Yao Hanlin

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Yao Hanlin
姚翰林
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 41)
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Wuhan Guanggu 38 (0)
2009 Jiangsu Sainty 28 (0)
2010–2021 Wuhan FC 234 (38)
Managerial career
2024- Wuhan Jiangda WFC (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 January 2022

Yao Hanlin (Chinese: 姚翰林, born 16 April 1985 in Wuhan) is a Chinese football coach and retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent almost his entire playing career at his hometown Wuhan, first at Wuhan Guanggu from 2004 to their disbandment in 2008, and then Wuhan Zall from 2010 to 2022, where he served as long-time captain for the latter.

Club career

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Yao Hanlin began his professional football career in 2004 when he was promoted to the senior team of second tier club Wuhan Guanggu by Head coach Pei Encai and was part of the squad that won the division title and promotion to the top tier.[1] The following seasons he would gain more playing time and was often deployed as a substitute until the team were disbanded during the 2008 league season after the club had a dispute with the Chinese Football Association over their on-field behaviour after the club's management did not accept the punishment given to them by the Chinese Football Association after a scuffle broke out during a league game against Beijing Guoan on 27 September 2008.[2] With several other Wuhan players he would transfer to the newly promoted side Jiangsu Sainty at the beginning of the 2009 league season to join up with his former manager Pei Encai. His time at Jiangsu saw him become an integral member within the side and he would personally make 28 league appearances before he had a chance to return Hubei with second tier club Hubei Oriental at the beginning of the 2010 league season.

As the club renamed themselves Wuhan Zall, Yao would be an integral member of the squad that came runners-up within the division and gain promotion to the top tier.[3] After only one season within the top flight the club were relegated at the end of the 2013 Chinese Super League season.[4] Yao would remain an integral member of the squad until the club eventually won promotion again by winning the 2018 China League One division.[5]

Yao retired at the end of the 2021 season.[6] Wuhan announced that the club will retire Yao's No.8 shirt number, which was the first time a shirt number was retired for a player in the history of Chinese professional football (Many Chinese clubs had retired their No.12 shirt number as a dedication to supporters).

Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of match played 3 January 2022.[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wuhan Guanggu 2004 Jia B League 1 0 0 0 - - - 1 0
2005 Chinese Super League 14 0 0 0 1 0 - - 15 0
2006 11 0 1 0 - - - 12 0
2007 8 0 - - - - 8 0
2008 4 0 - - - - 4 0
Total 38 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
Jiangsu Sainty 2009 Chinese Super League 28 0 - - - - 28 0
Wuhan Zall 2010 China League One 24 5 - - - - 24 5
2011 25 4 0 0 - - - 25 4
2012 24 4 0 0 - - - 24 4
2013 Chinese Super League 18 2 0 0 - - - 18 2
2014 China League One 27 5 0 0 - - - 27 5
2015 28 5 0 0 - - - 28 5
2016 24 4 0 0 - - - 24 4
2017 28 6 0 0 - - - 28 6
2018 27 3 0 0 - - - 27 3
2019 Chinese Super League 5 0 0 0 - - - 5 0
2020 3 0 3 1 - - 0[a] 0 6 0
2021 1 0 1 0 - - - 2 0
Total 234 38 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 238 39
Career total 300 38 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 306 39
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs

Honours

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Wuhan Guanggu

Wuhan Zall

References

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  7. ^ 姚翰林 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2018-11-11 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
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