Gu Bin

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Gu Bin
顾斌

Gu in August 2024
Personal information
Full name	Gu Bin
Date of birth	(1991-11-10) 10 November 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Shanghai, China
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder Left winger
Team information
Current team	Eastern
Number	36
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2014	Shanghai Shenhua	4	(0)
2011	→ FK Sūduva (loan)	11	(0)
2013	→ Chongqing F.C. (loan)	16	(0)
2016–2018	Shanghai Shenxin	82	(11)
2019–2024	Zhejiang FC	120	(6)
2025–	Eastern	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2025

Gu Bin (Chinese: 顾斌; born 10 November 1991 in Shanghai) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder or a left winger for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.

Early life

Gu Bin was born on 10 November 1991, into a poor family in Shanghai. When he was 2 years old, his parents divorced and his mother left the family. His father would die of lung cancer when he was 14, and he would be subsequently taken care of by his uncle and aunt.^[1] He received his preliminary education in the Fourth Preliminary School of Pingliang Road, a school famous for national footballers, but his family was too poor to afford a pair of football boots, let alone the costs of professional training after the preliminary school. His uncle tried to seek help from the Genbao Football Base, but before he could introduce Gu Bin, the academy refused him by claiming that all the youths in his age group in Shanghai had already been selected.^[2] Fortunately for Gu in 2008, Shanghai Shenhua took exception to him and offered him a professional contract.^[2]

Club career

At Shanghai Shenhua, Gu's skills and hard-work would impress the coaching staff, while his teammates nicknamed him as "Junior Hidetoshi Nakata".^[3] Su Maozhen, the coach and former Chinese international footballer would view Gu Bin as a talented and promising young player who is fast, agile in dribbling and gifted with a left foot that can always break through opponent's defences.^[4] With these praises from the coaching staff it would see Gu Bin promoted to the senior team in the 2009 league season.^[5] This was followed by selection to the Chinese U19 national team before being sent to Atletico de Madrid to train with the reserve team and study Spanish football in 2010.

In July 2011, Gu was loaned to A Lyga side FK Sūduva until 31 December.^[6] On 14 July 2011, Gu made his debut for FK Sūduva in the last group match of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League against IF Elfsborg.^[7] This would be followed by his league debut on 24 July 2011 against FK Šiauliai in a 1–0 defeat.^[8] After his loan move Gu would return to Shenhua and the interim Head coach Florent Ibengé would hand him his debut on 28 April 2012 in a league game against Shandong Luneng, which ended in a 0–0 draw.^[9] In 2013, Gu would move to China League One side Chongqing F.C. on a one-year loan deal to gain more playing time.^[10] When he returned to Shenhua he was unused throughout the whole of the 2014 Chinese Super League campaign and was subsequently released at the end of the season.

Gu would join second tier club Shanghai Shenxin at the beginning of the 2016 league season on a free transfer and would go on to make his debut in a league game on 13 March 2016 against Dalian Transcendence F.C. that ended in a 3–1 defeat.^[11] On 2 February 2019, Gu transferred to fellow League One side Zhejiang Greentown.^[12] He would make his debut in a league game on 10 March 2019 against Qingdao Huanghai in a 2–1 defeat.^[13] He would then play a vital part as the club gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 campaign.^[14] On 15 January 2023, Gu opened the scoring against Shandong Taishan in the 2022 Chinese FA Cup final, however Shandong came from behind to win the game 2–1. ^[15]

On 17 January 2025, Gu departed Zhejiang after six years and joined Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.^[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 January 2023.^[17]

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
Shanghai Shenhua	2009	Chinese Super League	0	0	-		-		0	0	-		0	0
	2010		0	0	-		-		-		-		0	0
	2012		4	0	0	0	-		-		-		4	0
	2014		0	0	0	0	-		-		-		0	0
	Total		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
FK Sūduva (loan)	2011	A Lyga	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-		13	0
Chongqing F.C. (loan)	2013	China League One	16	0	1	0	-		-		-		17	0
Shanghai Shenxin	2016		29	3	1	0	-		-		-		30	3
	2017		28	6	2	0	-		-		-		30	6
	2018		25	2	2	0	-		-		-		27	2
	Total		82	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	87	11
Zhejiang Greentown	2019	China League One	18	1	1	0	-		-		-		19	1
	2020		10	1	0	0	-		-		0[a]	0	10	1
	2021		31	3	0	0	-		-		2[a]	0	33	3
	2022	Chinese Super League	25	0	4	1	-		-		-		29	1
	Total		84	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	91	6
Career total			197	16	11	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	212	17

1. Appearances in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

References

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2. 申花90后"中田英寿" 历尽艰难坎坷追寻足球梦. sports.sohu.com (in Chinese). 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
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4. 潍坊杯屈居亚军 申花小将锁定主力. shenhuafc.com.cn (in Chinese). 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
5. 2009赛季中超联赛上海申花队球员名单 at sina.com 2009-03-18 Retrieved 2014-05-01(in Chinese)
6. 申花官网：郑伟转会至重庆 两小将求学去欧洲 at qq.com 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2014-05-01 (in Chinese)
7. 中国小将欧战首秀即立奇功 顾斌首发送出助攻 at qq.com 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2014-05-01 (in Chinese)
8. "ŠIAULIAI VS. SŪDUVA 1-0". soccerway.com. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
9. "SHANGHAI SHENHUA VS. SHANDONG LUNENG 0-0". soccerway.com. 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
10. 重庆FC球队集训引援起步较晚 新赛季目标保六争四 at sina.com 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2014-05-01 (in Chinese)
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12. 绿城官宣中场多面手来投 脚下技术细腻+远射出众 at sina.com 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-02 (in Chinese)
13. "ZHEJIANG PROFESSIONAL VS. QINGDAO FC 1 - 2". soccerway.com. 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
14. "足球——中超附加赛：浙江平青岛 总分胜出升入中超" (in Chinese). sohu.com. 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
15. "足协杯-陈蒲救主莫伊塞斯定乾坤 泰山第8次夺冠" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
16. 港超聯 東方簽入前浙江隊中場顧斌 on.cc 17 January 2025
17. 顾斌 at sodasoccer 2019-10-31 Retrieved 2019-10-31 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-14 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Gu Bin at Soccerway