Tong Lei (; born 16 December 1997 in
Quzhou
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) is a
Chinese
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football
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player who currently plays for
Chinese Super League
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club
Dalian Professional.
Club career
Tong Lei started his professional football career in 2016 when he was promoted to
Hangzhou Greentown
Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (C ...
's first squad. On 15 May 2016, he made his debut for Hangzhou in the
2016 Chinese Super League
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against
Liaoning Whowin
Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...
, coming on as a substitute for
Cheng Mouyi
Cheng Mouyi (; born on 24 February 1985) is a Chinese people, Chinese Association football, footballer who currently plays as either a midfielder or right-back for Suzhou Dongwu in the China League One division.
Club career
Cheng started his prof ...
in the 74th minute. Despite the club facing relegation at the end of the season, Tong was given the opportunity to gain more playing time and he would gradually start to establish himself as a regular with the squad and was part of the team that narrowly missed out on promotion at the end of the
2019 China League One
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season.
On 7 February 2020 Tong Lei joined top tier club
Dalian Pro along with
Wu Wei
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and
Xue Qinghao on the same day. He would make his debut in a league game against
Shandong Taishan F.C.
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on 26 July 2020 in a 3-2 defeat.
Career statistics
''Statistics accurate as of match played 12 January 2022.''
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References
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1997 births
Living people
People from Quzhou
Chinese footballers
Footballers from Zhejiang
Zhejiang Professional F.C. players
Dalian Professional F.C. players
China League One players
Chinese Super League players
Association football defenders