Lin Xiang (born 24 September 1991 in Shanghai) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kunshan.

Lin Xiang
林翔
Personal information
Full name Lin Xiang
Date of birth (1991-09-24) 24 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Shanghai, China
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Kunshan
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2018 Shanghai Shenxin 14 (0)
2019–2020 Zibo Cuju 44 (0)
2022- Kunshan 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2022

Club career

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In 2010, Lin Xiang started his professional footballer career with Shanghai Shenxin in the Chinese Super League.[1] On 25 October 2015, Lin made his debut for Shanghai Shenxin in the 2015 Chinese Super League against Henan Jianye.[2] Often utilized as a second choice goalkeeper, he was allowed to leave the club on 19 February 2019 and transferred to League Two side Zibo Cuju.[3] He would go on to establish himself as an integral member of the team and go on to gain promotion with the club at the end of the 2020 China League Two campaign.[4] Despite this achievement he was not kept on at the club and on 27 April 2022 he joined second tier club Kunshan where he was part of the squad that won the division and promotion to the top tier.[5]

Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of match played 21 December 2022.[6]

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
Shanghai Shenxin 2010 Chinese Super League 0 0 - - - 0 0
2011 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2012 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2013 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2014 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2015 2 0 1 0 - - 3 0
2016 China League One 12 0 1 0 - - 13 0
2017 0 0 4 0 - - 4 0
2018 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
Total 14 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Zibo Cuju 2019 China League Two 32 0 0 0 - - 32 0
2020 12 0 - - - 12 0
Total 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
Kunshan 2022 China League One 0 0 2 0 - - 2 0
Career total 58 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 67 0

Honours

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Club

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Kunshan

References

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  1. ^ 2010赛季中超南昌八一球员名单 at sports.sina.com 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2015-10-25 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 巴兰特斯建功哈维尔2球逆转 申鑫1-2建业 at sports.sohu.com 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-10-25 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ 官方:郭明月等4名球员加盟淄博蹴鞠 at qq.com 2019-02-19 Retrieved 2019-02-20 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ "武汉三镇点球战6-5击败淄博蹴鞠 获中乙联赛冠军". sports.sina.com.cn. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "2022中甲联赛圆满落幕 昆山强势打破两项记录". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  6. ^ 林翔 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2015-10-31 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
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