Xu Lei (; born 11 January 2000) is a Chinese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

currently playing as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

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

Xu Lei would play for the

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in ...

youth team before being loaned out to second tier club Inner Mongolia Zhongyou on 30 July 2020. He would make his debut on 13 September 2020, in a league game against

Beijing Sport University Beijing Sport University (BSU) (), formerly known as "Central Institute of Physical Education" () and "Beijing Institute of Physical Education" (), is a nation-level public university located in Beijing, China. It is one of the National Key Univ ...

that ended in a 1-0 defeat. The following season he was loaned out again to another second tier club in

on 14 April 2021. He would make his debut on 25 April 2021, in a league game against Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard that ended in a 2-1 victory. He would be part of the squad that gained promotion to the top tier after coming second within the division at the end of the

2021 China League One The 2021 China League One ( zh, 2021中国足球协会甲级联赛) is the 18th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic The 2021 Chi ...

campaign.

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* 2000 births Living people Chinese men's footballers China men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders China League One players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Inner Mongolia Zhongyou F.C. players Meizhou Hakka F.C. players 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub