Lin Xiang (born 24 September 1991 in

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footballer who plays as a

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for

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Club career

In 2010, Lin Xiang started his professional footballer career with Shanghai Shenxin in the

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. On 25 October 2015, Lin made his debut for Shanghai Shenxin in the

2015 Chinese Super League The 2015 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 12th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 22nd season of a professional Association football league and the 54th top-tier league season in China. The ...

against

Henan Jianye Henan Football Club (), currently known as Henan F.C. Jiuzu Dukang () for sponsorship reasons, is a Chinese professional football club based in Zhengzhou, Henan, that competes in . Henan plays their home matches at the Hanghai Stadium, located wi ...

. Often utilized as a second choice goalkeeper, he was allowed to leave the club on 19 February 2019 and transferred to League Two side Zibo Cuju. He would go on to establish himself as an integral member of the team and go on to gain promotion with the club at the end of the

2020 China League Two The 2020 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 31st season since its establishment in 1989. The season was scheduled to begin on 14 March and end on 17 October 2020, but was postponed following the coronavirus pandemic ...

campaign. Despite this achievement he was not kept on at the club and on 27 April 2022 he joined second tier club

where he was part of the squad that won the division and promotion to the top tier.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 21 December 2022.''林翔
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Honours

Club

China League One The Chinese Football League 1 (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (), is the second level of professional football in China, under the Chinese Super League. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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* 1991 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Shanghai Shanghai Shenxin F.C. players Zibo Cuju F.C. players Kunshan F.C. players Shanghai Jiading Huilong F.C. players Shijiazhuang Gongfu F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen {{PRChina-footy-goalkeeper-stub