Lü Hongchen (Chinese: 吕宏琛; born 16 May 1989 in Tianjin) is a Chinese former professional football player who played as defender. He represented Xinjiang Sport Lottery Tianjin Locomotive and Shijiazhuang Ever Bright where he played the majority of his career, gaining two promotions with them and playing several seasons in the top tier of the Chinese Super League.

Lü Hongchen
吕宏琛
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-05-16) May 16, 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Tianjin, China
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Xinjiang Sport Lottery
2009–2010 Tianjin Locomotive
2011–2020 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 33 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2020

Club career edit

In July 2007, Lü Hongchen started his professional footballer career with Xinjiang Sport Lottery in the China League Two.[1] In 2011, Lü transferred to fellow China League Two side Fujian Smart Hero.[2] He would gain promotion with them at the end of the 2011 China League Two campaign. The club would move to a different city and change their name to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright. He would be part of the squad that gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2014 China League One season.[3] On 12 August 2015, Lü played his first top tier game for Shijiazhuang in the 2015 Chinese Super League against Tianjin Teda in a 1-1 draw.[4]

Career statistics edit

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[5]

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
Xinjiang Sport Lottery 2007 China League Two - - -
2008 - - -
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tianjin Locomotive 2009 China League Two - - -
2010 - - -
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 2011 China League Two 23 0 - - - 23 0
2012 China League One 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2013 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2014 5 0 1 0 - - 6 0
2015 Chinese Super League 4 0 1 0 - - 5 0
2016 1 0 2 0 - - 3 0
2017 China League One 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2019 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 33 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
Career total 33 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 37 0

References edit

  1. ^ 2007赛季乙级联赛15支参赛队详细球员名单 at sports.sina.com 2007-05-27. Retrieved 2015-09-16
  2. ^ 2011中乙总决赛南区冠军福建骏豪队完全名单 at sports.sohu.com 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2015-09-16
  3. ^ "China 2014 > China League One". rsssf.org. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  4. ^ 穆伦加建功 永昌客场1-1平泰达15轮不败 at sports.sohu.com 2015-08-12. Retrieved 2015-09-16
  5. ^ 吕宏琛 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2019-09-16 at the Wayback Machine

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