Liu Yingchen started his professional football career in 2011 when he was promoted to Chinese Super League side Dalian Shide's first team squad.
[2] On 11 April 2015, he made his senior debut in a 1–0 home win against Hunan Billows, coming on as a substitute for Bruno Meneghel in the stoppage time.
He made another league appearance on 23 May 2015 in a 4–1 home win over Beijing BIT, also coming on Bruno Meneghel in the stoppage time.
[3] On 5 February 2016, Liu transferred to Dalian Transcendence who newly promoted to China League One.
[5] He made his league debut in the last match of season in a 0–0 away draw against Qingdao Jonoon, coming on for Hu Zhaojun in the 80th minute.