 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Dong Liqiang aizobatana nechikwata chevakuru cheLiaoning FC mumwaka wa1986 uye aizove chikamu chechikwata chakahwina mukombe weChinese FA mumushandirapamwe uyu. Mwaka wakatevera, aizotanga kuzvisimbisa semunhu akasimba uye anotyisa mudziviriri mukati mechikwata uye akaenderera mberi kuhwina 1987 mukombe weligi neLiaoning. Mushure mekutanga kunoshamisa kwebasa rake murairidzi mukuru wechikwata cheChinese Gao Fengwen akamudana muchikwata che 1988 AFC Asian Cup uye akamutamba mumutambo we semi-fainari neSouth Korea, iyo China yakarasikirwa 2-1 mushure mekuwedzera nguva. Akadzokera kukirabhu nhabvu uye akabatsira kumisikidza Liaoning sechikwata chinotungamira mukati meChinese nhabvu nekuhwina mamwe mazita mazita nekirabhu uye 1989-90 Asian Club Championship ichivaita ivo vekutanga timu yeChinese kuhwina mukombe wepamusoro weAsia kondinendi. Pasinei nekubudirira kwechikwata chake basa rake repasi rose raizopedzisira rakanganiswa nekuita kwake mukati me1990 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC mushandirapamwe apo musi wa17 Gumiguru 1989 mutambo wakanangana neUnited Arab Emirates aive nebasa rezvinangwa zvavo zviviri zvekupedzisira, izvo zvakaona China ichirasikirwa nemutambo 2-1 uye pakupedzisira nzvimbo mukati meWorld Cup. Iye pakupedzisira akakwanisa kugadzirisa zvikanganiso zvake apo mu 1992 AFC Asian CupChina yakatarisana neUnited Arab Emirates zvakare uye akatamba muchikwata chakavakunda 4-3 munguva yekuwedzera kuti vakunde mutambo wechitatu mumutambo. Mushure mekupedza basa rake rese neLiaoning uye ave pedyo nekupera kwebasa rake aizosarudza kusiya kirabhu yekumusha kwake uye akabatana neyechipiri-tier nhabvu kirabhu Shenzhen Pingan mumwaka weligi wa1997 kwaakavabatsira kuvatungamira kunzvimbo yechipiri-yechipiri mukati mechikamu chavo kukwidziridzwa kunhanho yepamusoro. Akapedza mamwe mwaka miviri nekirabhu sezvo vakaramba vari muchikamu asati aenda pamudyandigere pakupera kwemushandirapamwe wa1999. 