Yan Zihao
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 January 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| Oliveirense | |||
| –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 FC | 10 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 40 | (1) |
| 2025 | Guangdong GZ-Power | 10 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | China U-20 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:01, 6 December 2019 (UTC) | |||
Yan Zihao (Chinese: 晏紫豪; pinyin: Yàn Zǐháo; born 18 January 1995) is a Chinese footballer who played most recently as a left-back or left winger.
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 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]
On 15 July 2020 Tianjin was dissolved due the owners financial irregularities.[7] Yan would be free to join top-tier club Qingdao Huanghai on a free transfer on 8 April 2021.[8] He would make his debut in a league game on 25 July 2021 against Wuhan Zall in a 2–0 defeat.[9] After establishing himself as squad player he would leave the club to join another top-tier club in Cangzhou Mighty Lions on 8 April 2021.[10] Yan would make his debut for the club in a league game on 27 April 2021 against Henan Songshan Longmen F.C. in a 0–0 draw.[11]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| Guangdong GZ-Power | 2025 | China League One | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 89 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 4 | ||
