Chao Pengfei (; born 11 July 1987) is a former

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-born

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professional

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who played as a

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Club career

South China

On 25 May 2010, Chao scored a hat-trick against Happy Valley in the season-closing match. It turned out this was his last outing for South China.

Sun Hei

Chao joined

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in 2010 summer after spending one season in

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. Chao scored for

on his debut against Tai Chung on 7 September 2010. He received his first red card in

against

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on 17 October 2010, which caused the team to lose 4–5. He scored his second league goals against

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on 1 May 2011, which helped the team to win over 3–1.

Rangers

Chao moved to

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in the summer of 2011. He made his debut for

against

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as a starting XI on 9 September 2011, but he could not help the team to win the match. He scored his first goal for

in a 4–1 victory against

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on 24 September 2011. He made a total of 7 league appearances and scored 1 goal.

Kitchee

In January 2012, Chao was loaned to

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to strengthen the club's attack as it prepares for the

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. He made his

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debut for

against his old club

as a half-time substitute for

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on 8 January 2012. He did not score any goal in the match, but he helped the team to win over the opponent 6–2. He made four league appearances for

. He also made 1 League Cup and 3

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appearances for

. Although he played eight matches for

, he did not score any goals. Chao helped the team to win the First Division League, the League Cup and the

Tuen Mun

Chao joined

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in the 2012–13 season. When Chao played for the club, it offered him a monthly salary of HKD$ 80,800.

International career

On 14 January 2009, Chao made his international debut for

in a friendly match against

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. On 27 August 2009, Chao scored a hat-trick and fellow striker

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scored 4 goals to help Hong Kong defeat

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and qualify for the finals of the

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. Chao was a member of the squad that won the men's football gold medal in the

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. Chao also played in the

and

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but he was not able to score any goals. On 28 September 2010, Chao scored a goal for HK U-23 against Australia U-20 in a friendly. The match ended 2–2.港亞運隊迫和澳洲隊
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International goals

Honour

Club

;Kitchee *

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(1): 2011–12 *

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(1): 2011–12 *

Hong Kong League Cup Hong Kong Football Association League Cup () was an annual football competition contested by clubs in the top-tier Hong Kong domestic football league. The cup was relaunched for the 2014–15 season after being discontinued in the 2012–13 seaso ...

(1): 2011–12 ;South China *

(1): 2009–10 *

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(1): 2009–10

International

;Hong Kong *

Football Event: Gold

Career statistics

Club

''Updated 18 June 2012''

International

Hong Kong

:''Updated 3 June 2011''

Hong Kong U-23

:''Updated 11 November 2010.''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chao, Pengfei 1987 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Hong Kong men's footballers Hong Kong men's international footballers Hong Kong men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Hong Kong First Division League players South China AA players Kitchee SC players Sun Hei SC players Tuen Mun SA players Happy Valley AA players Citizen AA players Hong Kong Rangers FC players Footballers from Dalian Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Naturalised footballers of Hong Kong Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for Hong Kong