Xu Yougang

Xu Yougang
徐友刚
Personal information
Full name Xu Yougang
Date of birth (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Chaohu, Anhui, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Guangxi Pingguo Haliao (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua
Number 16
Youth career
Hangzhou Greentown
Shanghai Luckystar
2014–2015 Shanghai Shenhua
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 → CF Crack's (loan) 12 (1)
2015– Shanghai Shenhua 27 (1)
2016–2017 → Qingdao Huanghai (loan) 34 (0)
2019 → Liaoning F.C. (loan) 9 (0)
2020 → Zhejiang Yiteng (loan) 6 (0)
2021 → Zibo Cuju (loan) 28 (1)
2024- → Guangxi Pingguo Haliao (loan) 1 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 China U-23 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 August 2018
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Xu Yougang (Chinese: 徐友刚; born 9 February 1996) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a defender for Guangxi Pingguo Haliao.

Club career

Xu Yougang started his football career in January 2015 when he was loaned to Shanghai Shenhua's satellite team CF Crack's in the Primera Regional de la Comunidad Valenciana.[1] He returned to Shanghai Shenhua in July 2015.[2] On 25 October 2015, he made his debut for Shenhua in the 2015 Chinese Super League against Liaoning Whowin, coming on as a substitute for Zhang Lu in the 69th minute.[3] On 25 February 2016, Xu was loaned to China League One side Qingdao Huanghai for one season.[4] Qingdao Huanghai extended his loan deal for another season in 2017.[5]

In December 2017, Xu returned to Shanghai Shenhua for the 2018 season.[6] On 13 April 2018, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 home draw with Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao.[7] Despite this goal, Xu would struggle to gain significant playing time and was loaned out once again, this time to second tier club Liaoning F.C. on 31 July 2019.[8] The following season he was loaned out to third tier club Zhejiang Yiteng on 02 September 2020.[9] Another loan to second tier club Zibo Cuju would happen on 12 April 2021.[10]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 January 2023.[11]

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
CF Crack's (loan) 2014−15 Primera Regional (Valencia) 12 1 - - - 12 1
Shanghai Shenhua 2015 Chinese Super League 1 0 0 0 - - 1 0
2018 11 1 0 0 1 0 - 12 1
2019 5 0 2 0 - - 7 0
2022 10 0 4 2 - - 14 2
Total 27 1 6 2 1 0 0 0 34 3
Qingdao Huanghai (loan) 2016 China League One 9 0 1 0 - - 10 0
2017 25 0 0 0 - - 25 0
Total 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Liaoning F.C. (loan) 2019 China League One 9 0 0 0 - 2[a] 0 11 0
Zhejiang Yiteng (loan) 2020 China League Two 6 0 - - - 6 0
Zibo Cuju (loan) 2021 China League One 28 1 - - - 28 1
Career total 116 3 7 2 1 0 2 0 126 5
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

Honours

Shanghai Shenhua

References

  1. ^ "绿地申花精英队迎西班牙大区联赛首秀". Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ^ 2015年中超联赛秩序册增补与勘正 at sports.sina.com 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-11-23 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ 杨超声破门 辽足1-0申花提前1轮保级成功 at sports.sohu.com 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-11-23 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ 青岛黄海官方宣布连签三人 at sports.sohu.com 2016-02-25 Retrieved 2016-02-25 (in Chinese)
  5. ^ "青岛黄海新赛季保六争二 赢球奖金涨至100万元". sdchina.com. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. ^ "青岛黄海交出满意答卷 徐友刚：漂泊两年终回申花". shenhua.online.sh.cn. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. ^ "徐友刚：享受自己名字响彻虹口 回申花就不怕竞争". shenhua.online.sh.cn. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. ^ "补充强援后申花将徐友刚租借至辽足 集训队牺牲品". sports.sina.com.cn. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. ^ "官方：申花球员徐友刚租借加盟浙江毅腾轻纺队". new.qq.com. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  10. ^ "命运多舛！他曾是申花96一代的领军人物，却被四次外租出队". sohu.com. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  11. ^ 徐友刚 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-07-19 at the Wayback Machine