Fan Zhiqiang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Fan.

Fan Zhiqiang (simplified Chinese: 范志强; traditional Chinese: 范志強; pinyin: Fàn Zhìqiáng; born 22 August 1988) is a Chinese footballer who plays for Tianjin Shengde.

Fan Zhiqiang

Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 37)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Tianjin Shengde
Youth career
2004–2011	Tianjin TEDA
2009–2011	Tianjin Normal University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2016	Tianjin TEDA	1	(0)
2013	→ Shenzhen Fengpeng (loan)	11	(4)
2014	→ Tianjin Huaruide (loan)
2014	→ Dalian Transcendence (loan)	8	(4)
2016	→ Jiangxi Liansheng (loan)	13	(8)
2017–2019	Nantong Zhiyun	31	(5)
2022-	Tianjin Shengde	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 April 2022

Club career

Fan Zhiqiang would join the Tianjin TEDA youth team at age 15 before being selected to represent Tianjin in the 2009 National Games where in the final group game, Tianjin lost to Beijing, knocking them out of the competition and leaving Fan dissatisfied with the referee’s officiating he chased the referee along with several team mates he was severely fined by the Chinese Football Association and was suspended for two years.^[1] Despite being heavily fined and given a two year suspension he still remained with Tianjin TEDA and joined Tianjin Normal University to continue with his studies while also representing their college team and China in the Football at the 2011 Summer Universiade.^[2]

After his suspension ended, Fan was promoted to the senior team of Tianjin TEDA and on 2 October 2011 he would make his professional debut in a league game against Changchun Yatai in a 2-1 defeat.^[3]

On 27 January 2017, fan joined third tier football club Nantong Zhiyun.^[4] He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and in the 2018 China League Two season he would help guide to club to a runners-up position and promotion to the second division.

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 10 July 2019.^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tianjin TEDA	2011	Chinese Super League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2012		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2013		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Shenzhen Fengpeng (loan)	2013	China League Two	11	4	0	0	0	0	11	4
Dalian Transcendence (loan)	2014		8	4	0	0	0	0	8	4
Jiangxi Liansheng (loan)	2016		8	6	0	0	5[a]	2	13	8
Nantong Zhiyun	2017		18	5	1[b]	0	2[a]	0	21	5
	2018		11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	Total		29	5	1	0	2	0	32	5
Career total			57	19	1	0	7	2	65	21

Notes

1. Appearances in the China League Two playoffs
2. Appearances in the Chinese FA Cup

Honours

Club

• Chinese FA Cup: 2011^[6]