Huang Jiahui (; born 7 October 2000) is a Chinese professional

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who plays as a defender for Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.

Club career

Born in

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, Huang was invited to join the academy of Spanish side

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, as part of the

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initiative to bring young Chinese players to Spanish clubs. On his return he would join Wanda Group owned Dalian Pro and be promoted to their senior within the

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season. He would make his debut in a league game on 15 June 2019 against Hebei China Fortune F.C. in a 1-0 defeat where he came on as a late substitute for

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. On 19 July 2021, he scored his first career goal in a 3-2 defeat against

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. He would go on to establish himself as a regular member of the team due to the

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rules requesting every team to field at least one player under 23 years old at any point of the game. On 8 June 2022, when Dalian won their second league game of the season 2-0 against

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it was overturned to a 3-0 defeat. The reason being that Huang was the team's only designated U-23 player on the pitch, when he was taken off at the 68th minute due to an injury he was substituted by non-U-23 player

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, and the game went back to play. Despite subsequently rectifying this mistake and bringing on two U-23 players after 47 seconds, they were penalized for that 47-second gap and Guangzhou city was awarded a 3-0 win.

International career

On 20 July 2022, Huang made his international debut in a 3-0 defeat against

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in the

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, as the Chinese FA decided to field the U-23 national team for this senior competition.

Personal life

Huang is the brother of China women's under-17 player Huang Jiaxin.

Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huang, Jiahui 2000 births Living people Footballers from Shanghai Chinese men's footballers China men's youth international footballers China men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Chinese Super League players Valencia CF players Dalian Professional F.C. players Chinese expatriate men's footballers Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China