International Career
In 1997, Li Tie was one of four players called up from the Jianlibao Youth Team for the final round of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification by Qi Wusheng, the coach of the Chinese national team along with Li Jinyu, Sui Dongliang and Zhang Xiaorui. Li was already a veteran of the national squad when China embarked on their World Cup debut in 2002.
Despite recovering from an injury, Li returned to competitive football in June 2006 with substitute appearances for the Chinese national team against Switzerland and France. He was again called up by China for a friendly against Thailand on 10 August and the 2007 Asian Cup qualifier against Singapore on 16 August 2006.
He remained part of the national side and was called up by Zhu Guanghu for China squad to play the Asian Nations Cup 2007 but failed to make an appearance.
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