Gui Hong (; born 18 January 1995) is a

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footballer who currently plays for

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in the

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Club career

Gui Hong moved to Spain for trial in 2012 after he refused to sign a professional contract with

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. He was signed by Huracán Valencia in 2013 when he was 18 years old and transferred to

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's youth academy in January 2014. He was promoted to Sevilla C in the summer of 2014 for the

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campaign. In January 2015, Gui was loaned to

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side

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for half season. He scored his first goal in his first appearance, in a 3–0 victory against CD Ciudad Jardín Comunicaciones. Gui scored two goals in 16 appearances, as Utrera finished the second place of the league and won promotion to the

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. Gui returned to China and joined

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side

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in July 2015. He was promoted to the first team by

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after Hebei promoted to the

in 2016. On 10 May 2016, he made his debut for Hebei in a 1–0 victory against amateur team Shanghai Jiading Boo King in the

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, coming on for

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in the 60th minute. His Super League debut came on 4 days later in a 2–0 away defeat against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 80th minute. On 29 June 2016, he scored his first goal for Hebei in the fourth round of 2016 Chinese FA Cup, which ensured Hebei beat Heibei Derby rival

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3–2 and advanced to the next round. On 20 May 2017, Gui scored his first goal in the Super League in his first match of the 2017 season against

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, which gave Hebei China Fortune a 2–0 home win. On 7 April 2018, he scored another goal in a 2–1 home win over

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. On 24 January 2019, Gui signed a four-year contract with fellow Super League club

. He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 2 March 2019 against Chongqing Dangdai Lifan that ended in a 2-2 draw. By the end of the season he would only make 13 appearances and would be loaned out to second tier club

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on 20 May 2020. This would be followed by another loan period, with another second tier club in

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where he was a squad player as the club gained promotion to the top tier after coming second within the division at the end of the

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campaign.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gui, Hong Living people 1995 births Association football forwards Chinese footballers Footballers from Wuhan Guangzhou City F.C. players Guizhou F.C. players Hebei F.C. players Tercera División players Sevilla FC C players Chinese Super League players China League One players Chinese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Spain 21st-century Chinese people