Chen Zhongliu

Chen Zhongliu (Chinese: 陈中流; pinyin: Chén Zhōngliú; born 30 September 1993 in Duyun) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for China League One side Suzhou Dongwu. He is of the Dong Chinese ethnic minority.

Chen Zhongliu
陈中流
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-30) 30 September 1993
Place of birth Duyun, Guizhou, China
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Suzhou Dongwu
Number 10
Youth career
2001–2006 Shenzhen Yantian Sports School
2006–2011 Hangzhou Greentown
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Wenzhou Provenza 16 (0)
2012–2017 Hangzhou Greentown 65 (3)
2018–2019 Chongqing Lifan 0 (0)
2020– Suzhou Dongwu 0 (0)
National team‡
2011–2012 China U-20
2017 China 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 January 2017
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Zhongliu
Simplified Chinese陈中流
Traditional Chinese陳中流

Club career

Chen joined Hangzhou Greentown youth team system from Shenzhen Yantian Sports School in 2006. In 2011, he was loaned to China League Two club Wenzhou Provenza for one year. Chen played 16 times in the 2011 league season. He was promoted to Hangzhou Greentown's first team squad by Takeshi Okada in 2012. Okada described Chen as a high potential player, and he said that even in Japan or Netherlands, it's hard to find a player at Chen's age could play as good as Chen did.[1]

On 11 March 2012, Chen made his Super League debut in the first round of the season which Hangzhou Greentown played against Qingdao Jonoon. However, after he was late for training for three times, Chen was sent to the U19 team by Okada in April.[2] Chen returned to the first team in June and played in the third round of the 2012 Chinese FA Cup, in which Hangzhou Greentown beat Shanghai Tellace 3-0 on 26 June. On 23 July, he scored his first senior goal in the fourth round of the FA Cup, in which Hangzhou Greentown beat Chengdu Blades 2–1.

In February 2018, Chen transferred to Chinese Super League side Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.[3]

International career

Chen was first called up for China U-20 by Jan Olde Riekerink in July 2011.[4] He scored two goals in four appearances in 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification as China U-20 managed to qualify into the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship. On 10 January 2017, Chen made his debut for the Chinese national team in the 2017 China Cup against Iceland, coming on as a substitution for Yin Hongbo in the 57th minute.[5]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2019.[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wenzhou Provenza 2011 China League Two 160---160
Hangzhou Greentown 2012 Chinese Super League 8031--111
20137220--92
201416120--181
20159010--100
201623010--240
2017 China League One 2000--20
Total 653910000744
Chongqing Dangdai 2018 Chinese Super League 0000--00
Career total 813910000904

References
  1. 揭秘绿城小将陈中流 at sports.21cn.com 2012-07-18 Retrieved 2012-09-13 (in Chinese)
  2. 绿城天才训练迟到3次被下放 at sports.sohu.com 2012-04-06 Retrieved 2012-09-13 (in Chinese)
  3. 重庆斯威宣布绿城前国脚加盟 at sports.sina.com 2018-03-01 Retrieved 2018-03-01(in Chinese)
  4. 国青山东集结备战潍坊杯 绿城八名小将同时入选 at sports.sohu.com 2011-07-20 Retrieved 2012-09-13 (in Chinese)
  5. 中国杯-蔡慧康尹鸿博错失良机 国足0-2不敌冰岛. Sina (in Chinese). 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  6. 陈中流 at Sodasoccer (in Chinese)


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