Tao Qianglong

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Tao.
Tao Qianglong
Tao Qianglong playing for China U-20 in 2018.
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Fuyang, Anhui, China
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Wuhan Three Towns
Number 29
Youth career
Villarreal
0000–2017 Beijing Guoan
2018–2019 Hebei China Fortune
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Hebei China Fortune 18 (1)
2020–2021 Dalian Pro 14 (2)
2022– Wuhan Three Towns 6 (0)
International career‡
2016 China U16 6 (2)
2017-2019 China U19 13 (3)
2022-2024 China U23 18 (8)
2022– China 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2022

Tao Qianglong (simplified Chinese: 陶强龙; traditional Chinese: 陶強龍; pinyin: Táo Qiánglóng; born 20 November 2001) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns.

Club career[edit]

In 2013, Tao was scouted as a promising youngster and invited to train with the youth teams of Spanish side Villarreal.[1] He would return back to China and would play for the Beijing Guoan youth teams setup and the various age groups for the Chinese national team, which saw Hebei China Fortune interested in his services.[2] Soon after completing his move to Hebei he was promoted to the first team and was handed his debut in a Chinese Super League game by the Head coach Chris Coleman on 2 March 2019 against Shenzhen F.C. where he came on as a substitute for Yin Hongbo in a 3-1 defeat.[3] The manager would show considerable faith in Tao by continuing to play him, which saw Tao repay his faith in him by scoring his first goal for the club on 13 April 2019 in a league game against Chongqing Dangdai Lifan that ended in a 2-1 loss.[4] By the end of the season Tao had become a regular within the team and fellow top tier club Dalian Professional signed him on 27 February 2020.[5]

On June 6, 2020, the Chinese Football Association issued Tao a six month suspension from playing professional football as punishment and a 300,000 yuan fine along with several of his team mates for breaking COVID-19 prevention regulation rules while he was with the Chinese U19 team for training.[6] This resulted in him missing the whole 2020 league season. On his return the following season he would finally make his debut on 22 April 2021, in a league game against Changchun Yatai in a 2-1 defeat.[7]

On 29 April 2022, it was announced that Tao would join newly-promoted Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns.[8] He would go on to make his debut on 3 June 2022, in a league game against Hebei, which ended in a 4-0 victory.[9] After the game he would go on to be part of the squad that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.[10]

International career[edit]

On 24 July 2022, Tao made his international debut in a 0-0 draw against Japan in the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, as the Chinese FA decided to field the U-23 national team for this senior competition.[11]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 11 January 2023[12]
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
Hebei China Fortune 2019 Chinese Super League 18 1 0 0 – – 18 1
Dalian Professional 2020 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2021 14 2 4 1 - 2[a] 0 20 3
Total 14 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 20 3
Wuhan Three Towns 2022 Chinese Super League 6 0 3 2 – – 9 2
Career total 38 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 47 6
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs

Honours[edit]

Wuhan Three Towns

References[edit]

  1. ^ "El Proyecto Wanda del Villarreal ya tiene a sus futbolistas de la edición 2013". Nostresport.com. 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  2. ^ "Next Generation 2018: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ "SHENZHEN VS. HEBEI CFFC 3 - 1". Soccerway.com. 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. ^ "中超-大摩托彭欣力建功 重庆2-1华夏豪取三连胜". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  5. ^ "华夏幸福为何放走未来之星 陶强龙离开有三点原因". Sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  6. ^ "国青饮酒六将遭足协重罚 禁赛半年取消国字号资格". Tj.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2020-06-06. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  7. ^ "DALIAN PRO VS. CHANGCHUN YATAI 1 - 2". Soccerway.com (in Chinese). 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  8. ^ "武汉三镇一波官宣9名新援 邓涵文刘殿座顺利加盟". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 29 April 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  9. ^ "HEBEI FC VS. WUHAN THREE TOWNS 0 - 4". Soccerway.com. 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  10. ^ a b "武汉三镇捧起中超冠军火神杯 3年3冠创造三镇奇迹". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  11. ^ "东亚杯-韩佳奇屡献神扑朱辰杰造险 国足0-0日本". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 24 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  12. ^ Tao Qianglong at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

External links[edit]

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