Che Runqiu ( ; born 25 October 1990 in

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

, China), is a former

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-born

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professional

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Che joined

Hong Kong First Division The Hong Kong First Division League () is the second-highest division in the Hong Kong football league system. Established in 1908, it is the third oldest in Asia, after Calcutta and Bombay. Moreover, it is the oldest top-flight league system ...

club

Tai Po Tai Po is an List of areas of Hong Kong, area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Mark ...

in 2009. He started developed as a regular first team member in the 2011–12 season as he featured a total of 19 matches in the season. Che joined fellow First Division club Southern on 21 June 2013. On 11 July 2017, Southern announced via Facebook that they had brought back Che. On 29 July 2019, Che returned to

on a permanent basis.

International career

On 21 June 2013, Che was selected into the 28-men Hong Kong under-23 training squad for the 2013 East Asian Cup.

Career statistics

Club

: ''As of 5 May 2013.'' ¹ Others include

Hong Kong season play-offs The Hong Kong season play-offs was a knockout football competition held after the conclusion of the Hong Kong Premier League (or previously the Hong Kong First Division League) season to decide the second team (besides the league champions) to play ...

Honors

Club

;Tai Po *

Hong Kong Senior Shield The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only teams that play in the Hong K ...

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Che, Runqiu 1990 births Living people Footballers from Guangzhou Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Hong Kong men's footballers Chinese men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Tai Po FC players Southern District FC players South China AA players Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players Hong Kong men's youth international footballers Naturalised footballers of Hong Kong