Song Chen

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{{Infobox football biography

| name= Song Chen
宋琛

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dalian, Liaoning, China

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Shenzhen Peng City

| clubnumber = 32

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1= Dalian Shide

| years1= 2008

| clubs1= Dalian Shide Siwu FC

| caps1 = 5 | goals1 = 0

| years2= 2010–2011

| clubs2= Shenzhen Ruby

| caps2 = 19 | goals2 = 0

| years3= 2012–2019

| clubs3= Liaoning Whowin

| caps3 = 73 | goals3 = 2

| years4= 2013

| clubs4= → Qinghai Senke (loan)

| caps4 = ? | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2020–

| clubs5 = Shenzhen Peng City

| caps5= 13 |goals5= 1

| nationalyears1=

| nationalteam1=

| nationalcaps1=

| nationalgoals1 =

| pcupdate = 31 December 2020

| ntupdate =

}}

Song Chen ({{zh|s=宋琛}}; born 3 January 1990 in Dalian) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for China League One side Shenzhen Peng City.

Club career

Song Chen would start his football career playing for the various Dalian Shide F.C. youth teams before he was sent out to the team's reserve team called Dalian Shide Siwu FC that was allowed to take part in Singapore's 2008 S.League. He would make his debut on 21 February 2008 in a league game against Home United that ended in a 2-1 defeat.{{cite web|url=http://sleague.com/Web/main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&AID=9bd3d328-d69d-4c3b-93f8-640139ed08b4&NLT=300|title=Match Statistics for Match 5 - Home United vs Dalian Shide Siwu (21 Feb 2008)|publisher=sleague.com|date=2008-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120051937/http://sleague.com/Web/main.aspx?ID=,68e68380-9e0b-44b2-8a32-d06df7470ca6&AID=9bd3d328-d69d-4c3b-93f8-640139ed08b4&NLT=300|accessdate=2021-01-31|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2009-01-20}} He would return to the Dalian Shide's youth team as they participated in the 2009 National Games of China. He would go on to transfer to Chinese Super League team Shenzhen Ruby in 2010 along with fellow teammate Quan Heng.[http://sports.sohu.com/20100323/n271045050.shtml 2010年中超联赛深圳红钻队球员完全名单] at sohu.com 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2014-04-04 {{in lang|zh}} He would eventually make his league debut for Shenzhen on 2 May 2010 in a game against Henan Jianye, coming on as a substitute for Yuan Lin in the 43rd minute.[http://sports.sohu.com/20100502/n271886974.shtml 巴哈堤亚哥建功河南1-1深圳五轮不胜] at sohu.com 2010-05-02. Retrieved 2014-04-04 {{in lang|zh}} Song would gradually start to establish himself within the team until the introduction of new Head coach Philippe Troussier, who did not integrate Song into his tactical system.

In February 2012, he transferred to Chinese Super League side Liaoning Whowin.[http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2012-02-21/01075951075.shtml 红钻确认90后小将已投奔辽足] at sina.com 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2014-04-04 {{in lang|zh}} In February 2013, Song moved to China League Two side Qinghai Senke on a one-year loan deal. On his return he gradually started to become a regular within the team, but was also part of the squad that saw the club relegated at the end of the 2017 Chinese Super League campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china2017.html|title=China 2017|date=2018-12-06|website=RSSSF|accessdate=2021-01-31}} He left the club after they were dissolved on 23 May 2020 due to wage arrears.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecfa.cn/lstz/20200523/28646.html |title=关于取消相关职业足球俱乐部注册资格的通知-中国足球协会官方网站 |website=www.thecfa.cn| date=2020-05-23|accessdate=2021-01-31}} He would join another second tier club in Sichuan Jiuniu, on a free transfer and would make his debut in a league game against Kunshan FC on 13 September 2020 in a 2-0 defeat.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/league-one-2020-sichuan-jiuniu-kunshan-fc/|title=China » League One 2020 » 1. Round » Sichuan Jiuniu - Kunshan FC 0:2|publisher=worldfootball.net|date=2020-09-13|accessdate=2021-01-31}}

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 5 November 2023.[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/94/187381/1472E290C9D5E1DD.shtml 宋琛] at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01 {{in lang|zh}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113165819/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/94/187381/1472E290C9D5E1DD.shtml |date=2018-11-13}}

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dalian Shide Siwu FC	2008	S. League	5	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|5	0
rowspan=3\|Shenzhen Ruby	2010	rowspan=2\|Chinese Super League	17	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|17	0
2011	2	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|2	0
colspan="2"\|Total !19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
rowspan=8\|Liaoning Whowin	2012	rowspan=5\|Chinese Super League	1	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|1	0
2014	1	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|1	0
2015	5	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|6	0
2016	9	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|11	0
2017	5	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|6	0
2018	rowspan="2"\|China League One	25	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|25	0
2019	27	1	0	0	colspan="2"
\|2{{efn\|Appearances in 2019 China League One relegation play-off games}}	1	29	2
colspan="2"\|Total !73	1	4	0	0	0	2	1	79	2
Qinghai Senke (loan)	2013	China League Two		2	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|2	2
rowspan=5\|Sichuan Jiuniu	2020	rowspan=4\|China League One	13	1	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|13	1
2021	28	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|30	0
2022	17	1	0	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|17	1
2023	15	0	2	0	colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
\|17	0
colspan="2"\|Total !73	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	77	2
colspan=3 \| Career total !170\|\|5\|\|10\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|2\|\|1\|\|182\|\|6