Fan Yunlong

Fan Yunlong
范云龙
Personal information
Full name Fan Yunlong
Date of birth (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Guiyang, Guizhou, China
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Guizhou Zhicheng 29 (11)
2011 Shanghai East Asia 0 (0)
2011–2012 Guizhou Zhicheng 53 (19)
2013–2016 Guizhou Renhe 26 (1)
2016 → Guizhou Zhicheng (loan) 22 (3)
2017–2018 Guizhou Hengfeng 48 (3)
2019–2022 Guangzhou City 39 (0)
2020 → Guizhou Hengfeng (loan) 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022
In this Chinese name, the family name is Fan.

Fan Yunlong (Chinese: 范云龙; pinyin: Fàn Yúnlóng; born 15 March 1989) is a Chinese former footballer who played as a left midfielder for Guizhou Zhicheng, Shanghai East Asia, Guizhou Renhe and Guangzhou City.

In his playing career, he had a long association with Guizhou Zhicheng who he represented on four separate occasions. He helped them earn two promotions and played in three divisions for them. He also played for neighboring club Guizhou Renhe where he won the Chinese FA Cup and Chinese FA Super Cup as well as Shanghai East Asia and Guangzhou City before retiring.

Club career

Fan Yunlong started his football career with hometown club Guizhou Zhicheng in 2008 and played in the China League Two with the club for three seasons. He then transferred to China League One side Shanghai East Asia after Guizhou Zhicheng failed to be promoted in the 2010 season.[1] However, Guizhou Zhicheng bought Shanghai Pudong Zobon F.C.'s League One license on 28 January 2011, Shanghai East Asia agreed to let Fan return to Guizhou Zhicheng after nearly one month's negotiation.[2] Fan scored four goals in 24 appearances in the 2011 season, however, Guizhou finished last place in the league and was relegated back to the third tier after they were beaten by Fujian Smart Hero in a penalty shootout in the relegation play-offs.[3] Fan chose to stay in the club for the 2012 season and scored 15 goals in 29 appearances as Guizhou finished first place in the third tier and won promotion back to the second flight.

On 16 January 2013, Fan transferred to Chinese Super League side Guizhou Renhe.[4] In December 2015, Fan returned to Guizhou Zhicheng on a one-year loan deal.[5] He made a permanent transfer to Guizhou Zhicheng on 24 December 2016 after the club won promotion to the Chinese Super League.[6] Fan transferred to fellow Super League side Guangzhou R&F (now known as Guangzhou City) on 22 January 2019 after Guizhou were relegated to the second tier.[7] While he went on to establish himself as a regular with the Guangzhou team, Fan would be allowed to return to Guizhou on loan for the fourth time in his career on 20 May 2020.[8] On 11 April 2023 he announced his retirement from professional football.[9]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2022.[10]

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
Guizhou Zhicheng 2008 China League Two 7 - - - 7
2009 2 - - - 2
2010 2 - - - 2
Total 29 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 11
Shanghai East Asia 2011 China League One 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Guizhou Zhicheng 24 4 1 0 - 1[a] 0 26 4
2012 China League Two 29 15 3 0 - - 32 15
Total 53 19 4 0 0 0 1 0 58 19
Guizhou Renhe 2013 Chinese Super League 10 1 1 0 0 0 - 11 1
2014 7 0 1 0 4 0 1[b] 0 13 0
2015 9 0 2 0 - - 11 0
Total 26 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 35 1
Guizhou Hengfeng (loan) 2016 China League One 22 3 0 0 - - 22 3
Guizhou Hengfeng 2017 Chinese Super League 23 1 0 0 - - 23 1
2018 25 2 2 0 - - 27 2
Total 48 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 50 3
Guangzhou R&F/
Guangzhou City 		2019 Chinese Super League 18 0 0 0 - - 18 0
2021 6 0 1 0 - - 7 0
2022 15 0 2 0 - - 17 0
Total 39 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
Guizhou Hengfeng (loan) 2020 China League One 5 1 0 0 - - 5 1
Career total 222 38 10 0 4 0 2 0 238 38
  1. ^ Appearance(s) Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

Club

Guizhou Zhicheng
Guizhou Renhe

References

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  2. ^ 贵州悍将离东亚回归智诚 徐根宝眼中他可成新张琳芃 at sina.com 2011-03-01 Retrieved 2013-01-18 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ "附加赛-点球战门将立功 福建6-5贵州进中甲". sohu.com (in Chinese). 29 November 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ^ 再添强援！贵州人和国酒茅台队签下范云龙！ Archived 2013-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at Guizhou Renhe F.C. 2013-01-16 Retrieved 2013-01-18 (in Chinese)
  5. ^ 恒丰正式入股贵州智诚 范云龙回归 at sports.sohu.com 2015-12-24 Retrieved 2015-12-25 (in Chinese)
  6. ^ 贵州智诚官宣范云龙加盟 本土大将助力中超新军 at sports.sina.com 2016-12-24 Retrieved 2016-12-24 (in Chinese)
  7. ^ 贵州队长转投富力获官宣 效力贵州14载出战178场 at sports.sina.com 2019-01-22 Retrieved 2019-01-22 (in Chinese)
  8. ^ "520大礼!恒丰官宣2将租借加盟 范云龙回归桂宏来投". Sina (in Chinese). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  9. ^ "范云龙自宣退役：人因奋斗而自带光芒，好好道个别吧". sohu.com (in Chinese). 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. ^ 范云龙 at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "足协杯-人和总分3-2恒大队史首夺冠 恒大三冠梦碎". Sports.sina.com.cn. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2019.