Luan Yi
Luan Yi is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for China League One club Shijiazhuang Gongfu.
Early life and youth career
Luan was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province. He began playing football in Grade 2 at Liuting Primary School in Chengyang District, Qingdao, where his coach selected him as a goalkeeper based on his mother's height. In 2015, he was selected for the Qingdao Football Association's 2005 representative team and participated in the Shandong Provincial Football Championships in 2015 and 2016.In 2016, Luan won the runner-up at the National U11 Competition and was named Best Goalkeeper, subsequently being selected to the China U11 national team. He joined the Qingdao Huanghai youth academy and in 2017 helped the team win the Qingdao "Mayor's Cup" Campus Football League and the Shandong Sports Lottery Cup. In April 2019, as captain of the U14 national team, he made multiple saves against Kashima Antlers at the 8th Kedri Cup International Youth Football Invitational, earning praise from team advisor Peng Weiguo and subsequently being promoted to the U16 national team.