Guo Quanbo (; born 31 August 1997) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a

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for

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club

Meizhou Hakka Meizhou Hakka Football Club (; Hakka language: Mòi-Chû Hag-Ga chuk-khiù khî-lo̍k-phu) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). ...

Club career

Guo Quanbo was born in

Tianmen Tianmen () is a sub-prefecture-level city (sometimes considered a county-level city) in central Hubei Province, China. It is on the Jianghan Plain, on the west side of Wuhan (the biggest city of Central China, as well as the capital of Hubei) a ...

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. He joined

side

Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in the Chaoyang District in Beijing and their ho ...

's youth academy at the age of 8 in 2005 when traveling to Beijing with his family. He was promoted to Beijing Sinobo Guoan's first team squad by manager José González in 2017. On 19 May 2018, he made his senior debut in a 2–0 away win over

Changchun Yatai Changchun Yatai Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Changchun, Jilin and their home stadi ...

. Beijing Guoan manager Roger Schmidt named Guo as number one in the rest of the season. He played 22 matches in his debut season and won

2018 Chinese FA Cup Yanjing Beer 2018 Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: 燕京啤酒2018中国足球协会杯) was the 20th edition of the Chinese FA Cup. On 29 December 2017, Yanjing Beer extended their sponsorship contract for another four years (2018–2021). Schedule The ...

title with Guoan. On 3 December 2018, Guo extended his contract with the club until the end of 2023.

International career

Guo received his first call up for the

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by manager

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for the training camp of

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. On 27 December 2018, he was named in the final 23-man squad. However, he was replaced by Zhang Lu on 5 January 2019.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Beijing Guoan *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guo, Quanbo 1997 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers People from Tianmen Footballers from Hubei Beijing Guoan F.C. players Chinese Super League players