Gao Xiang () (born: February 14, 1989 in

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

) is a Chinese football player who plays as a

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Club career

Qingdao Hailifeng

Gao Xiang would start his football career playing for the Qingdao Hailifeng youth team and would graduate from their football academy in 2007.

Chengdu Blades

Gao would move to top tier side Chengdu Blades in the

2008 Chinese Super League The 2008 Chinese Super League (known as the Kingway 2008 Chinese Super League for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League and the 15th season of the professional football league in China. Super L ...

season and would make his debut on September 6, 2008 against

Shenzhen Xiangxue Shenzhen Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League. The team is based in Shenzhen, Guangdong and their home stadium is the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre that has a seating capacity of ...

in a 0-0 draw. He would go on to establish himself as a squad regular within the team and would make fifteen appearances in his debut season for the club. Continuing to be a squad regular Gao would find out that the club would be relegated to the second tier when it was discovered that they fixed several games in 2007 to help them in their process for promotion to the top tier. Gao decided to remain faithful towards the club and would play in fifteen league games and scored five goals to aid Chengdu gain promotion at the end of the season.

Qingdao Hainiu

On 16 February 2015, Gao transferred to

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side Qingdao Hainiu. He would become an integral member of the team that would win the

2019 China League One The 2019 China League One ( zh, 58同城 2019中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 16th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor was the ...

division and promotion into the top tier.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Qingdao Huanghai Qingdao Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Qingdao and their home stadium was the Qingdao Gu ...

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References

External links

Player stats at sohu.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gao, Xiang 1989 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Qingdao Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. players Qingdao F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players