Zhou Haibin (; born 19 July 1985) is a retired

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professional footballer who spent the majority of his playing career at

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club

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Club career

Early career

In October 1999, Zhou Haibin joined

's youth academy at age 14 and was a standout player for the youth sides. Zhou broke into the first team, after impressing in the youth academy, in the 2003 season and became a regular for Shandong. He scored his first goal for the club on 31 July 2003 in a league game with

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PSV Eindhoven

Zhou joined

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side

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in February 2009 on a free transfer from

. There were some issues however between PSV Eindhoven and the

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on one side and the

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on the other, the latter having the right to hold released players for 30 more months. However, on 7 February 2009, PSV Eindhoven officially confirmed the capture of Zhou on a free transfer. He signed a one-year contract with an option for a further two-and-a-half-year extension. On 7 October 2009, then manager

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announced in an interview with

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that the club would not extend Zhou's contract at the end of his current deal and Zhou was officially released on 28 December 2009.

Shandong Luneng

On 10 January 2010, Zhou returned to his homeland by signing with former club

side

again. During the 2012 season, Zhou had a disappointing year for Shandong as he lost his starting spot and only played six games the whole season.

Tianjin Teda

On 17 July 2013,

confirmed that Zhou was loaned out to fellow

side

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for six months. He permanently transferred to the club at the beginning of the 2013 season after the successful loan spell. He made his debut for the club after his permanent transfer in a 1–1 draw against

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on 9 March 2014. He scored his first goal for the club after permanently transferring to them on 11 April 2014 in a 5–2 loss to

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Shandong Luneng

On 8 January 2017, Zhou returned to Shandong Luneng.

International career

On 1 June 2004, Zhou became the youngest player ever to score for the Chinese national team in a 2–1 win against

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. He competed for

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Career statistics

Club statistics

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International goals

:''Results list China's goal tally first.''

Honours

Shandong Luneng *

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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 ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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China PR *

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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 ...

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Haibin 1985 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Chinese expatriate men's footballers China men's international footballers 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Footballers from Dalian Men's association football midfielders Olympic footballers for China Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games footballers for China Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games 2004 AFC Asian Cup players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup players PSV Eindhoven players Shandong Taishan F.C. players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Chinese Super League players