Song Boxuan (; born 16 September 1989) is a

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former footballer.

Club career

Starting his football career at third-tier side Tianjin Locomotive, Song Boxuan was scouted by top-tier side

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which he eventually joined at the beginning of the 2010 league season with teammate

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. He was immediately selected as the team's first-choice left winger by the then manager

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and would make his debut on 23 March 2010 in a league game against

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which ended in a 2–0 defeat. Despite the defeat, Song would keep his place within the team and he gained considerable playing time throughout the season. Established as a vital member of the team, he would go on to score his first goal for the club on 24 October 2010 in a league game against Shaanxi Renhe in a 3–2 victory. On 3 January 2014, Song transferred to fellow

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side

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. He made his debut for the club on 7 April 2014 in a 2–0 win against

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 11 April 2014 in a 2–1 win over

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. He was plagued with injuries, missing 60 Super League matches of 120 from 2014 to 2017. Song was linked with his hometown club

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after the 2017 season. On 26 February 2018, he transferred to Tianjin Teda's city rival

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in the Chinese Super League. He made his debut on 10 March 2018 in a 2–1 home loss to

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, coming on as a substitute for Wang Xiaolong in the 67th minute.

International career

After an impressive start with

, Song would be called up to the Chinese under-23 national team to take part in the

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where he played in all three group games before seeing China get knocked out in the knockout stage. Song was called up for the Chinese national team in June 2015 for the

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, replacing injury

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. He made his senior international debut on 16 June 2015 in a 6–0 away win against

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, coming on for

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in the 70th minute.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020''.宋博轩
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References

External links

Player stats
at sohu.com

at Shanghai Shenhua website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Boxuan 1989 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Tianjin Tianjin Huochetou F.C. players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Beijing Guoan F.C. players Tianjin Tianhai F.C. players Henan F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League Two players China men's international footballers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Men's association football wingers Asian Games footballers for China