Liu Tianqi (; born 17 January 1989) is a Chinese football coach and former football player.
Club career Liu was born in Jixi, Heilongjiang and moved to Shenyang with his family when he was still a boy. He began to play organized football in Zhuang Yi Football School and later moved to Chinese Super League side Shaanxi Chanba's youth team system. He started his professional football career in 2008 when he was loan to China League Two club Shaanxi Star (Shaanxi Baorong Chanba's youth team) for one year. Liu was promoted to Shaanxi Baorong Chanba's first team squad by Cheng Yaodong in 2009. However, as Shaanxi struggled at the bottom of the league, he did not appear for the club in the 2009 league season. On 9 May 2010, in the first match after Milorad Kosanović took over the club which Shaanxi Baorong Chanba played against Nanchang Hengyuan at home, Liu made his debut for Shaanxi and played as a starter in the right-back position, but was substituted by Xin Feng in the 29th minute.陈志钊独秀两脚世界波 陕西0比3南昌换帅首战蒙羞 at sports.sina.com.cn 2010-05-09 Retrieved 2012-11-23
Just playing one match for Shaanxi, Liu was loaned to League Two club Dalian Aerbin in the summer of 2010. He made 10 appearances in the second half of the 2010 season as Dalian Aerbin finished the first place and won promotion to League One. Dalian Aerbin extended Liu's loan deal for one year in 2011. Liu played 18 matches in the League One, the club won two consecutive champions and promotions and entered the top flight in the 2011 season.阿尔滨公布离队球员名单 鲁能前国青90后门神加盟 at sports.sina.com.cn 2011-11-27 Retrieved 2012-11-23
Liu returned to Shaanxi Baorong Chanba which moved their home stadium to Guiyang and changed their name into Guizhou Renhe later for the 2012 Super League campaign. He was highly appraised by the manager Gao Hongbo and gained a regular starter as a full back. He made 32 appearances in the 2012 season as the club achieved fourth place in the Super League and runners-up in the FA Cup and gained the entry into AFC Champions League for the first time. Liu was excluded from Beijing Renhe's squad in the 2017 season. On 7 April 2017, he received a ban of six months by the Chinese Football Association for age falsification.人和球员注册信息造假遭足协重罚 禁赛长达六个月 at sports.sina.com.cn 2017-04-07 Retrieved 2017-04-07
On 28 February 2018, Liu transferred to China League One side Dalian Transcendence.官方：刘天祺加盟大连超越 at dongqiudi.com 2018-02-28 Retrieved 2018-02-28
In March 2019, Liu transferred to China League Two side Shenyang Urban. He would go on to win the 2019 China League Two division with the club.
Career statistics Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.刘天祺 at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2015-11-01 ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsShaanxi Star (loan)2008China League Two --- Shaanxi Baorong Chanba/ Guizhou Renhe/ Beijing Renhe2009Chinese Super League00---00201010---10201227050--3202013802000-1002014100010002020154010--502016China League One13020--150 Total5401001000650Dalian Aerbin (loan)2010China League Two100---1002011China League One18000--180 Total280000000280Taiyuan Zhongyou Jiayi (loan)2014China League Two110---110Dalian Transcendence2018China League One6000--60Shenyang Urban2019China League Two27000--2702020China League One50---50 Total320000000320 Career total131010010001420
Honours Club Dalian Aerbin China League One: 2011 China League Two: 2010
Guizhou Renhe Chinese FA Cup: 2013 Chinese FA Super Cup: 2014
Shenyang Urban China League Two: 2019
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