Tao Hongliang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tao.
Tao Hongliang
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Zibo Qisheng
Youth career
0000–2017 Shandong Luneng
2017–2018 Stabæk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Stabæk II 18 (0)
2017–2018 Stabæk 1 (0)
2019–2020 Taizhou Yuanda 10 (0)
2021 Nantong Zhiyun 5 (0)
2022- Zibo Qisheng 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:34, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Tao Hongliang (Chinese: 陶洪亮; born 17 February 1997) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Zibo Qisheng in China League Two.

Club career

Tao Hongliang would play for the Shandong Luneng youth team before going abroad to join Norwegian football club Stabæk.[1] He would be promoted to the senior team where on 27 November 2017 he would make his debut for them in a league game against Viking that ended in a 2-0 defeat, his appearance would make him the first Chinese person to play in the Norwegian league.[2]

On 8 July 2019, Tao would return to China and join third tier football club Taizhou Yuanda.[3] In his first season with the club he would aid the club to a third place finish and gain promotion to the second tier.[4]

Career statistics

As of 31 December 2020.[5][6]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stabæk II 2017 3. divisjon 8 0 – 0 0 8 0
2018 2. divisjon 10 0 – 0 0 10 0
Total 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
Stabæk 2017 Eliteserien 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Taizhou Yuanda 2019 China League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2020 China League One 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Career total 29 0 0 0 0 0 29 0

References

  1. ^ 官方：鲁能小将陶洪亮正式转会至挪超斯塔贝克 at sydneytoday.com 2017-08-07 Retrieved 2021-03-31
  2. ^ 中国第一人！鲁能小将陶洪亮完成挪超首秀 at sohu.com 2017-11-27 Retrieved 2021-03-31
  3. ^ 官方：挪超斯塔贝克小将陶洪亮加盟中乙泰州远大 at sina.cn 2019-07-08 Retrieved 2021-03-31
  4. ^ China 2019 > China League Two at rsssf.org 2020-10-15 Retrieved 2021-03-31
  5. ^ Tao Hongliang at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  6. ^ Tao Hongliang at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)