Fan Zhiqiang (; born 22 August 1988) is a Chinese

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who plays for Tianjin Shengde.

Club career

Fan Zhiqiang would join the Tianjin TEDA youth team at age 15 before being selected to represent Tianjin in the 2009 National Games where in the final group game, Tianjin lost to Beijing, knocking them out of the competition and leaving Fan dissatisfied with the referee’s officiating he chased the referee along with several team mates he was severely fined by the Chinese Football Association and was suspended for two years. Despite being heavily fined and given a two year suspension he still remained with Tianjin TEDA and joined Tianjin Normal University to continue with his studies while also representing their college team and China in the Football at the 2011 Summer Universiade. After his suspension ended, Fan was promoted to the senior team of Tianjin TEDA and on 2 October 2011 he would make his professional debut in a league game against

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in a 2-1 defeat. On 27 January 2017, fan joined third tier football club Nantong Zhiyun. He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and in the

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season he would help guide to club to a runners-up position and promotion to the second division.

Career statistics

Club statistics

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Honours

Club

* Chinese FA Cup:

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References

1988 births Living people Chinese footballers Association football forwards Chinese Super League players China League Two players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Dalian Transcendence F.C. players Jiangxi Beidamen F.C. players Nantong Zhiyun F.C. players 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub