Xu Youzhi (Chinese: 许有志; pinyin: Xǔ Yǒuzhì; born 13 December 1987) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Nanjing Balanta in the Chinese Champions League.

Xu Youzhi
许有志
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Qingdao, Shandong, China
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Nanjing Balanta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Chongqing Lifan 28 (0)
2012–2018 Jiangsu Sainty 13 (0)
2019– Nanjing Balanta 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2016

Club career

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Xu started his professional football career with Chongqing Lifan in 2008. On 3 April, he made his Super League debut in the third round of the season which Chongqing Lifan lost to Tianjin Teda 2–0, coming on as a substitute for Liu Jialin in the 91st minute.[1] After Dutch manager Arie Haan took over the club, Xu became the regular player of the team in June. He made 22 appearances in the 2009 league season, however, Chongqing finished the last place of the league and relegated to China League One. In February 2010, the club were allowed to stay within the 2010 Chinese Super League after it was discovered that two Super League clubs Chengdu Blades and Guangzhou F.C. were guilty of match-fixing. Xu lost his position and didn't play for the club in 2010 as Chongqing stayed in the relegation zone at the end of the season. In July 2011, Xu made a brief trial with Belgian Second Division side K.S.K. Heist but could not stay due to the disagreement of transfer fee.[2] He made 8 appearances in the 2011 China League One.

On 16 January 2012, Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Sainty announced that they had signed Xu with an undisclosed fee.[3] He made his debut for Jiangsu on 8 July, in a 2–2 home draw against Shanghai Shenhua, coming on as a substitute for Jiang Jiajun in the 79th minute. He made just 4 appearances (103 minutes in total) in the 2012 league season as the club achieved runners-up in the league and gained the entry into their first AFC Champions League. He was sent to the reserved team in 2017 and 2018.

Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of 1 November 2016[4]

Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
China PR League FA Cup Asia Others Total
2008 Chongqing Lifan China League One 0 0 - - - 0 0
2009 Chinese Super League 20 0 - - - 20 0
2010 0 0 - - - 0 0
2011 China League One 8 0 2 0 - - 10 0
2012 Jiangsu Sainty Chinese Super League 3 0 1 0 - - 4 0
2013 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2014 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2015 4 0 1 0 - - 5 0
2016 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total China PR 41 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 47 0

Honours

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Club

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Jiangsu Sainty

References

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  1. ^ 路易斯传射建功 泰达主场2比0轻取力帆豪取3连胜 Archived May 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine at cnsoccer.titan24.com 2009-04-04 Retrieved 2012-11-16 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 许有志:我憧憬更大的舞台 at 163.com 2011-08-04 Retrieved 2012-11-16 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ 原重庆力帆球员许有志加盟江苏国信舜天 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine at Jiangsu Sainty Official Website 2012-01-16 Retrieved 2012-11-16 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ "XU YOUZHI". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  5. ^ "足协杯-萨米尔加时绝杀 舜天客场1-0申花首夺冠". Sports.sina.com.cn. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  6. ^ "GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE VS. JIANGSU GUOXIN-SAINTY 1-2". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.