Gui Hong

Gui Hong (Chinese: 桂宏; pinyin: Guì Hóng; born 18 January 1995) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Nantong Zhiyun in the Chinese Super League.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gui.
Gui Hong
桂宏
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Nantong Zhiyun
Number 28
Youth career
Wuhan Zall
2013 Huracán Valencia
2014 Sevilla
2015 Hebei China Fortune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Sevilla C 3 (0)
2015 → Utrera (loan) 16 (2)
2016–2018 Hebei China Fortune 26 (2)
2019–2023 Guangzhou City 39 (5)
2020 → Guizhou Hengfeng (loan) 11 (4)
2021 → Meizhou Hakka (loan) 13 (1)
2023- Nantong Zhiyun 4 (0)
International career‡
2014 China U-20 8 (1)
2016 China U-23 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2016

Club career

Gui Hong moved to Spain for trial in 2012 after he refused to sign a professional contract with Wuhan Zall.[2] He was signed by Huracán Valencia in 2013 when he was 18 years old and transferred to Sevilla's youth academy in January 2014.[2] He was promoted to Sevilla C in the summer of 2014 for the 2014–15 Tercera División campaign. In January 2015, Gui was loaned to Primera Andaluza side Utrera for half season.[3] He scored his first goal in his first appearance, in a 3–0 victory against CD Ciudad Jardín Comunicaciones.[3] Gui scored two goals in 16 appearances, as Utrera finished the second place of the league and won promotion to the Tercera División.[4]

Gui returned to China and joined China League One side Hebei China Fortune in July 2015. He was promoted to the first team by Li Tie after Hebei promoted to the Chinese Super League in 2016.[5] On 10 May 2016, he made his debut for Hebei in a 1–0 victory against amateur team Shanghai Jiading Boo King in the 2016 Chinese FA Cup, coming on for Wang Yang in the 60th minute.[6] His Super League debut came on 4 days later in a 2–0 away defeat against Guangzhou Evergrande, coming on as a substitute for Li Hang in the 80th minute.[7] On 29 June 2016, he scored his first goal for Hebei in the fourth round of 2016 Chinese FA Cup, which ensured Hebei beat Heibei Derby rival Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 3–2 and advanced to the next round.[8] On 20 May 2017, Gui scored his first goal in the Super League in his first match of the 2017 season against Liaoning FC, which gave Hebei China Fortune a 2–0 home win.[9] On 7 April 2018, he scored another goal in a 2–1 home win over Changchun Yatai.[10]

On 24 January 2019, Gui signed a four-year contract with fellow Super League club Guangzhou R&F (now known as Guangzhou City).[11] He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 2 March 2019 against Chongqing Dangdai Lifan that ended in a 2-2 draw.[12] By the end of the season he would only make 13 appearances and would be loaned out to second tier club Guizhou Hengfeng on 20 May 2020.[13] This would be followed by another loan period, with another second tier club in Meizhou Hakka where he was a squad player as the club gained promotion to the top tier after coming second within the division at the end of the 2021 China League One campaign.[14]

Career statistics
As of 31 December 2022.[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sevilla C 2014–15 Tercera División 30---30
Utrera (loan) 2014–15 Primera Andaluza 162---162
Hebei China Fortune 2016 Chinese Super League 8041--121
20179100--91
20189110--101
Total 262510000313
Guangzhou R&F/
Guangzhou City		 2019 Chinese Super League 13210--142
2022 26300--263
Total 395100000405
Guizhou Hengfeng (loan) 2020 China League One 11410--124
Meizhou Hakka (loan) 2021 13110--141
Career total 1081481000011615

References
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  2. "留洋小将桂宏戏耍卡塔尔破门 曾被马塔父亲赏识". Netsease. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. "留洋球员表现：鲁能双星打满全场 桂宏首秀建功". Sina. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. "武汉伢孤身闯荡西班牙 助球队历史性升级". Hubei News. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  5. "2016中超联赛河北华夏幸福30人报名名单". Sina. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  6. "足协杯-杜威读秒点杀 华夏1-0嘉定城发进16强". Sina. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  7. "中超-阿兰5场6球于汉超破门 恒大2-0华夏取8连胜". Sina. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  8. "足协杯-杜威头球建功永昌新援两球 华夏3-2永昌". Sohu. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. "华夏U23球员处子球横空出世 享受球迷欢呼太幸福". Sina. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  10. "中超-拉维奇建功杜震宇世界波 华夏2-1迎主场首胜". Netease. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  11. "富力再宣引援:华夏留洋中锋加盟 必将增强球队实力". Sina. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  12. "CHONGQING LIANGJIANG VS. GUANGZHOU CITY 2 - 2". soccerway.com. 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  13. "520大礼!恒丰官宣2将租借加盟 范云龙回归桂宏来投". sports.sina.cn. 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  14. "创造历史！梅州客家冲超成功！成为全国唯一县级中超球队！" (in Chinese). meizhou.gov.cn. 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  15. "桂宏". sodasoccer (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2016-05-14.


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