Ning Weichen

Beijing Guoan He met Li Ming while playing for the Chinese under-19 side against the youth side of Dutch club ADO Den Haag, where Li was coaching, and on returning to China, he joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan, where Li was now general manager, in July 2017. He was initially assigned to the club's reserve team, and upon making his debut he stated his intention to play for the first team. So little was his impact on the team over the next two seasons, news website Sohu described a moment where his shot broke a goalframe at a training camp in Portugal as one of his highlights with the club. He joined fellow China League Two side Zhuhai Qin'ao in 2022, after the dissolution of Xi'an Wolves, scoring only his second goal in senior football in July 2022, in a 2–1 win against Jiangxi Dark Horse Junior. He remained in the Chinese Champions League the following year with Zibo Home, a move seen as a disappointment by media in China, given his early promise.

Age fraud During his time with Beijing Guoan, Ning changed his year of birth from 1996 to 1997, in order to potentially be called up to the China Olympic Team for the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. As he rectified the change quickly, he was not punished by the Chinese Football Association.

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