Zhou Junchen (; born 23 March 2000) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a winger for

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Club career

Zhou Junchen joined

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side

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's youth academy in March 2018 when Shenhua bought

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's U19 teams. He was promoted to the first team squad in the summer break of 2018. On 18 July 2018, Zhou made his senior debut in a league match against

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, replacing

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in the 80th minute, making him the second player born in the new millennium to make an appearance in the Chinese Super League (after Zhang Aokai in 2016). He assisted

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's winning goal one minute after coming on as a substitute. While on duty representing the China U20 team for the GSB Bangkok Cup, Zhou would be in violation for breaking the national teams discipline on 8 September 2018. On 17 September 2018, he was banned from the national team and suspended for one year from 9 September 2018 to 8 September 2019 for all competitions organized by the

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. On 11 April 2019 his suspension was dropped after he apologised for going out for dinner and breaking the teams curfew without permission while on international duty. On 12 April 2019 he made his return for Shenhua in a league game against

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as a late substitute for Wang Wei, which ended in a 2-1 defeat. On 28 February 2020 he joined newly promoted Qingdao Huanghai on loan for the start of the

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. On 28 January 2025, Zhou was loaned out to

for 2025 Chinese Super League season.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Junchen 2000 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Shanghai Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Qingdao F.C. players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Chinese Super League players 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Men's association football midfielders