Under the warm winter sun, Beijing time on December 20, the bright pearl of Swiss soccer - Grasshopper Football Club, with an official statement, ignited the eyes of the soccer world: Beijing Guoan's left iron gate Li Lei, will be officially stepped into the map of Swiss soccer in January.
The official Grasshopper pen portrays it as such:
Li Lei, 29, the steel warrior who has stood firm on the left flank at Beijing Guoan, will draw a close to this 21/22 winter transfer window and start his new soccer journey.
From the youth training camp in Qingdao, Shandong Province, Li Lei, under the age of 18, stepped onto the stage of the Chinese Super League in April 2010 as a Nanchang Bayi player. His soccer career is like a legend, Nanchang Bayi (Shanghai Shenxin), Henan Jianye, Beijing Guoan, these places have left his footprints of struggle, the journey of the professional league, he has been more than 200 times to hang on the battlefield. 2018, he with the Guoan lifted the trophy of the Football Association Cup; 2019, he was honored as the best team in the Chinese Super League.
In March 2019, Li Lei made his debut in a national team uniform and has so far appeared in five matches for the national team, contributing two assists.
Grasshopper's Technical Director Olofingana exclaimed, "We are very pleased to welcome Li Lei! As an experienced Chinese international, he will bring endless energy to our team. We look forward to him quickly settling into the rhythm and culture of Swiss soccer and adding to the team's journey in the second half of the season."
Grasshopper Football Club sends its best wishes to Li Lei for another successful campaign for Guoan in the remainder of the 2021 season in the Chinese Super League and looks forward to meeting him in Zurich next January.