Chen Tao (footballer, born 1995)

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.

Chen Tao
陈涛
Personal information
Full name Chen Tao
Date of birth (1995-05-03) 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)
2019Jilin 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

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

As of 31 January 2023.[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shanghai Shenhua2015Chinese Super League0000--00
20160000--00
2017100000-10
Total 1000000010
CF Crack's (loan)2014–15Regional Preferente (Valencia)111---111
Jilin Baijia (loan)2019China League Two9042--132
Wuxi Xinje2020Chinese Champions League---
Yunnan Yukun Steel2021---
Hefei City2022---
Career total 211420000253

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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)
  5. 陈涛 at sodasoccer.com Archived 2017-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
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