Ye Weichao
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ye Weichao | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2010 | Guangzhou Pharmaceutical | ||
| 2005–2006 | → Bristol City (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | → Guangdong Sunray Cave (loan) | 60 | (30) |
| 2011–2014 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 6 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Meizhou Kejia (loan) | 7 | (5) |
| 2014 | → Guangdong Sunray Cave (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| 2016 | Zhejiang Yiteng | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Meixian Techand | 39 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | China | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2011 | |||
Ye Weichao (Chinese: 叶伟超; pinyin: Yè Wěichāo; born 18 February 1989) is a Chinese footballer.
Club career
[edit]Ye started his football career in 2007 when he was loaned to Guangdong Sunray Cave from Guangzhou Pharmaceutical. He scored his first senior goal in a match against Ningbo Huaao on 23 June 2007.[1] Ye steadily established himself within the team in the 2008 league season. He scored eleven goals for the club which ensured Guangdong Sunray Cave promote to China League One that season. Ye was called back to Guangzhou 's first team in December 2009 but did not stay for long. He was loaned back out to Guangdong Sunray Cave again in March 2010.[2] He scored fourteen goals in twenty appearances in the 2010 season.
Ye returned to Guangzhou Evergrande before the 2011 season. He made his debut for Guangzhou on 15 May 2011 in a 3–1 win against Henan Construction, coming on as a substitute for Renato Cajá in the 67th minute and also scoring his first goal for the club.[3] However, he was loaned out to China League Two side Meizhou Kejia in July 2013 after not establishing himself within the club. In February 2014, Ye moved back to Guangdong Sunray Cave on a one-year loan deal.[4] Ye made trials with Hong Kong Premier League side Kitchee and Jiangxi Liansheng after he left Guangzhou Evergrande at the end of 2014 but couldn't stay.[5]
On 26 February 2016, Ye was signed for China League One club Zhejiang Yiteng.[6] He made his debut for Zhejiang on 9 July 2016 in a 4–0 away defeat against Tianjin Quanjian, coming on for Li Gen in the 63rd minute.[7]
On 21 January 2017, Ye moved to League Two side Meixian Techand.[8] On 11 November 2018 he scored the winning goal for Meixian in the extra time of 2018 China League One Relegation play-offs against Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, which ensured Meixian Techand's stay in the second tier.[9]
International career
[edit]Ye made his senior international debut for China in a 2–2 friendly against Costa Rica on 26 March 2011 in a 2-2 draw and assisted Gao Lin's game-tying goal in the injury time.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Statistics accurate as of match played 3 November 2018.[11]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| China PR | League | FA Cup | CSL Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||||
| 2007 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | China League Two | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | ||||
| 2008 | 17 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 11 | ||||||
| 2009 | China League One | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | |||||
| 2010 | 20 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 14 | ||||||
| 2011 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Chinese Super League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Meizhou Kejia | China League Two | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | |||
| 2014 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | China League One | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 16 | 4 | |||
| 2016 | Zhejiang Yiteng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | Meixian Techand | China League Two | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 25 | 9 | |||
| 2018 | China League One | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1[a] | 1 | 17 | 2 | |||
| Total | China PR | 129 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 51 | |
- ^ Appearances in China League One play-offs
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Individual
[edit]- China League Two Top goalscorer: 2008
References
[edit]- ^ 中乙南区：安徽主场破金身遭逆转 广西侥幸战平
- ^ 南粤德比或首现增城
- ^ 郑智首球姜宁助攻帽子戏法 广州3比1逆转河南居首
- ^ 恒大前锋租给日之泉 at sports.sina.com 2014-02-10 Retrieved 2014-03-02(in Chinese)
- ^ 叶伟超欲借专才计划入籍香港 冬窗有望转会港甲班霸 at sports.sina.com 2014-10-25 Retrieved 2016-11-09(in Chinese)
- ^ 毅腾完成压哨签约 恒大昔日新人王转会加盟 at sports.sina.com.cn 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-02-28
- ^ 中甲-张烁双响小内马建功 权健4-0毅腾五连胜 at sports.sina.com.cn 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2016-11-09
- ^ 官方：叶伟超加盟梅县铁汉 at dongqiudi.com 2017-01-21 Retrieved 2017-01-21 (in Chinese)
- ^ 中甲附加赛-梅县2-1总分3-2十人陕西 明年再战中甲 at 163.com 2018-11-11 Retrieved 2019-01-07 (in Chinese)
- ^ 六小将迎来国足处子秀 叶伟超献助攻造压哨进球 at sports.163.com 2011-03-27. Retrieved 2016-11-09
- ^ 叶伟超 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2014-11-01 (in Chinese)
External links
[edit]- Ye Weichao at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ye Weichao at Soccerway