Yan Dinghao
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yan Dinghao | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Mianyang, Sichuan, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liaoning Tieren | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2016 | Hangzhou Greentown | ||
| 2016–2018 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Porto B | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Salgueiros (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | → Arouca (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Gondomar | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Guangzhou Evergrande (loan) | 8 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | Guangzhou FC | 70 | (5) |
| 2023 | Wuhan Three Towns | 29 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Chengdu Rongcheng | 41 | (3) |
| 2026– | Liaoning Tieren | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | China U-16 | 23 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | China U-19 | 14 | (3) |
| 2019 | China U-23 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 August 2019 | |||
Yan Dinghao (simplified Chinese: 严鼎皓; traditional Chinese: 嚴鼎皓; pinyin: Yán Dǐnghào; born 6 April 1998) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League side Liaoning Tieren.
Yan Dinghao would play for the Hangzhou Greentown youth team before he joined Portuguese club Porto's youth team on 5 August 2016 with a three-year contract.[1] He would work his way up through the youth teams and was promoted to the Porto B team, the reserve side who are allowed to participate within the Portuguese football league pyramid, however he was loaned to third tier football club Salgueiros to gain more playing time.[2] On 7 February 2018, Yan made his senior debut in a league game for Salgueiros against Freamunde in 3-1 defeat.[3] At the end of the season, Yan would go on to have moves with other Portuguese teams in Arouca and Gondomar before returning to China when he joined top tier club Guangzhou Evergrande on 28 February 2019, initially on a loan.[4] On 6 April 2019, Yan would make his debut for the team in a league game against Guangzhou R&F that ended in a 2-0 victory.[5] As the season went on he would become a regular within the team and would go on to win the 2019 Chinese Super League title with the club.[6]
On 4 April 2023, he joined fellow top tier club Wuhan Three Towns.[7]
On 11 January 2026, Yan joined fellow top tier club Liaoning Tieren.[8]