Chen Zijie (; born 24 December 1989) is a

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footballer who plays for Xian Ronghai.

Club career

Chen Zijie began his football career when he played for

Shaanxi National Power Harbin Guoli Football Club () is a defunct football club who played in Harbin, Heilongjiang and their home stadium was the 50,100 seater Jiaodaruisun Stadium. Founded on February 28, 1996 as Shaanxi National Power F.C. in Xi’an, Shaanxi, they p ...

's youth team and in 2007, he moved to

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's youth team after his previous club dissolved. He was then loaned to

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club Shaanxi Star for one season. Chen was promoted to Shaanxi Baorong Chanba (later moved to

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and renamed

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)'s first team squad by

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in 2009, however, as Shaanxi struggled at the bottom of the league, he did not appear for the club in the 2009 league season. Chen was loaned to

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club

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for the 2011 season. Although he just made ten appearances in the league, Shanghai East Asia extended his loan deal for an additional year in 2012. On 8 April 2012, he scored his first goal for Shanghai East Asia in a 2–0 home victory against Yanbian Changbai Tiger. He played 25 matches and scored three goals in the second tier that season as Shanghai East Asia won the

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titles and were promoted to the top flight. Chen returned to Guizhou after 2012 league season, but in July 2013, he was loaned to third-tier side Hebei Zhongji until 31 December 2013. On 16 February 2014, Chen made his debut for Guizhou in the

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against Guangzhou Evergrande with 1–0 victory, coming on as a substitute for the injured Zlatan Muslimović in the 59th minute. His first tier debut came on 8 March 2014, in the first league match of the season in a goalless away draw against Jiangsu Sainty. On 15 March 2014, he scored his first goal for Guizhou in a 2–0 home win over Tianjin Teda. On 7 February 2015, Chen signed a four-year contract with China League One side Hunan Billows. In February 2017, he transferred to Super League side Henan Jianye after Hunan relegated to the third tier. He made his debut for Henan on 7 April 2017 in a 1–0 away defeat against Beijing Guoan, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 75th minute. On 3 May 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in a 5–1 away win against League Two club Shanghai Sunfun in the

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International career

Chen made his debut for the Chinese national team on 18 June 2014 in a 2-0 win against Macedonia.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2019.''

Honours

Club

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* Chinese FA Super Cup:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Zijie Living people 1989 births Sportspeople from Xi'an Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Shaanxi Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Shanghai Port F.C. players Hebei F.C. players Hunan Billows F.C. players Henan F.C. players Men's association football forwards China men's international footballers Chinese Super League players China League One players