Yan Zihao (Chinese: 晏紫豪; pinyin: Yàn Zǐháo; born 18 January 1995) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a left-back or left winger for Chinese Super League side Cangzhou Mighty Lions.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back, Left winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
Oliveirense | |||
0000–2012 | Sacavenense | ||
2013–2015 | Sporting CP | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Cova da Piedade | 9 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Oriental Dragon | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Torreense (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Tianjin Quanjian | 13 | (0) |
2018 | → Jiangsu Yancheng (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Qingdao Huanghai | 10 | (0) |
2021– | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 15 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | China U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:01, 6 December 2019 (UTC) |
Yan Zihao was selected to go to football training camps held in Portugal to help in his youth development, in a scheme that was sponsored by the Chinese Football Association.[1] His time in Portugal would see him join the senior team teams of lower league sides Cova da Piedade and Torreense.[2] On 1 February 2016, Yan would return to China with second tier football club Tianjin Quanjian for the start of the 2016 China League One season.[3] He would make his debut on 8 May 2016 in a league game against Qingdao Jonoon in a 3-2 victory where he came on as a substitute for Wang Jie.[4] After the game he would start to become a regular within the team and help them win the division title and promotion to the top tier.[5] The following season saw the club bring in experienced left-back Mi Haolun, which saw Yan lose his place within the team and he was loaned out to third tier club Jiangsu Yancheng in the 2018 league season.[6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cova da Piedade | 2014–15 | Campeonato Nacional de Seniores | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 3 | ||
Torreense (loan) | 2015–16 | Campeonato de Portugal | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
Tianjin Quanjian | 2016 | China League One | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
2017 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
2019 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
Jiangsu Yancheng (loan) | 2018 | China League Two | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Qingdao Huanghai | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | ||
Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | ||
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Career total | 58 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 3 |
Tianjin Quanjian F.C.