Zhou Yuchen (; born 12 January 1995) is a Chinese professional

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who plays as a

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for club Shaanxi Union.

Club career

In 2005, Zhou Yuchen joined

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side

Shandong Luneng Taishan Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Jinan, Shandong, that competes in . Shandong Taishan plays its home matches at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, located within Lix ...

's football school, where he was converted from a defender into a goalkeeper. He was sent to Portugal for further training by the club in January 2014. He joined Campeonato de Portugal side

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in the summer of 2014. Zhou returned to Shandong Luneng and was promoted to the first team squad in 2015, acting as the fourth goalkeeper of the team. Zhou was loaned to Super League newcomer

Hebei China Fortune Hebei Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Langfang, Hebei. The club was dissolved in Marc ...

for one season in February 2016. He didn't appear for China Fortune throughout the entirety of his loan spell. In July 2017, Zhou was loaned to

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side R&F. On 24 September 2017, he made his senior debut in a 2–1 loss against

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in the first round of 2017–18 Senior Shield. He made his league debut on 28 October 2017 in a 2–1 away win against

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. Zhou was loaned to R&F again in September 2018. On 14 October 2020, Zhou left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season. He would join R&F's parent owned club

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on 16 March 2021. He would be used as a reserve choice goalkeeper throughout the whole of the

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season and did not make any appearances for them. The following season he would go on to make his debut in a

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game on 16 November 2022 against Xi'an Ronghai in a 1-0 victory.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Yuchen 1995 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Shandong People from Weifang Shandong Taishan F.C. players Hebei F.C. players R&F (Hong Kong) players Guangzhou City F.C. players Guangdong GZ-Power F.C. players Shaanxi Union F.C. players Men's association football goalkeepers Chinese Super League players 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Hong Kong Premier League players Chinese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for China