Zhou Yuchen (; born 12 January 1995) is a Chinese professional

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 ...

who currently plays as a

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for

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...

club

Guangzhou City Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kong ...

Club career

In 2005, Zhou Yuchen joined

side

Shandong Luneng Taishan Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is ...

's football school, where he converted from a defender into a goalkeeper. He was sent to Portugal for further training by the club in January 2014. He joined Campeonato de Portugal side Sacavenense in the summer of 2014. Zhou returned to Shandong Luneng and was promoted to the first team squad in 2015, acting as the fourth goalkeeper of the team. Zhou was loaned to Super League newcomer

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 ...

for one season in February 2016. He didn't appear for China Fortune throughout the entirety of his loan spell. In July 2017, Zhou was loaned to

Hong Kong Premier League The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inaugural seaso ...

side R&F. On 24 September 2017, he made his senior debut in a 2–1 loss against Lee Man in the first round of 2017–18 Senior Shield. He made his league debut on 28 October 2017 in a 2–1 away win against

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north Nam Sang W ...

. Zhou was loaned to R&F again in September 2018. On 14 October 2020, Zhou left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Yuchen 1995 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Shandong People from Weifang Shandong Taishan F.C. players Hebei F.C. players R&F (Hong Kong) players Association football goalkeepers Chinese Super League players Hong Kong Premier League players Chinese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China