Huang Cong ( zh, s=黄聪, t=黃聰, p=Huáng Cōng; born 6 January 1997) is a Chinese

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plays as a

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Club career

Huang Cong would go abroad to further his football development and joined Slovak club

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where he would be included in their senior team for the

2016–17 Slovak First Football League The 2016–17 Slovak First Football League (known as the Slovak Fortuna Liga for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season of first-tier football league in Slovakia, since its establishment in 1993. AS Trenčín were the defending champions, after ...

season. A move to Portugal would see him play for the Gondomar youth team and then Gondomar B, their reserve team allowed to participate within the Portuguese football pyramid. He would make his debut for them in a league game on 26 August 2018 against Baião in a 1-1 draw. On 28 February 2019, Huang would return to China to play for top tier club

Shandong Luneng Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Jinan, Shandong, that competes in . Shandong Taishan plays its home matches at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, located within Lixia District. Their c ...

(now renamed Shandong Taishan) for the

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campaign. He would make his debut for the club in a

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game on 1 May 2019 against

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that ended in a 2-1 victory. This would be followed by his first league appearance on 17 October 2020 against

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in a 2-2 draw. He would go on to be a squad player within the team as the club won the

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. He would gradually establish himself as a squad regular within the club and was part of the squad that won the

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title.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

/ Shandong Taishan *

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* 1997 births Living people Chinese men's footballers China men's youth international footballers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Chinese expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Chinese Super League players Gondomar S.C. players AS Trenčín players Leixões S.C. players Shandong Taishan F.C. players Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Footballers from Wuhan {{PRChina-footy-midfielder-stub