Yao Hanlin

Yao Hanlin (Chinese: 姚翰林, born 16 April 1985 in Wuhan) is a retired Chinese professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent almost his entire playing career at his hometown Wuhan, first at Wuhan Guanggu from 2004 to their disbandment in 2008, and then Wuhan Zall from 2010 to 2022, where he served as long-time captain for the latter.

Yao Hanlin
姚翰林
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wuhan Zall
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Wuhan Guanggu 38 (0)
2009 Jiangsu Sainty 28 (0)
2010–2022 Wuhan Zall 234 (38)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2022
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yao.

Club career

Yao Hanlin began his professional football career in 2004 when he was promoted to the senior team of second tier club Wuhan Guanggu by Head coach Pei Encai and was part of the squad that won the division title and promotion to the top tier.[1] The following seasons he would gain more playing time and was often deployed as a substitute until the team were disbanded during the 2008 league season after the club had a dispute with the Chinese Football Association over their on-field behaviour after the club's management did not accept the punishment given to them by the Chinese Football Association after a scuffle broke out during a league game against Beijing Guoan on 27 September 2008.[2] With several other Wuhan players he would transfer to the newly promoted side Jiangsu Sainty at the beginning of the 2009 league season to join up with his former manager Pei Encai. His time at Jiangsu saw him become an integral member within the side and he would personally make 28 league appearances before he had a chance to return Hubei with second tier club Hubei Oriental at the beginning of the 2010 league season.

As the club renamed themselves Wuhan Zall, Yao would be an integral member of the squad that came runners-up within the division and gain promotion to the top tier.[3] After only one season within the top flight the club were relegated at the end of the 2013 Chinese Super League season.[4] Yao would remain an integral member of the squad until the club eventually won promotion again by winning the 2018 China League One division.[5]

Yao retired at the end of the 2021 season.[6] Wuhan announced that the club will retire Yao's No.8 shirt number, which was the first time a shirt number was retired for a player in the history of Chinese professional football (Many Chinese clubs had retired their No.12 shirt number as a dedication to supporters).

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 3 January 2022.[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wuhan Guanggu2004Jia B League1000---10
2005Chinese Super League1400010--150
200611010---120
200780----80
200840----40
Total 38010100000400
Jiangsu Sainty2009Chinese Super League280----280
Wuhan Zall2010China League One245----245
201125400---254
201224400---244
2013Chinese Super League18200---182
2014China League One27500---275
201528500---285
201624400---244
201728600---286
201827300---273
2019Chinese Super League5000---50
20203031--0[lower-alpha 1]060
20211010---20
Total 234384100000023839
Career total 300385110000030639
  1. Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs

Honours

Club

Wuhan Guanggu

Wuhan Zall

References
  1. "China 2004". RSSSF. 7 April 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. "Wuhan ejected from soccer league - People's Daily Online". English.people.com.cn. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. "China 2012". RSSSF. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. "China 2013". RSSSF. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. "2018中甲联赛积分榜". sports.sina.cn. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  6. "最高敬意！武汉队将永久封存8号球衣，以此向姚翰林致敬". Dongqiudi. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. 姚翰林 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2018-11-11 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "榜首两强双双平 冠军悬念留至末轮--33轮积分榜". sports.sohu.com. 20 November 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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