Gan Chao

In this Chinese name, the family name is Gan.
Gan Chao
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Chongqing, China
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chengdu Rongcheng
Number 39
Youth career
–2017 Beijing Renhe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Beijing Renhe 15 (0)
2018–2022 Shenzhen FC 46 (2)
2021 → Chengdu Rongcheng (loan) 27 (1)
2022- Chengdu Rongcheng 32 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:14, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Gan Chao (Chinese: 甘超; pinyin: Gān Chāo; born 13 February 1995) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Chengdu Rongcheng.

Club career

Gan Chao would be promoted to the senior team of top tier club Guizhou Renhe during the 2014 Chinese Super League season. He would go on to eventually make his debut on 7 July 2015 in a Chinese FA Cup game against Jiangxi Liansheng in a 3-2 victory.[1] Unfortunately he would be part of the squad that was relegated at the end of the 2015 Chinese Super League campaign.[2] Nevertheless he remained faithful towards the club even when they moved to Beijing and renamed themselves Beijing Renhe.[3] Gan would gradually start to establish himself as a regular within the team and in the 2017 China League One campaign he would help the club gain promotion back into the top tier at the end of the season.[4]

On 10 January 2018 second tier football club Shenzhen would sign Gan, for the 2018 China League One campaign.[5] He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 11 March 2018 against Heilongjiang Lava Spring F.C. that ended in a 2-2 draw.[6] He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and go on to gain another promotion with a different club at the end of his first season with Shenzhen.[7] On 9 April 2021 he was loaned to second tier football club Chengdu Rongcheng.[8] He would make his debut on 26 April 2021 in a league game against Jiangxi Beidamen, which ended in a 4-2 victory.[9] At the end of the season he would establish himself as a regular within the team and aid them to promotion at the end of the 2021 league campaign.[10]

Career statistics

As of 8 January 2023.[11]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Beijing Renhe 2014 Chinese Super League 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2015 0 0 2 0 – – 2 0
2016 China League One 2 0 2 0 – – 4 0
2017 13 0 1 0 – – 14 0
Total 15 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Shenzhen 2018 China League One 27 0 0 0 – – 27 0
2019 Chinese Super League 19 2 1 0 – – 20 2
2020 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 46 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 47 2
Chengdu Rongcheng (loan) 2021 China League One 27 1 2 1 – 2[a] 0 31 2
Chengdu Rongcheng 2022 Chinese Super League 32 1 0 0 – – 32 1
Career total 120 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 130 5
Notes
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs

References

  1. ^ "China » Cup 2015 » Round of 16 » Jiangxi Liansheng - Guizhou Renhe 2:3". worldfootball.net. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ "China 2015". RSSSF. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ^ "关于贵州人和足球俱乐部有限公司主要股权转让并更名为北京人和足球俱乐部有限公司的公示". fa.org.cn. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  4. ^ "China 2017 > China League One". RSSSF. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ^ "官方：U23球员甘超加盟深足". dongqiudi.com. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. ^ "China » League One 2018 » 1. Round » Shenzhen FC - Heilongjiang Lava Spring 2:2". worldfootball.net. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. ^ "China 2018 > China League One". RSSSF. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. ^ "官方：邢瑜、向柏旭、甘超加盟成都蓉城". m.dongqiudi.net. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  9. ^ "China » League One 2021 » 1. Round » Jiangxi Beidamen - Chengdu Rongcheng 2:4" (in Chinese). worldfootball.net. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  10. ^ "2021赛季中超升降级：成都蓉城队、浙江队成功冲超". 163.com (in Chinese). 12 January 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ Gan Chao at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.