Zhou Junchen
Chinese footballer
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Zhou Junchen (Chinese: 周俊辰; pinyin: Zhōu Jùnchén; born 23 March 2000) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a winger for Ningbo FC.
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Zhou Junchen in August 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Zhou Junchen | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Shanghai, China | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ningbo FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2018 | Genbao Football Base | ||
| 2018 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2025 | Shanghai Shenhua | 28 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Qingdao FC (loan) | 34 | (2) |
| 2025 | → Changchun Yatai (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2026– | Ningbo FC | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | China U19 | 7 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2018 | |||
Club career
Zhou Junchen joined Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua's youth academy in March 2018 when Shenhua bought Genbao Football Base's U19 teams.[1] He was promoted to the first team squad in the summer break of 2018.[2] On 18 July 2018, Zhou made his senior debut in a league match against Tianjin Teda, replacing Cao Yunding in the 80th minute, making him the second player born in the new millennium to make an appearance in the Chinese Super League (after Zhang Aokai in 2016).[3] He assisted Demba Ba's winning goal one minute after coming on as a substitute.[4]
While on duty representing the China U20 team for the GSB Bangkok Cup, Zhou would be in violation for breaking the national teams discipline on 8 September 2018. On 17 September 2018, he was banned from the national team and suspended for one year from 9 September 2018 to 8 September 2019 for all competitions organized by the Chinese Football Association.[5] On 11 April 2019 his suspension was dropped after he apologised for going out for dinner and breaking the teams curfew without permission while on international duty.[6] On 12 April 2019 he made his return for Shenhua in a league game against Guangzhou R&F as a late substitute for Wang Wei, which ended in a 2-1 defeat.[7] On 28 February 2020 he joined newly promoted Qingdao Huanghai on loan for the start of the 2020 Chinese Super League.[8]
On 28 January 2025, Zhou was loaned out to Changchun Yatai for 2025 Chinese Super League season.[9]
On 27 February 2026, Zhou joined China League One club Ningbo FC.[10]
Career statistics
- As of 1 November 2025.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2018 | Chinese Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | - | - | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Qingdao Huanghai (loan) | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 1 | ||
| Qingdao FC (loan) | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 2[b] | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| Changchun Yatai (loan) | 2025 | Chinese Super League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 69 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 3 | ||
- Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
- Appearances Promotion/Relegation Play-offs