He Chao (Chinese: 何超; pinyin: Hé Chāo; born 19 April 1995) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Henan FC.
.jpg) He Chao in April 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | He Chao | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Liaoyang, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Henan FC | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2013 | Changchun Yatai | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | → Casa Pia (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Changchun Yatai | 65 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Guangzhou FC | 40 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Jiangsu Suning (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Wuhan Three Towns | 58 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Henan FC | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | China U-19 | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | China U-23 | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | China | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| He Chao | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 何超 | ||||||||
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Club career
editHe Chao started his football career when he joined Changchun Yatai's youth academy in 2006.[1] In December 2011, He went to Portugal for the Chinese Football Association's 500.com Stars Project and joined Casa Pia's youth academy. He was then promoted to Changchun's first team squad in 2014.[2] He made his debut for the club on 12 April 2014 in a 1–0 away loss against Shanghai East Asia.[3]
On 7 February 2019, He transferred to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande after Changchun was relegated to the second tier.[4] He made his debut for the club on 1 March 2019 in a 3–0 home win against Tianjin Tianhai.[5] On 9 July 2019, He was loaned out to fellow top tier side Jiangsu Suning for the remainder of the 2019 season.
On 29 April 2022, he signed with newly promoted top tier side Wuhan Three Towns.[6] He would go on to make his debut on 3 June 2022, in a league game against Hebei, which ended in a 4-0 victory.[7] After the game he would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.[8]
On 17 January 2025, He signed with another Chinese Super League club Henan FC.[9]
International career
editHe made his debut for the Chinese national team on 9 December 2017 in a 2–2 draw against South Korea in the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[10]
Career statistics
editClub statistics
edit- As of 31 December 2024.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Changchun Yatai | 2014 | Chinese Super League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 22 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | ||
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | 20 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
| Jiangsu Suning (loan) | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||
| Wuhan Three Towns | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 182 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 4 | ||
International statistics
edit| National team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
Honours
editGuangzhou Evergrande
Wuhan Three Towns
References
edit- ↑ "恒大追逐何超许久终于如愿 亚泰有青训敢于放人". Sina. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ↑ 长春亚泰2014中超名单 at sohu.com 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-04-14 (in Chinese)
- ↑ 武磊妙传王佳玉闪击进球 东亚1-0胜亚泰 at sohu.com 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2014-04-14 (in Chinese)
- ↑ "恒大官宣三才俊加盟 天海刘奕鸣张修维+亚泰何超". Sina. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ↑ "中超-冯潇霆替补爆射韦世豪破门 10人恒大3-0天海". Sina. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ↑ "官方：邓涵文、高准翼、何超、刘殿座、陶强龙等加盟武汉三镇". m.dongqiudi.com. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ↑ "HEBEI FC VS. WUHAN THREE TOWNS 0 - 4". Soccerway.com. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- 1 2 "武汉三镇捧起中超冠军火神杯 3年3冠创造三镇奇迹". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ↑ "河南足球俱乐部官宣尹鸿博等4人加盟，科维奇等5人离队". baijiahao.baidu.com. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ↑ "何超:比赛打起来没工夫紧张 下一场期待更好表现". Sina. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ↑ 何超 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "China » Super League 2019 » 30. Round". worldfootball.net. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.