Chen Tao (footballer, born 1995)
# Chen Tao (footballer, born 1995)

Chen Tao (simplified Chinese: 陈涛; traditional Chinese: 陳濤; pinyin: Chén Tāo; born 3 May 1995) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hefei City.

## Club career

Chen Tao joined Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua youth academy from Shanghai Luckystar in 2014. In 2015 he was loaned to Shanghai Shenhua's satellite team CF Crack's in the Primera Regional of Valencia. He was promoted to Shanghai Shenhua's first team squad by Francis Gillot in the summer of 2015. On 19 August 2017, he made his debut for Shanghai Shenhua in a 3–0 home defeat against Guangzhou Evergrande, coming on as a substitute for Wang Shouting in the 72nd minute. He was demoted to the reserved team in 2018.

On 26 February 2019, Chen was loaned to China League Two side Jilin Baijia for the 2019 season. On his return to Shanghai he remained in the reserves and was allowed to join fourth tier club Wuxi Xinje for the 2020 Chinese Champions League, which he was able to aid them gain promotion at the end of the season. The following campaign he joined another lower league team in Yunnan Yukun Steel and then Hefei City.

## Career statistics

    As of 31 January 2023.

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :

| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2016 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2017 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CF Crack's (loan) | 2014–15 | Regional Preferente (Valencia) | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 |
| Jilin Baijia (loan) | 2019 | China League Two | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 2 |
| Wuxi Xinje | 2020 | Chinese Champions League | | | - | - | - | - | - | - | | |
| Yunnan Yukun Steel | 2021 | Chinese Champions League | | | - | - | - | - | - | - | | |
| Hefei City | 2022 | Chinese Champions League | | | - | - | - | - | - | - | | |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 21 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
