He Chao (footballer)
Chinese footballer (born 1995)
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He Chao (Chinese: 何超; pinyin: Hé Chāo; born 19 April 1995) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Henan FC.
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He Chao in April 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | He Chao | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Liaoyang, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Henan FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2013 | Changchun Yatai | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | → Casa Pia (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Changchun Yatai | 65 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Guangzhou FC | 40 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Jiangsu Suning (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022-2024 | Wuhan Three Towns | 58 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025- | Henan FC | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | China U-19 | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | China U-23 | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | China | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| He Chao | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 何超 | ||||||||
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Club career
He Chao started his football career when he joined Changchun Yatai's youth academy in 2006.[1] In December 2011, He went to Portugal for the Chinese Football Association's 500.com Stars Project and joined Casa Pia's youth academy. He was then promoted to Changchun's first team squad in 2014.[2] He made his debut for the club on 12 April 2014 in a 1–0 away loss against Shanghai East Asia.[3]
On 7 February 2019, He transferred to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande after Changchun was relegated to the second tier.[4] He made his debut for the club on 1 March 2019 in a 3–0 home win against Tianjin Tianhai.[5] On 9 July 2019, He was loaned out to fellow top tier side Jiangsu Suning for the remainder of the 2019 season.
On 29 April 2022, he signed with newly promoted top tier side Wuhan Three Towns.[6] He would go on to make his debut on 3 June 2022, in a league game against Hebei, which ended in a 4-0 victory.[7] After the game he would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.[8]
On 17 January 2025, He signed with another Chinese Super League club Henan FC.[9]
International career
He made his debut for the Chinese national team on 9 December 2017 in a 2–2 draw against South Korea in the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[10]
Career statistics
Club statistics
- As of 31 December 2024.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Changchun Yatai | 2014 | Chinese Super League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | ||
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 20 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
| Jiangsu Suning (loan) | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||
| Wuhan Three Towns | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 182 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 4 | ||
International statistics
| National team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
Honours
Guangzhou Evergrande
Wuhan Three Towns