Yan Dinghao (; born 6 April 1998) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for

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side Chengdu Rongcheng.

Club career

Yan Dinghao would play for the Hangzhou Greentown youth team before he joined Portuguese club

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's youth team on 5 August 2016 with a three-year contract. He would work his way up through the youth teams and was promoted to the Porto B team, the reserve side who are allowed to participate within the Portuguese football league pyramid, however he was loaned to third tier football club Salgueiros to gain more playing time. On 7 February 2018, Yan made his senior debut in a league game for Salgueiros against Freamunde in 3-1 defeat. At the end of the season, Yan would go on to have moves with other Portuguese teams in Arouca and Gondomar before returning to China when he joined top tier club

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on 28 February 2019, initially on a loan. On 6 April 2019, Yan would make his debut for the team in a league game against Guangzhou R&F F.C. that ended in a 2-0 victory. As the season went on he would become a regular within the team and would go on to win the

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title with the club. On 4 April 2023, he joined fellow top tier club Wuhan Three Towns.

Career statistics

Honours

Guangzhou Evergrande *

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Wuhan Three Towns * Chinese FA Super Cup:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yan, Dinghao 1998 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders China men's youth international footballers China men's under-20 international footballers Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Chinese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China alumni Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Chinese Super League players 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Zhejiang Professional F.C. players FC Porto players FC Porto B players S.C. Salgueiros players F.C. Arouca players Gondomar S.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players Wuhan Three Towns F.C. players Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. players