Central Midfield · Midfielder

#21 He Chao

Henan CSL · China PR

Date of birth / Age: 19 Apr 1995 (31)
Height · Weight: 1.78 m · 77 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: China · born in China PR
Joined club: 17 Jan 2025
Contract until: 2026
International: China PR · 9 caps

Date of birth / Age: 19 Apr 1995 (31)
Height · Weight: 1.78 m · 77 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Chinaborn in China PR
Joined club: 17 Jan 2025
Contract until: 2026
International: China PR · 9 caps

Season 2026

Appearances: 25
Starting eleven: 24
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 7
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,762

Starting eleven96%

24 of 25 appearances

Minutes played1,762

70 per appearance

Goal involvement0

0 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

240 matches · since 2015

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Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	128	2	3
Defensive Midfield	101	3	1
Right Winger	4	0	0
Attacking Midfield	2	0	0
Other · LW, CB, CF, LB	5	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #630; defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #226; among defensive midfielders aged 30+
In his league: 72%; of CSL defensive midfielders rank below him

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Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	CSL	Henan	23	22	0	0	7	0	0	1,653
2026	FA Cup	Henan	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	109
2025	CSL	Henan	25	15	1	1	7	0	0	1,209
2025	FA Cup	Henan	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	282
2024	CSL	Wuhan Three Towns	18	14	0	0	4	0	0	1,159
2023/24	AFC Champions League Elite	Wuhan Three Towns	4	4	1	–	2	–	0	284
2023	CSL	Wuhan Three Towns	22	21	1	0	4	0	0	1,551
2023	FA Cup	Wuhan Three Towns	2	1	0	–	2	–	0	111
2023	Super Cup	Wuhan Three Towns	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	78
2022	CSL	Wuhan Three Towns	28	16	1	1	7	0	0	1,401
2020	CSL	Guangzhou FC	15	9	1	1	3	0	1	789
2021	CSL	Guangzhou FC	15	8	0	1	4	0	0	707
2020	FA Cup	Guangzhou FC	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	74
2020	AFC Champions League Elite	Guangzhou FC	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	119
2019	CSL	Guangzhou FC	10	4	0	–	2	–	0	380
2019	CSL	Jiangsu Suning	10	8	0	–	3	–	0	618
2019	AFC Champions League Elite	Guangzhou FC	8	5	0	–	1	–	0	404
2019	FA Cup	Guangzhou FC	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2019	China Cup	China PR	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	70
2018	CSL	Changchun Yatai	22	22	0	0	8	0	0	1,794
2018	AFC U23 Asian Cup	China PR U23	4	4	0	–	2	–	1	282
2018	China Cup	China PR	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	136
2017	CSL	Changchun Yatai	24	24	0	0	8	0	0	1,882
2016	CSL	Changchun Yatai	12	5	0	0	2	0	0	472
2017	EAFF E-1 Football Championship	China PR	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2015	CSL	Changchun Yatai	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
2014	CSL	Changchun Yatai	3	1	0	–	1	–	0	73

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Career total · all competitions			266	198	5	4^*	68	0^*	2	16,035

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
CSL	230	4	4
AFC Champions League Elite	14	1	–
FA Cup	10	0	–
China PR	7	0	–
China PR U23	4	0	–
Super Cup	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jan 2025 Jan 2025 · Transfer Wuhan Three Towns Henan Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Apr 2022 Apr 2022 · Transfer Guangzhou FC Wuhan Three Towns Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Dec 2019 Dec 2019 · Back from Loan Jiangsu Suning Guangzhou FC Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2019 Jul 2019 · Loan Guangzhou FC Jiangsu Suning Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2019 Feb 2019 · Transfer Changchun Yatai Guangzhou FC Transfer Fee in TSH subscription

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