Chen Yongbin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Yongbin
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Qingdao, Shandong, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Qingdao Red Lions
Number 59
Youth career
2018–2020 Qingdao Red Lions
2019–2020 → Adelaide United (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Qingdao Red Lions 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:14, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Chen Yongbin (simplified Chinese: 陈勇傧; traditional Chinese: 陳勇傧; pinyin: Chén Yǒngbīn; born 21 January 1999) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Qingdao Red Lions.

Club career

Having played amateur football in Dezhou and Qingdao, including playing five-a-side football, Chen joined professional side Qingdao Red Lions in 2018.[1][2] In October of the following year, he joined Australian side Adelaide United on loan, being assigned to their youth team.[1] The move came under scrutiny from Australian media, who accused Adelaide United of tokenism, as they did not believe Chen was good enough to ever play for the side, as he had never played professionally before.[3]

Chen's move to Australia was delayed, and he only arrived in early December 2019, nearly fifty days after the signing had been announced.[4] He made his debut for Adelaide's youth team as a substitute in the Y-League later in the same month, but only managed a further two substitute appearances, for a total of thirty-six minutes.[5][6] He spent more time as a makeshift linesman than he did playing during his time in Australia.[6]

He returned to China and the Qingdao Red Lions in October 2020, and went on to make his debut in the China League Two the following month, coming on as a second-half substitute for Deng Yu'nong in a 2–1 loss to Nanjing City on 15 November.[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 September 2023.[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Qingdao Red Lions 2020 China League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2021 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0 1 0
2022 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in the Chinese FA Cup

References

  1. ^ a b "官方：20岁的中国球员陈勇傧留洋澳超阿德莱德" [Official: 20-year-old Chinese player Chen Yongbing is studying abroad in the Australian Super League Adelaide]. sohu.com (in Chinese). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "官方：旅澳U21球员陈勇傧回归中乙青岛红狮" [Official: Australian U21 player Chen Yongbing returns to Qingdao Red Lions in the Chinese Second Division]. ppsport.com (in Chinese). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. ^ Williams, Paul (17 October 2019). "Yongbin Chen signs with Adelaide: Does anybody win?". theroar.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ^ Migliaccio, Val (5 December 2019). "Adelaide United's fifth visa import Yongbin Chen finally arrived about 50 days after the Reds announced his signature". thewest.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. ^ "United's Chen makes youth league debut". adelaidenow.com.au. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b James, Euan (26 February 2020). "Adelaide's Yongbin Chen experiment a failure". thefootballsack.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  7. ^ Chen Yongbin at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2020.