Fan Xiaodong

Fan Xiaodong
范晓冬
Personal information
Full name Fan Xiaodong
Date of birth (1987-03-02) 2 March 1987
Place of birth Zibo, Shandong, China
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Changchun Yatai
Number 17
Youth career
2000–2004 Guangdong Mingfeng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Shenzhen Jianlibao 46 (2)
2009–2015 Hangzhou Greentown 148 (2)
2016– Changchun Yatai 48 (4)
National team
2017– China 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 August 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2017

Fan Xiaodong (Chinese: 范晓冬; born on March 2, 1987) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Changchun Yatai as a midfielder in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Shenzhen Jianlibao

Fan Xiaodong started his professional football career when he joined Chinese Super League team Shenzhen Jianlibao in the 2005 league season. He would have to wait until the 2006 league season before he would make his league debut against Inter Xian on July 12, 2006 in a 2–2 draw, coming on as a second-half substitute.[1] Gradually establishing himself throughout the season he would eventually play in 4 league games for Shenzhen, however it was in the 2007 Chinese Super League season that Fan Xiaodong establish himself as prominent member of the Shenzhen team by playing in 21 league games and help them avoid relegation.[2] Being one of the few bright aspects in what was a disappointing season for Shenzhen, Fan Xiaodong was allowed to continue and develop for Shenzhen in the following season by playing in a further 21 league games whilst also scoring his first goal against Changchun Yatai on November 2, 2008 in a 4–2 defeat.[3]

Hangzhou Greentown

Fan Xiaodong joined Hangzhou Greentown together with Zhang Ye at the beginning of the 2009 Chinese Super League season. He would make his debut against Qingdao Jonoon on March 22, 2009 in a 2–1 win in Hangzhou's first game of the season.[4] Throughout the season Fan would be used as a squad player as the club struggled within the league and finished within the relegation zone, however they were given a reprieve along with Chongqing Lifan after it was discovered that Chengdu Blades and Guangzhou F.C. had fixed matches and were relegated instead as punishment.[5] Fan would soon gain more playing time and score his first goal for his club on April 10, 2010 in a league game against Shanghai Shenhua where Hangzhou lost 2–1.[6] By the end of the season Hangzhou came fourth within the league and qualified for the 2011 AFC Champions League for the first time where he played in all six games as they were knocked out in the group stages.[7]

Changchun Yatai

On 5 January 2016, Fan moved to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai on a five-year contract.[8] He made his debut for Changchun on 6 March 2016 in the first league match of the season against his former club Hangzhou Greentown.[9] He scored his first goal for Changchun on 16 September 2016 in a 3–1 victory against Guangzhou R&F.[10] Fan scored another goal on 16 October 2016 in a 2–1 win against Beijing Guoan.[11] He scored two goals in all thirty matches in the 2016 season and secured Changchun's stay in the top flight for the next season.

International career

On 10 January 2017, Fan made his debut for Chinese national team in the 2017 China Cup against Iceland.[12]

References

  1. "2-2 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2006-07-12. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  2. "球员资料-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  3. "4-2 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  4. "2-1 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2009-03-22. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  5. "天上掉馅饼重庆力帆偷着乐 狂喜之外更感到自身差距". sports.sina.com.cn. 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  6. "Shanghai Shenhua vs. Hangzhou 2-1". soccerway.com. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  7. "AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011 MATCH SUMMARY". the-afc.com. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  8. 亚泰确认范晓冬加盟获5年长约 at sports.sohu.com 2016-01-05 Retrieved 2016-01-05 (in Chinese)
  9. 中超-卡希尔陈柏良破门 绿城2-1胜亚泰迎开门红 at sports.sina.com 2016-03-06 Retrieved 2016-11-17 (in Chinese)
  10. 中超-莫雷罗范晓冬破门 亚泰3-1富力落后绿城3分 at sports.sina.com 2016-09-16 Retrieved 2016-11-17 (in Chinese)
  11. 中超-莫雷罗制胜球 亚泰2-1逆转国安落后绿城3分 at sports.sina.com 2016-10-16 Retrieved 2016-11-17 (in Chinese)
  12. "中国杯-蔡慧康尹鸿博错失良机 国足0-2不敌冰岛". Sina (in Chinese). 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
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