Chen Tao (simplified Chinese: 陈涛; traditional Chinese: 陳濤; pinyin: Chén Tāo; born 3 May 1995) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hefei City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chen Tao | ||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Chaohu, Anhui, China | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hefei City | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shanghai Luckystar | |||
| 2014–2015 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2020 | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | → CF Crack's (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Jilin Baijia (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2020 | Wuxi Xinje | ||
| 2021 | Yunnan Yukun Steel | ||
| 2022– | Hefei City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023 | |||
Club career edit
Chen Tao joined Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua youth academy from Shanghai Luckystar in 2014. In 2015 he was loaned to Shanghai Shenhua's satellite team CF Crack's in the Primera Regional of Valencia.[1] He was promoted to Shanghai Shenhua's first team squad by Francis Gillot in the summer of 2015.[2] On 19 August 2017, he made his debut for Shanghai Shenhua in a 3–0 home defeat against Guangzhou Evergrande, coming on as a substitute for Wang Shouting in the 72nd minute.[3] He was demoted to the reserved team in 2018.
On 26 February 2019, Chen was loaned to China League Two side Jilin Baijia for the 2019 season.[4] On his return to Shanghai he remained in the reserves and was allowed to join fourth tier club Wuxi Xinje for the 2020 Chinese Champions League, which he was able to aid them gain promotion at the end of the season. The following campaign he joined another lower league team in Yunnan Yukun Steel and then Hefei City.
Career statistics edit
- As of 31 January 2023.[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| CF Crack's (loan) | 2014–15 | Regional Preferente (Valencia) | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | |||
| Jilin Baijia (loan) | 2019 | China League Two | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 13 | 2 | ||
| Wuxi Xinje | 2020 | Chinese Champions League | - | - | - | |||||||
| Yunnan Yukun Steel | 2021 | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Hefei City | 2022 | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Career total | 21 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
References edit
- ^ 申花探索青训新模式 借壳参赛赴西班牙练梯队. Tencent (in Chinese). 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ 申花从精英队提拔7将至一线队 5将中场2将任后腰!. Shanghai Online (in Chinese). 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ 中超-穆里奇梅开二度 恒大客场3-0申花领先8分. Sina (in Chinese). 2017-08-19. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
- ^ 申花官宣5将租借离队 4人加盟申鑫1人加盟中乙队 at sina.com 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-02-27 (in Chinese)
- ^ 陈涛 at sodasoccer.com Archived 2017-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Chen Tao at Soccerway