Li Mao (footballer)

{{Short description|Taiwanese footballer}}

{{family name hatnote|Li|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Li Mao

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|2}}

| birth_place = Hualien, Taiwan{{cite web |last1=Lu |first1=Hao-wei |title=國腳搖籃花蓮大地震 男足報平安祈福: 辛苦搜救團隊 (in Chinese) |url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/1109667 |website=ETtoday.net |access-date=2 September 2019}}

| height = {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Gold left foot: Li Mao|url=https://www.sportsv.net/articles/14344|website=Sports Vision|access-date=10 December 2017|language=zh-TW|date=1 June 2015}}

| currentclub = Taichung Futuro F.C.

| clubnumber = 18

| position = Striker

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| years1 = 2014–2017

| clubs1 = Hasus TSU F.C.

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| years2 = 2018

| clubs2 = Taipower FC

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| years3 = 2019–

| clubs3 = Taichung Futuro F.C.

| caps3 = 81

| goals3 = 18

| nationalyears1 = 2013–

| nationalteam1 = Chinese Taipei

| nationalcaps1 = 30

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| pcupdate = 15 August 2019

| ntupdate = 15 June 2021

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Li Mao ({{zh|s=李茂}}; born 2 November 1992) is a Taiwanese footballer who currently plays as a striker for Taichung Futuro F.C. in the Taiwan Football Premier League and for the Chinese Taipei national football team.{{soccerway|mao-li/390887}}{{NFT player|pid=53894}}

Li gained attention by being top scorer with four goals in three matches at the 2017 CTFA International Tournament, with two goals against the Philippines and two goals against Laos,{{cite web|title=Football Association Invitational / 59-year championship taste of the Chinese team kicked victory glory|url=http://www.ctfa.com.tw/hotnews/ctfa-news/3771-59.html|website=www.ctfa.com.tw|access-date=9 December 2017|language=zh-tw|date=6 December 2017}} described by Taipei Times as "the key player for Taiwan."{{cite news|last1=Pan|first1=Jason|title=Taiwan beat Laos, claim CTFA17 title|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2017/12/06/2003683509|access-date=9 December 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=6 December 2017}}