Han Xu (Chinese: 韩旭; born 21 April 1988) is a Chinese former football player.
On 10 September 2024, Chinese Football Association announced that Han was banned from football-related activities for lifetime for involving in match-fixing.[1][2]
Club career
In 2006, Han Xu started his professional footballer career with Harbin Yiteng in the China League Two division.[3] Han would be part of the team that gained promotion to the top tier of Chinese football. He would eventually make his Chinese Super League debut for Harbin on 7 March 2014 in a game against Shandong Luneng Taishan, coming on as a substitute for Dorielton in the 83rd minute in game that ended in a 1–0 defeat.[4] The club would be relegated from the top tier at the end of the season after finishing bottom of the league.[5]
On 6 January 2016, Han transferred to his hometown club China League One side Dalian Transcendence.[6] After immediately establishing himself as an integral member of their team in February 2017, Han transferred to fellow China League One club Dalian Yifang.[7] He would go on to win the 2017 China League One division with the club.[8]