Zhao Xuri (; born 3 December 1985) is a Chinese professional

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who last played as a

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for

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club Guangxi Pingguo Haliao.

Club career

While Zhao Xuri started his football career with second tier side Dalian Sidelong, he did not make an impact in the squad; however, top tier side Sichuan First City took an interest within the youngster. During the 2003 league season, he quickly rose to prominence and immediately established himself as an integral member within the team by playing in 27 league games and scoring two goals in his debut season. The following season was to prove significantly more difficult as Zhao was injured through most of the season only making nine appearances. He was still highly regarded enough to be transferred to Dalian Shide at the start of the 2005 season where, due to his versatility, he would continue to establish himself as a regular and go on win the top tier title in 2005. He then transferred to Shaanxi Renhe at the start of the 2010 season. Zhao transferred to Guangzhou Evergrande on 26 December 2011 along with Rong Hao, Li Jianbin and Peng Xinli. He made his debut for the club on 25 February 2012 in a 2-1 win against Tianjin Teda in the 2012 Chinese FA Super Cup. He scored first goal for the club on 21 July 2012 in a 2-1 win against Henan Jianye. On 21 January 2016, Zhao transferred to

side Tianjin Quanjian. He made his debut for the club on 13 March 2016 in a 3-0 win against Qingdao Huanghai. He scored his first goal for the club on 19 March 2016 in a 5-2 win against Zhejiang Yiteng. On 13 February 2019, Zhao transferred to fellow

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side Dalian Professional. After three seasons with the club he would leave on a free transfer to join Sichuan Jiuniu on 1 May 2022.

International career

Zhao's performances for Sichuan First City in the 2003 season were enough for an immediate call-up to the Chinese national team to play in the

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. He made his debut during the tournament on 7 December 2003 in a 1-0 loss against

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. During the tournament, he would also go on to score his first goal on 10 December 2003 in a 3-1 win against

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. His versatility saw him gain significant playing time and go on to be selected in the squad to participate in the

2007 AFC Asian Cup The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its h ...

where he played in two group games in an unsuccessful competition that saw China knocked out in the group stage. In 2008, Zhao was eligible to play in the

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where he played two of the three group games in the tournament. Once the tournament ended, he found himself completely dropped from the national team until then manager

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named him in his first game on 29 May 2009 in a 1-1 draw against

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Career statistics

Club statistics

International statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Dalian Shide *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Chinese FA Cup The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title. H ...

Guangzhou Evergrande *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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 ...

Chinese FA Super Cup The Chinese FA Super Cup (), formerly named Chinese Football Super Cup (), is a Chinese football super cup competition that takes place every year before the start of the new season. It is contested between the champions of the previous Chinese Su ...

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club association football, football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's List of top-division football clubs i ...

Tianjin Quanjian *

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 ...

International

China PR national football team The China national football team ( zh, s=中国国家足球队, t=中國國家足球隊, p=Zhōngguó guójiā zúqiú duì), recognised as China PR by FIFA, represents China in men's international association football and is governed by the Ch ...

* East Asian Football Championship:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

References

External links

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football-lineups.com
Player stats at football-lineups website *
csldata.sports.sohu.com
Player stats at sohu.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhao, Xuri 1985 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Dalian China men's international footballers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Olympic footballers for China Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games 2007 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2011 AFC Asian Cup players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Shanghai United F.C. players Sichuan First City F.C. players Dalian Shide F.C. players Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players Tianjin Tianhai F.C. players Dalian Professional F.C. players Shenzhen Peng City F.C. players Guangxi Pingguo F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players Men's association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for China AFC Champions League Elite–winning players