Hu Hetao
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.jpg) Hu Hetao in November 2025 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 October 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Left wing-back | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Chengdu Rongcheng | |||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2022 | Chengdu Rongcheng | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Chengdu Rongcheng | 68 | (4) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | China U20 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | China U23 | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024– | China | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 January 2026 | ||||||||||||||
Hu Hetao (simplified Chinese: 胡荷韬; traditional Chinese: 胡荷韜; pinyin: Hú Hétāo; born 5 October 2003) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back for Chinese Super League club Chengdu Rongcheng and the China national team.
Born in Wanzhou, Chongqing,[1] Hu Hetao attended Chongqing Yucai Secondary School until 2018, prior to starting a professional football career. In 2022, after spending the few years prior preparing for Gaokao, he was called up to the Chengdu Rongcheng first-team.[2]
Club career
Before the 2022 Chinese Super League season, Hu Hetao was named in Chengdu Rongcheng's 31-man first-team squad,[3] to which Hu Hetao reacts as "fulfilling his dream."[2] He made his professional debut in the Chinese Super League on 4 June 2022 in a match against Shenzhen, playing 74 minutes as a starter at left wing-back.[4] He scored his first senior goal a month later on 11 July 2022, providing an equalising goal after coming on as a substitute, to see Chengdu Rongcheng eventually turn the game around, winning 2–1 away against Meizhou Hakka.[5] After putting in a good shift against Wuhan Three Towns on 23 December 2022, Hu Hetao was selected as the CSL's Player of the Round.[6] After a successful debut season with Chengdu Rongcheng, he was shortlisted as a candidate for the club's player of the season.[7]
In the 2023 season, Hu Hetao was regularly called up to the China U20 and the China U23 national teams, participating in months-long national team training camps. As a result, he could not find consistent game time at club level, and caused a steep dip in his form,[8] only managing eight appearances in all competitions throughout the season.[9]
International career
In February 2023, Hu was selected as part of the China U20 squad for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.[10] Throughout the year of 2023, Hu Hetao was called up to several months-long training camps at the U20 and the U23 levels.[11][12][13]
On 5 April 2024, Hu was included in the China U23 squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.[14]
Hu made his debut for the China national team on 10 October 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. He played the full game as Australia won 3–1.[15]
Personal life
Hu Hetao was a ball boy at the 2021 Chinese FA Cup final.[16]