Cai Haochang

Cai Haochang (simplified Chinese: 蔡浩畅; traditional Chinese: 蔡浩暢; pinyin: Cài Hàochàng; born 23 February 1999) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Guangdong GZ-Power.

Cai Haochang

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-02-23) 23 February 1999 (age 26)
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Left-winger
Team information
Current team	Guangdong GZ-Power
Number	8
Youth career
0000–2016	Guangzhou R&F
2017–2018	Guangzhou Evergrande
2017–2018	Gondomar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2020	Gondomar	28	(0)
2020–2022	Meizhou Hakka	36	(2)
2023	Heilongjiang Ice City	17	(0)
2024-	Guangdong GZ-Power	0	(0)
International career‡
2017	China U19	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:01, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Cai Haochang would play for youth teams in Guangzhou before joining Portuguese football club Gondomar on 14 September 2017. He would initially start in their youth team before graduating into their senior team and would make his debut appearance on 18 August 2018 against S.C. Mêda in a league game that ended in a 5-2 victory.^[1] On 30 September 2020, Cai would return to China to join second club Meizhou Hakka, where he made his debut on 7 October 2020 in a league game against Jiangxi Liansheng in a 3-2 victory.^[2] He would then go on to be a vital member of the team that gained promotion to the top tier after coming second within the division at the end of the 2021 China League One campaign.^[3]

Career statistics

As of 31 December 2022.^[4][5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gondomar	2018–19	Campeonato de Portugal	8	0	2	0	–		–		10	0
	2019–20		20	0	1	0	–		–		21	0
	Total		28	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
Meizhou Hakka	2020	China League One	5	1	0	0	–		–		5	1
	2021		19	1	1	0	–		–		20	1
	2022	Chinese Super League	11	0	1	0	–		–		12	0
	Total		36	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	38	2
Career total			64	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	69	2