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Cao Xuan (footballer)

{{short description|Chinese footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{other people||Cao Xuan (disambiguation){{!}}Cao Xuan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cao Xuan
曹轩

| image =

| fullname = Cao Xuan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|7|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dalian, China

| height = {{height|m=1.85}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Dalian Shide

| youthyears2 = 2000–2003

| youthclubs2 = Zhejiang Lücheng

| years1 = 2004–2015 | clubs1 = Hangzhou Greentown | caps1 = 221 | goals1 = 7

| years2 = 2016–2017 | clubs2 = Dalian Yifang | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2018–2020 | clubs3 = Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 1

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| pcupdate = 31 December 2020

| ntupdate =

}}

Cao Xuan ({{zh|s=曹轩}}; born July 2, 1985) is a Chinese footballer.

Club career

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.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/b/2005-09-18/08271777232.shtml |title=程谋义回大连同儿时队友过招 取胜很兴奋宴请全队 |publisher=sports.sina.com.cn |date=2005-09-18 |accessdate=2012-07-16}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china06.html|title=China 2006|date=8 Mar 2007|website=RSSSF|accessdate=2012-07-16}} 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.[http://sports.sohu.com/20160105/n433506997.shtml 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 lang|zh}} 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.[http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2018-01-26/doc-ifyqzcxf7464494.shtml 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 lang|zh}} By the following 2019 league season he would help the team win promotion back into the top tier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_4848727|title=祝贺！石家庄永昌冲超成功！|publisher=thepaper.cn|date=2019-11-02|accessdate=2020-04-16}}

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/77/153884/691271E2987E1A9D.shtml 曹轩] at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113165745/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/77/153884/691271E2987E1A9D.shtml |date=2018-11-13}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=13|Hangzhou Greentown2004rowspan="3"|China League One10000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|100
200513020colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|150
200618161colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|242
2007rowspan="9"|Chinese Super League260colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|260
2008210colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|210
2009170colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|170
2010130colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|130
20111100020colspan="2"
|130
201216220colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|182
201329411colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|305
201421000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|210
201526000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|260
colspan=2 | Total

!221||7||11||2||2||0||0||0||234||9

rowspan=3|Dalian Yifang2016rowspan=2|China League One23200colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|232
20170010colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|10
colspan=2 | Total

!23||2||1||0||0||0||0||0||24||2

rowspan=4|Shijiazhuang Ever Bright2018rowspan=2|China League One25100colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|251
20193000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|30
2020Chinese Super League14000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|140
colspan=2 | Total

!42||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||42||1

colspan=3 | Career total

!286||10||12||2||2||0||0||0||300||12

Honours

=Club=

Dalian Yifang

  • China League One: 2017{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2017-03-11/doc-ifychhus0733904.shtml|title=2017中甲联赛积分榜|work=Sina|date=2017-03-11|accessdate=2019-08-06}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/691271E2987E1A9D.html Player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609072330/http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/691271E2987E1A9D.html |date=2012-06-09 }} at sodasoccer.com
  • [http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MA29984 Player stats] at sohu.com
  • {{Soccerway|28891}}

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Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:Chinese men's footballers

Category:Footballers from Dalian

Category:Zhejiang Professional F.C. players

Category:Dalian Professional F.C. players

Category:Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players

Category:Chinese Super League players

Category:China League One players

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen