Dong Yu (footballer)

Dong Yu
董宇
Personal information
Full name Dong Yu
Date of birth (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Qingdao, Shandong, China
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Zhejiang Pro
Number 19
Youth career
Hangzhou Greentown
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Zhejiang Pro 150 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023
In this Chinese name, the family name is Dǒng.

Dong Yu (Chinese: 董宇; born 15 July 1994 in Qingdao) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a right-back for Zhejiang Pro in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

In 2014 Dong Yu started his professional footballer career with Chinese Super League side Hangzhou Greentown in 2014, where he initially started his youth career as a forward.[1] He made his league debut for Hangzhou on 6 April 2014 in a league game against Guizhou Renhe that ended in a 2-1 victory.[2] Dong would struggle to gain much playing time as a forward and was unfortunately part of the squad that was relegated at the end of the 2016 Chinese Super League season.[3] He would remain with the club and go on to be converted to a right-back before establishing himself as a regular member within the team as they renamed themselves Zhejiang Professional.[4] He would then play a vital part as the club gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 campaign.[5]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 January 2023.[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hangzhou Greentown/
Zhejiang Pro		 2014 Chinese Super League 1 0 2 0 - - 3 0
2015 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
2016 7 0 2 0 - - 9 0
2017 China League One 22 0 2 0 - - 24 0
2018 25 3 0 0 - - 25 3
2019 27 3 0 0 - - 27 3
2020 14 2 1 0 - 2[a] 0 17 2
2021 26 0 0 0 - 2[a] 0 28 0
2022 Chinese Super League 28 0 5 0 - - 33 0
Total 150 8 13 0 0 0 4 0 167 8
Career total 150 8 13 0 0 0 4 0 167 8
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

References

  1. ^ 杭州绿城2014中超名单 at qq.com 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-04-08 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 罗竞石柯最后三分钟两球 绿城2-1胜人和 at sohu.com 2014-04-06. Retrieved 2014-04-08 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ "China 2016". RSSSF. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "浙江能源绿城足球俱乐部正式更名为浙江职业足球俱乐部". mp.weixin.qq.com. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ^ "足球——中超附加赛：浙江平青岛 总分胜出升入中超" (in Chinese). sohu.com. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  6. ^ 董宇 at sodasoccer 2019-10-31 Retrieved 2019-10-31 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-13 at the Wayback Machine