Rong Hao (; ; born 7 April 1987) is a Chinese former professional footballer as a right-footed

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Club career

Rong Hao started his football career with Wuhan Guanggu in 2006, making his debut and scoring his first goal for the club on 27 May 2006 in a 1-0 win against Shenyang Ginde. He then played in five more league games at the end of the 2006 season. By the following season, he began to gradually establish himself as a regular for the club despite usually coming on as a substitute; however, Wuhan were suddenly ejected from the top tier and subsequently relegated during the 2008 season after the club's management refused to accept the punishment given to them by the

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after a scuffle broke out on 27 September 2008 in a 1-1 draw against

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. Rong then found himself unable to play any football without a club. In the 2009 season, newly promoted club Jiangsu Sainty were willing to take Rong on loan. He immediately established himself as the regular for the club and helped guide them to a tenth-place position. Once his loan ended, Rong transferred to fellow top tier side Hangzhou Greentown and helped guide the club to a fourth-place finish, allowing them to play in the

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for the first time in the club's history. On 26 December 2011, Rong transferred to Guangzhou Evergrande along with Zhao Xuri, Li Jianbin and Peng Xinli. Rong was injured for most of the 2012 season and was in no condition to take part in any matches. He won 13 major trophies during his 6-year stay in his first spell for Guangzhou, including 6

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and 2

titles. On 28 February 2018, Rong was loaned to fellow top tier side

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for the 2018 season. On 28 February 2019, Rong was loaned out to fellow top tier side Tianjin Teda for the 2019 season. On 12 April 2021, Rong joined hometown club Wuhan Three Towns, where he won the

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and achieved promotion to the

with the team. On 13 February 2022, Rong returned to newly-promoted Zhejiang Pro (formerly named Hangzhou Greentown) after 11 years, and he expressed the intention to retire at the club. However, due to personal and family reasons, he only played 1 game for Zhejiang during his second spell. On 27 August 2022, Rong returned to

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(formerly named Guangzhou Evergrande) after terminating his contract with Zhejiang, stating that he is willing to play for them for free in order to save the club from its financially troubled state. However he was not able to prevent the club's relegation from the 2022 Chinese Super League. On 28 December 2024, Rong held the retirement game with his former teammates Li Xuepeng and Feng Xiaoting in

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Olympic Park.

International career

Rong made his international debut on 1 June 2009 in a 1-0 friendly win against

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. After several further friendlies, he then established himself as the first-choice left back under then manager

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and won the 2010 East Asian Football Championship with the national team before being called up to China's squad for the

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Career statistics

Club statistics

International statistics

Honours

Club

Guangzhou Evergrande *

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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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* Chinese FA Super Cup:

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Wuhan Three Towns *

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International

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* East Asian Football Championship:

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References

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