Fan Xiaodong

Fan Xiaodong
范晓冬

Personal information
Full name	Fan Xiaodong
Date of birth	(1987-03-02) 2 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Zibo, Shandong, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, Left-back
Youth career
2000–2004	Guangdong Mingfeng
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	Shenzhen Jianlibao	46	(2)
2009–2015	Hangzhou Greentown	147	(2)
2016–2020	Changchun Yatai	87	(8)
2021	Suzhou Dongwu	8	(0)
2022	Zibo Cuju
International career^‡
2017–2018	China	8	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018

Fan Xiaodong
Simplified Chinese	范晓冬
Traditional Chinese	范曉冬
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fàn Xiǎodōng IPA [fân ɕjàʊ tʊ́ŋ]

Fan Xiaodong (Chinese: 范晓冬; pinyin: Fàn Xiǎodōng; born on March 2, 1987) is a Chinese former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or left-back.

Club career

Shenzhen Jianlibao

Fan Xiaodong started his professional football career when he joined Chinese Super League team Shenzhen Jianlibao in the 2005 league season. He would have to wait until the 2006 league season before he would make his league debut against Inter Xian on July 12, 2006, in a 2–2 draw, coming on as a second-half substitute.[1] Gradually establishing himself throughout the season he would eventually play in 4 league games for Shenzhen, however it was in the 2007 Chinese Super League season that Fan Xiaodong establish himself as prominent member of the Shenzhen team by playing in 21 league games and help them avoid relegation.[2] Being one of the few bright aspects in what was a disappointing season for Shenzhen, Fan Xiaodong was allowed to continue and develop for Shenzhen in the following season by playing in a further 21 league games whilst also scoring his first goal against Changchun Yatai on November 2, 2008, in a 4–2 defeat.[3]

Hangzhou Greentown

Fan Xiaodong joined Hangzhou Greentown together with Zhang Ye at the beginning of the 2009 Chinese Super League season. He would make his debut against Qingdao Jonoon on March 22, 2009, in a 2–1 win in Hangzhou's first game of the season.[4] Throughout the season Fan would be used as a squad player as the club struggled within the league and finished within the relegation zone, however they were given a reprieve along with Chongqing Lifan after it was discovered that Chengdu Blades and Guangzhou F.C. had fixed matches and were relegated instead as punishment.[5] Fan would soon gain more playing time and score his first goal for his club on April 10, 2010, in a league game against Shanghai Shenhua where Hangzhou lost 2–1.[6] By the end of the season Hangzhou came fourth within the league and qualified for the 2011 AFC Champions League for the first time where he played in all six games as they were knocked out in the group stages.[7]

Changchun Yatai

On 5 January 2016, Fan moved to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai on a five-year contract.[8] He made his debut for Changchun on 6 March 2016 in the first league match of the season against his former club Hangzhou Greentown.[9] He scored his first goal for Changchun on 16 September 2016 in a 3–1 victory against Guangzhou R&F.[10] Fan scored another goal on 16 October 2016 in a 2–1 win against Beijing Guoan.[11] He scored two goals in all thirty matches in the 2016 season and secured Changchun's stay in the top flight for the next season.

International career

On 10 January 2017, Fan made his debut for Chinese national team in the 2017 China Cup against Iceland.[12] He scored his first international goal on 26 March 2018 in a 4–1 loss against Czech Republic in the third place match of 2018 China Cup.[13]

Career statistics

Club statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[14]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shenzhen Jianlibao	2005	Chinese Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2006		4	0	1	1	-		-		5	1
	2007		21	0	-		-		-		21	0
	2008		21	2	-		-		-		21	2
	Total		46	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	47	3
Hangzhou Greentown	2009	Chinese Super League	17	0	-		-		-		17	0
	2010		24	1	-		-		-		24	1
	2011		23	1	0	0	-		6	0	29	1
	2012		28	0	1	0	-		-		29	0
	2013		21	0	1	0	-		-		22	0
	2014		10	0	0	0	-		-		10	0
	2015		24	0	1	0	-		-		25	0
	Total		147	2	3	0	0	0	6	0	156	2
Changchun Yatai	2016	Chinese Super League	30	2	0	0	-		-		30	2
	2017		28	4	0	0	-		-		28	4
	2018		29	1	0	0	-		-		29	1
	2019	China League One	0	0	0	0	-		-		0	0
	Total		87	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	7
Career total			280	11	4	1	0	0	6	0	290	12

International statistics

National team
Year	Apps	Goals
2017	3	0
2018	5	1
Total	8	1

International goals

Scores and results list China's goal tally first.[15]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 March 2018	Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China	Czech Republic	1–0	1–4	2018 China Cup

References

1. "2-2 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 12 July 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
2. "球员资料-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 10 November 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
3. "4-2 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2 November 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
4. "2-1 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐". csldata.sports.sohu.com. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
5. "天上掉馅饼重庆力帆偷着乐 狂喜之外更感到自身差距". sports.sina.com.cn. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
6. "Shanghai Shenhua vs. Hangzhou 2-1". soccerway.com. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
7. "AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011 MATCH SUMMARY". the-afc.com. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
8. 亚泰确认范晓冬加盟获5年长约 at sports.sohu.com 2016-01-05 Retrieved 2016-01-05 (in Chinese)
9. 中超-卡希尔陈柏良破门 绿城2-1胜亚泰迎开门红 at sports.sina.com 2016-03-06 Retrieved 2016-11-17 (in Chinese)
10. 中超-莫雷罗范晓冬破门 亚泰3-1富力落后绿城3分 at sports.sina.com 2016-09-16 Retrieved 2016-11-17 (in Chinese)
11. 中超-莫雷罗制胜球 亚泰2-1逆转国安落后绿城3分 at sports.sina.com 2016-10-16 Retrieved 2016-11-17 (in Chinese)
12. 中国杯-蔡慧康尹鸿博错失良机 国足0-2不敌冰岛. Sina (in Chinese). 10 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
13. 亚泰三人组成国足最大亮点 范晓冬：进球不值一提. Tencent (in Chinese). 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
14. 范晓冬 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23 Archived 2018-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
15. "Fan, Xiaodong". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

External links

• Fan Xiaodong at National-Football-Teams.com
• Fan Xiaodong at Soccerway
• Player stats at sohu.com