Yi Teng (; ; born 22 February 1990) is a

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footballer who currently plays for

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 ...

in the

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Club career

Yi Teng started his football career by signing with

Chongqing Lifan Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic () is a defunct Chinese football club. The team was based in Chongqing. The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league system ...

's youth academy in 2003. After two years playing for Chongqing's youth academy, Yi joined

Chengdu Blades Chengdu Tiancheng F.C. () was a Chinese professional football club based in Chengdu, China who last played in the 26,000 seater Shuangliu Sports Center in the China League One division. The club was founded on 26 February 1996 and was formerly ...

's youth system in 2005 for further development. On 23 October 2009, he officially transferred to

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side

FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as FC Metz or simply Metz (), is a French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 2, the second division in the French football league sys ...

after a brief and successful trial period. He became the second Chinese footballer to be signed a French side after

Li Jinyu Li Jinyu (; born 6 July 1977) is a former international player who is currently the head coach of Wuhan F.C., Wuhan. As a player he represented Liaoning Whowin and Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C., Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League and ...

who played for

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in 1998. Yi was promoted to the first team squad in the 2010-11 season, but failed to make an impact and did not play at all for the entire season. In July 2011, Yi signed a contract with

side

Shenzhen Ruby Shenzhen Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League. The team is based in Shenzhen, Guangdong and their home stadium is the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre that has a seating capacity of ...

. On 21 August 2011, he made his debut for the club in a 4–2 win against

Dalian Shide Dalian Shide was a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning province, China who played in China's football league system between 1955 and 2012. Their home stadiums were the 55,843 capacity Dalian People's Stadium and then lat ...

, coming on as a substitute for Liu Chao in the 82nd minute. Yi was named as club captain by then manager

Philippe Troussier Philippe Omar TroussierOctober's ten - Religious conversions

in 2012 after Shenzhen was relegated to the second tier. On 1 January 2013, along with Zhao Peng and

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, Yi transferred to Chinese Super League giant

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 ...

for a fee of ¥10 million. On 10 July 2013, he made his debut for Guangzhou Evergrande in the fourth round of

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in which Guangzhou beat Dalian Ruilong 7–1. He then made his league debut for Guangzhou on 25 August 2013, as a substitute for

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in the final minutes of a league game against

. On 10 February 2014, Yi moved to fellow top tier club

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 ...

on a one-year loan deal. He made his debut for the club in a 1–1 draw against

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on 9 March 2014. On 18 June 2015, he was loaned out again to another top tier side

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 ...

, rejoining former manager Philippe Troussier. He made his debut for Hangzhou on 28 June 2015 in a 2–0 loss against Guangzhou R&F. In January 2016, he was loaned to

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club

Beijing Renhe Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their hom ...

. On 12 February 2016, Yi was sold to Guangzhou R&F as part of

Liu Dianzuo Liu Dianzuo (; ; born 26 June 1990) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Wuhan Three Towns in the Chinese Super League. Club career Liu Dianzuo started his football career in 2006 when he was promoted to China League Two side Dalia ...

's transfer deal. He would join Guangzhou R&F in 2017 after his return from Beijing Renhe. He made his debut for Beijing on 13 March 2016, in a 0–0 away draw against

Hunan Billows Hunan Billows Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Changsha, Hunan and their home stadium is t ...

. Guangzhou R&F officially announced Yi's transfer on 29 December 2016. He signed a three-year contract with the club. He made his debut for the club on 4 March 2017 in a 2–0 home win against Tianjin Quanjian. On 10 September 2017, he scored his first senior goal in a 2–1 away defeat to

Hebei China Fortune Hebei Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Langfang, Hebei and their home stadium is the La ...

. He scored another goal of the season on 4 November 2017 in a 2–0 home win over Chongqing Dangdai Lifan. Yi was promoted as the team captain in the 2018 season after

Jiang Zhipeng Jiang Zhipeng (; born 6 March 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shenzhen in the Chinese Super League. Club career Jiang Zhipeng started his football career when he joined the Genbao Football Academy in 2000 and was promoted ...

's transfer. He extended his contract again until the end of 2022 season on 25 April 2018.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

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References

External links

FC Metz profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yi, Teng 1990 births Living people Association football midfielders Chinese footballers Footballers from Guizhou Expatriate footballers in France Chinese expatriate footballers FC Metz players Shenzhen F.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players Liaoning F.C. players Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Beijing Renhe F.C. players Guangzhou City F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players People from Guiyang