Yan Dinghao

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yan.

Yan Dinghao
严鼎皓

Personal information
Full name	Yan Dinghao
Date of birth	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Chengdu Rongcheng
Youth career
2012–2016	Hangzhou Greentown
2016–2018	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2019	Porto B	0	(0)
2018	→ Salgueiros (loan)	12	(3)
2018–2019	→ Arouca (loan)	0	(0)
2019	Gondomar	0	(0)
2019	→ Guangzhou Evergrande (loan)	8	(2)
2019–2022	Guangzhou FC	70	(5)
2023	Wuhan Three Towns	29	(1)
2024–	Chengdu Rongcheng	0	(0)
International career^‡
2014–2016	China U-16	23	(4)
2017–2018	China U-19	14	(3)
2019	China U-23	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 August 2019

Yan Dinghao (simplified Chinese: 严鼎皓; traditional Chinese: 嚴鼎皓; pinyin: Yán Dǐnghào; born 6 April 1998) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League side Chengdu Rongcheng.

Club career

Yan Dinghao would play for the Hangzhou Greentown youth team before he joined Portuguese club Porto's youth team on 5 August 2016 with a three-year contract.^[1] He would work his way up through the youth teams and was promoted to the Porto B team, the reserve side who are allowed to participate within the Portuguese football league pyramid, however he was loaned to third tier football club Salgueiros to gain more playing time.^[2] On 7 February 2018, Yan made his senior debut in a league game for Salgueiros against Freamunde in 3-1 defeat.^[3] At the end of the season, Yan would go on to have moves with other Portuguese teams in Arouca and Gondomar before returning to China when he joined top tier club Guangzhou Evergrande on 28 February 2019, initially on a loan.^[4] On 6 April 2019, Yan would make his debut for the team in a league game against Guangzhou R&F F.C. that ended in a 2-0 victory.^[5] As the season went on he would become a regular within the team and would go on to win the 2019 Chinese Super League title with the club.^[6]

On 4 April 2023, he joined fellow top tier club Wuhan Three Towns.^[7]

Career statistics

As of 6 December 2023^[8][9]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Porto B	2017–18	LigaPro	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Salgueiros (loan)	2017–18	Campeonato de Portugal	12	3	0	0	–		–		12	3
Arouca (loan)	2018–19	LigaPro	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Gondomar	2018–19	Campeonato de Portugal	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
Guangzhou Evergrande (loan)	2019	Chinese Super League	8	2	2	0	1[a]	0	–		11	2
Guangzhou Evergrande/ Guangzhou			7	2	0	0	0	0	–		7	2
	2020		11	0	1	0	1[a]	0	–		13	0
	2021		20	0	0	0	0	0	–		20	0
	2022		32	3	0	0	0	0	–		32	3
	Total		70	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	72	5
Wuhan Three Towns	2023	Chinese Super League	29	1	2	0	6	0	1[b]	0	38	1
Career total			119	11	5	0	8	0	1	0	133	11

1. Appearances in the AFC Champions League
2. Appearances in the Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

Guangzhou Evergrande

• Chinese Super League: 2019

Wuhan Three Towns

• Chinese FA Super Cup: 2023

References

1. "绿城小将与葡超豪门签三年 曾代表国青战亚青赛". sports.sina.cn. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
2. "严鼎皓租借加盟葡甲阿洛卡 新球队2年前葡超第5". sports.sina.com.cn. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
3. "SALGUEIROS VS. FREAMUNDE 1 - 3". soccerway.com. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
4. "恒大官方宣布严鼎皓加盟 国奥留洋小将租借半年". sports.sina.com.cn. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
5. "GUANGZHOU FC VS. GUANGZHOU CITY 2 - 0". soccerway.com. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
6. "China 2019". RSSSF. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
7. "武汉三镇官宣6名新援加盟 韦世豪严鼎皓在列" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
8. Yan Dinghao at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
9. Yan Dinghao at ForaDeJogo (archived)

External links

• Yan Dinghao at WorldFootball.net