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Cao Xuan
曹轩
Personal information
Full name Cao Xuan
Date of birth (1985-07-02) 2 July 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Dalian, China
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Dalian Shide
2000–2003 Zhejiang Lücheng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2015 Hangzhou Greentown 221 (7)
2016–2017 Dalian Yifang 23 (2)
2018–2020 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 42 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2020

Cao Xuan (Chinese: 曹轩; born July 2, 1985) is a Chinese footballer.

Club career

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Cao Xuan originally started his football career with the Dalian Shide F.C. youth team, however in 2000 he would move to Zhejiang so he could join and play for the Zhejiang Lücheng youth team.[1] With them he would graduate to the senior team and start his professional football career at the bottom the Chinese league system, however after several seasons with the club he would see finally promoted to the Chinese Super League after seeing Zhejiang Lücheng come second in the second tier.[2] He would be a vital member of the team to help establish the club as mid-table regulars for several seasons until the 2009 Chinese Super League saw the club struggle within the league, this saw Chinese international Du Wei brought in the following season to strengthen the team's defense and Cao would be dropped as a squad regular. When Du Wei left, Cao would re-establish himself as a vital member of the team's defence.

On 5 January 2016, Cao transferred to his hometown club Dalian Yifang in the China League One.[3] He was excluded from the team squad in the 2017 season under manager Juan Ramón López Caro. Cao joined fellow League One side Shijiazhuang Ever Bright on 26 January 2018.[4] By the following 2019 league season he would help the team win promotion back into the top tier.[5]

Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[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
Hangzhou Greentown 2004 China League One 10 0 0 0 - - 10 0
2005 13 0 2 0 - - 15 0
2006 18 1 6 1 - - 24 2
2007 Chinese Super League 26 0 - - - 26 0
2008 21 0 - - - 21 0
2009 17 0 - - - 17 0
2010 13 0 - - - 13 0
2011 11 0 0 0 2 0 - 13 0
2012 16 2 2 0 - - 18 2
2013 29 4 1 1 - - 30 5
2014 21 0 0 0 - - 21 0
2015 26 0 0 0 - - 26 0
Total 221 7 11 2 2 0 0 0 234 9
Dalian Yifang 2016 China League One 23 2 0 0 - - 23 2
2017 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
Total 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 2
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 2018 China League One 25 1 0 0 - - 25 1
2019 3 0 0 0 - - 3 0
2020 Chinese Super League 14 0 0 0 - - 14 0
Total 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 1
Career total 286 10 12 2 2 0 0 0 300 12

Honours

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Club

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Dalian Yifang

References

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  1. ^ "程谋义回大连同儿时队友过招 取胜很兴奋宴请全队". sports.sina.com.cn. 18 September 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ "China 2006". RSSSF. 8 March 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ^ 大连一方宣布斯塔勒留任 曹轩领4内援2外援加盟 at sports.sohu.com 2016-01-05 Retrieved 2016-01-05 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ 永昌官宣五将加盟:黑山外援亮相 绿城功勋来投 at sports.sina.com.cn 2018-01-26 Retrieved 2018-01-26 (in Chinese)
  5. ^ "祝贺!石家庄永昌冲超成功!". thepaper.cn. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ 曹轩 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01 Archived 2018-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "2017中甲联赛积分榜". Sina. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
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