Xu Bin (footballer)
{{short description|Chinese footballer (born 2004)}}
{{Other people|Xu Bin|Xu Bin (disambiguation){{!}}Xu Bin}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Xu|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Xu Bin
|image =
|fullname = Xu Bin
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|5|2|df=y}}
|birth_place = Nan County, Hunan, China{{cite web|url=https://www.thecfa.cn/thecfa/upload/20210312/20210312144717515.pdf|title=姓名男出生日期身份证号码代表单位|website=www.thecfa.cn|access-date=4 January 2024|language=zh}}
|height = 1.75 m
|currentclub = Qingdao West Coast
|clubnumber = 6
|position = Defensive midfielder
|youthyears1 = 2014–2022
|youthclubs1 = Evergrande Football School
|youthyears2 = 2022–2023
|youthclubs2 = Guangzhou FC
|years1 = 2022–2024
|clubs1 = Guangzhou FC
|caps1 = 40
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2025–
|clubs2 = Qingdao West Coast
|caps2 = 1
|goals2 = 0
|nationalteam1 = China U15
|nationalyears1 = 2019
|nationalteam2 = China U20
|nationalyears2 = 2022–2023
|nationalcaps2 = 7
|nationalgoals2 = 1
|nationalteam3 = China U23
|nationalyears3 = 2023–
|nationalcaps3 = 0
|nationalgoals3 = 0
|club-update = 26 January 2024
|nationalteam-update =
}}
Xu Bin ({{zh|s=徐彬|t=徐彬|p=Xú Bīn}}; born 2 May 2004) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Chinese Super League club Qingdao West Coast.
Club career
=Youth career=
Xu started his youth career at the Evergrande Football School in 2014, and after winning the U14 Chinese FA Cup with the Evergrande Football School in 2018, he moved abroad to Spain to pursue his studies with a sector of the Evergrande Football School in Spain.{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/gqgs/2020-09-10/doc-iivhuipp3547523.shtml|title=U16国少为恩师送上教师节礼物:教会我们不只是足球|website=sports.sina.com.cn|date=10 September 2020|access-date=4 January 2024|language=zh}}
=Guangzhou FC=
On 16 November 2022, Xu made his competitive debut when he entered play as an 80th-minute substitute in a 4–2 win over Sichuan Jiuniu in the Chinese FA Cup.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/11/16/china-pr/fa-cup/sichuan-fc/guangzhou-yiyao/3954592/|title=SICHUAN JIUNIU VS. GUANGZHOU 2 - 4|publisher=soccerway.com|date=16 November 2022|access-date=4 January 2024|language=en}} He made his league debut a month later on 23 December, starting in a Chinese Super League game against Beijing Guoan.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/12/23/china-pr/csl/guangzhou-yiyao/beijing-guoan-football-club/3900362/|title=GUANGZHOU VS. BEIJING GUOAN 1 - 3|publisher=soccerway.com|date=23 December 2022|access-date=4 January 2024|language=en}} Xu was re-registered as a Guangzhou player in the 2023 summer transfer window,{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/3557476.html|title=广州队晒海报：欢迎艾菲尔丁、徐彬、阿斯汗和吴永强加入球队|publisher=Dongqiudi|date=7 July 2023|access-date=4 January 2024|language=zh}} and became a first-team regular.{{Soccerway|bin-xu/864830}}
=Qingdao West Coast=
On 26 January 2025, weeks after Guangzhou FC failed to obtain their professional league license for the 2025 season, Xu Bin joined Chinese Super League side Qingdao West Coast on a free transfer.{{cite web|url=https://www.dongqiudi.com/articles/4874898.html|title=官方：张呈栋、高迪、何小珂、徐彬等11名球员加盟青岛西海岸|publisher=Dongqiudi|date=26 January 2025|access-date=26 January 2025|language=zh}}
International career
Xu represented China in various youth levels, including the China U15s{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/gqgs/2019-09-18/doc-iicezzrq6752108.shtml|title=亚少赛-何小珂等3人双响 U15国少6-0大胜菲律宾U15|website=sports.sina.com.cn|date=18 September 2019|access-date=4 January 2024|language=zh}} and the China U20s.{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/645352310_355475|title=国青赴乌兹别克斯坦参加U20亚洲杯 小组出线成奢望|website=sports.sina.com.cn|date=23 February 2023|access-date=4 January 2024|language=zh}}
Xu was selected for the China U20 squad in the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. He went on to score a goal in a 2–0 win against Saudi Arabia in the group stage, connecting with a Mutellip Iminqari low cross.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecfa.cn/xxinwn/20230307/32344.html|title=U-20亚洲杯中国队2:0战胜沙特队|trans-title=AFC U20 Asian Cup, China 2–0 Saudi Arabia|website=www.thecfa.cn|date=30 November 2023|access-date=4 January 2024|language=zh}}
In November 2023, Xu was called up to a China U23 training camp to prepare for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup and qualification to the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecfa.cn/jxtz/20231130/33468.html|title=中国足球协会关于组织奥林匹克男子足球队2023年第八期集训的通知|trans-title=The CFA's announcement on organising the eighth Olympics men's football team training camp|website=www.thecfa.cn|date=30 November 2023|access-date=4 January 2024|language=zh}}
Personal life
In 2020, Xu Bin identified Casemiro as his footballing idol.
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="4"|Guangzhou FC
|2022 |2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023
|14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2024
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2 | Total
!16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| colspan=3 | Career total
!16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|bin-xu/864830}}
{{Qingdao West Coast F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Bin}}
Category:People from Nan County
Category:Footballers from Hunan
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Chinese men's footballers
Category:China men's youth international footballers
Category:China men's under-20 international footballers
Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen
Category:Chinese Super League players
Category:China League One players