Hu Ruibao (; born 17 October 1996) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for

Chengdu Rongcheng Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Chengdu, Sichuan and their home stadium is the Chengdu Phoenix Hill Football Stadium that has a seating capacity of 50,695. The club currently participates in th ...

in the

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Club career

Hu Ruibao joined

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football academy in 2008 and transferred to

side

Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou Football Club, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under the license of the Chinese Football Association. The team is based ...

in December 2013. On 2 April 2015, he received a ban of three months by the

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for age falsification which he used a fake ID Hu Bao (; born 5 January 1998) to register in the youth league between 2008 and 2014. Hu was promoted to Guangzhou Evergrande's first team squad by

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in the summer of 2016. He played as an unused substitute for five times in the 2016 season. In November 2016, Hu received trial with

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side

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. Guangzhou Evergrande refused Hu moving aboard and declared that he was under contract with the club, while Hu and his agent retorted that Guangzhou must let Hu join European Top-5 League clubs free according to the contract. Hu claimed that his trial at Manchester City was successful, he would strive for a regular starter of Manchester City in five years. Hu joined Danish club

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in February 2017. Guangzhou submitted a claim to FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) for the ownership of Hu Ruibao on 27 February 2017. Hu received an interim transfer certificate to join Vejle Boldklub in March 2017. Hu was loaned to

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side

Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Sp ...

, who newly relegated from

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, for one season on 7 August 2017. Without playing any competitive match for the club, he was linked with Chinese Super League club

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in December 2017. On 3 January 2018, Darmstadt 98 officially terminated his loan deal in advance. Hu returned to Guangzhou Evergrande in January 2018. On 2 March 2018, he made his senior debut in a 5–4 home defeat against city rival

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the half time. To gain more playing time he would go on to be loaned out to fellow top tier club

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on 8 July 2019. He would go on to make his debut for them in a league game on 16 July 2019 against

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in a 3-2 defeat. On his return to Guangzhou he would struggle to establish himself within the team and after being dropped to the reserves he was allowed to join top tier club

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on 14 March 2021 on a one year contract. On 26 April 2022, Hu joined newly promoted club

for the start of the

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season. He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 8 June 2022 against

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in a 3-2 defeat. This was followed by his first goal, which was in a league game on 26 June 2022 against

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in a 2-2 draw.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hu, Ruibao 1996 births Living people Chinese footballers People from Heze Footballers from Shandong Guangzhou F.C. players Vejle Boldklub players SV Darmstadt 98 players Henan F.C. players Chinese Super League players Chinese expatriate footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Germany Men's association football defenders