Shewket Yalqun (Chinese: 肖开提·亚力昆; born 7 February 1993 in Artux), formerly known as Memet Ali (Chinese: 买买提·艾力), is a Chinese footballer.

Shewket Yalqun
شەۋكەت يالقۇن
Personal information
Full name Shewket Yalqun
Date of birth (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Artux, Xinjiang, China
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
Xinjiang Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2021 Guangzhou Evergrande 7 (0)
2014Qingdao Hainiu (loan) 25 (3)
2015–2017Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (loan) 66 (2)
2019Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (loan) 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:55, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Shewket Yalqun
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese肖开提·亚力昆
Traditional Chinese肖開提·亞力昆
Uyghur name
UyghurUyghur: شەۋكەت يالقۇن
Memet Ali
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese买买提·艾力
Traditional Chinese買買提·艾力
Uyghur name
UyghurUyghur: مەمەت ئەلى

Club career edit

Shewket Yalqun transferred to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande for a fee of ¥100,000 in January 2012. He used the name Memet Ali to register for the 2012 league season. He made his senior debut on 30 March 2012 in a 1–0 away win against Shanghai Shenhua, coming on as a substitute for Gao Lin in the 81st minute.[1] However, he was sent to play for the reserve team after Italian manager Marcello Lippi took charge of the team. Shewket made six league appearances during the 2012 season.

He was involved in an age controversy in early 2013 when Guangzhou Evergrande found out he used a different name Shewket Yalqun to register in the league. Guangzhou reported it to the Chinese Football Association. In March 2013, he received a ban of three months for age falsification.[2] He returned to field on 10 July 2013 in the fourth round of 2013 Chinese FA Cup in which Guangzhou beat Dalian Ruilong 7–1.[3] On 7 August 2013, he scored his first senior goal in the fifth round of FA Cup which ensured Guangzhou draw with Hangzhou Greentown 2–2 after 90 minutes and beat Hangzhou 5–3 in the penalty shootout.[4]

In January 2014, Shewket moved to China League One side Qingdao Hainiu on a one-year loan deal.[5] He made his debut for the club on 15 March 2014 in a 1-1 draw against Chengdu Tiancheng. In January 2015, he was loaned to League One side Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard for one year. Xinjiang extended his loan deal for another year at the beginning of 2016 season.

Career statistics edit

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Guangzhou Evergrande 2012 Chinese Super League 6 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] 0 6 0
2013 1 0 2 1 0 0 0[a] 0 3 1
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] 0 0 0
Total 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
Qingdao Hainiu (loan) 2014 China League One 25 3 5 1 - - 30 4
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (loan) 2015 24 2 4 1 - - 28 3
2016 23 0 1 0 - - 24 0
2017 19 0 0 0 - - 19 0
Total 66 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 71 3
Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard (loan) 2019 China League One 14 2 0 0 - - 14 2
Career Total 112 7 12 3 0 0 0 0 124 10
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours edit

Club edit

Guangzhou Evergrande

References edit

  1. ^ 孔卡赛后避谈PK阿内尔卡:一场球难分出水平高低 at sports.sohu.com 2012-03-31 Retrieved 2012-07-17 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 足协处罚年龄造假四球员被禁赛 舜天也是受害者 at sports.sohu.com 2013-03-29 Retrieved 2013-08-08 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ 足恒大身份造假球员回归 新疆小伙禁赛四月复出 at china.com 2013-07-11 Retrieved 2013-08-08 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ 足协杯-点球大战汪嵩进球遭误判 恒大5-3绿城晋级 at sports.sina.com.cn 2013-08-07 Retrieved 2013-08-08 (in Chinese)
  5. ^ 海牛年货分量十足 at qdqss.cn 2014-01-30 Retrieved 2014-02-07 (in Chinese)
  6. ^ 肖开提 at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine

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