Huang Zhengyu (; born 24 January 1997 in

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professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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Club career

In 2016, Huang Zhengyu was promoted to

side

Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou City Football Club (广州城) is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and their home venu ...

first team by manager

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. He made his senior debut on 2 July 2016 in a 4–2 home victory against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright, coming on as a substitute for Lu Lin in the 87th minute. Huang played six league match for Guangzhou in the 2016 season and extended his contract with the club on 7 November 2016 for five years. Huang became a regular starter for Guangzhou R&F in the 2017 season, benefitting from the new CSL regulation that at least one under-23 player must be in the starting line-up. He started 29 CSL games at centre back and played 2,637 minutes in total, which was the most of all U23 players in the 2017 CSL season. He was also named the best U23 player and was selected in the CSL team of the year. Huang extended his contract again until the end of 2022 season on 5 December 2017. On 29th November 2020, Huang made his 100th appearance for Guangzhou R&F.

International career

On 18 September 2016, Huang was selected in the

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for the

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. He was selected in the China national under-22 football team for the Dubai Cup on 13 March 2017.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.''

Honours

Individual

U-23 Player of the Year:

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Team of the Year:

References

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