Chen Tao (simplified Chinese: 陈涛; traditional Chinese: 陳濤; pinyin: Chén Tāo; born 3 May 1995) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Jilin Baijia in the China League Two.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Chen Tao | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Chaohu, Anhui, China | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Jilin Baijia | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shanghai Luckystar | |||
| 2014–2015 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Shanghai Shenhua | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | → CF Crack's (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Jilin Baijia (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2020 | |||
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]
| 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 | ||
| Career total | 21 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||