Xiong Fei () (born October 21, 1987) is a Chinese football player who plays for

Wuhan Three Towns Wuhan Three Towns Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The club is based in Wuhan, Hubei and their home stadium is the ...

in the

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as a

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Club career

Xiong Fei originally played for the youth team of

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and even graduated to their senior team at the beginning of the 2008 league season. When the senior team was disbanded during 2008 he was taken on by second tier club

Nanjing Yoyo Nanjing Yoyo Football Club () was a Chinese football club which played in the China Jia League from 2003 to 2010. Founded in 2002 as the Liaoning Xingguang F.C., it was based on the youth team of Liaoning FC. In 2003, they were bought by SVT Gro ...

and would make his debut on April 19, 2009 in a league game against Guangdong Sunray Cave F.C. that ended in 1–0 defeat. His performance was good enough for him to gain a regular place within the team and he quickly showed his attacking potential despite being a defender when he scored his first goal against

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on July 11, 2009 in a 1–1 draw. After having a personally impressive season for Nanjing he would transfer to top tier side

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 ...

where he would eventually make his debut coming on as a late substitute for Jiang Kun in a league game on August 22, 2010 in a 1–0 victory against

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 syst ...

. He would however struggle to get much playing time until the 2011 league season when the club's first choice right back Wu Xi would be pushed more into midfield and Xiong saw significantly more playing time where he eventually played in twelve league games by the end of the season. On 19 July 2014, Xiong was loaned to

side

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until 31 December 2014. On his return he would start to establish himself as a regular until the introduction of Zhang Lu, who replaced him as the clubs first choice right-back. On 17 January 2018, Xiong transferred to Liaoning F.C. After twos seasons with the club he left on a free transfer on 23 May 2020 after Liaoning Football Club was disqualified by

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(CFA) due to wage arrears. On 5 August 2020, Xiong moved to

. In his first season with the club he would go on to aid them in winning the division title and promotion into the second tier. This would be followed by another division title win and promotion as the club entered the top tier for the first tine in their history.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2021.''熊飞
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Honours

Club

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References

External links

Player profile at Shanghai Shenhua websitePlayer stats at sohu.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xiong, Fei 1987 births Living people Footballers from Wuhan Chinese footballers Wuhan Guanggu players Nanjing Yoyo players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Wuhan F.C. players Liaoning F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players Association football defenders Association football midfielders 21st-century Chinese people