Zhang Yuning, Centre-Forward at Beijing Guoan

Centre-Forward · Forward

#9 Zhang Yuning

Beijing Guoan CSL · China PR

Date of birth / Age: 5 Jan 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 80 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Forward
Citizenship: China · born in China PR
Joined club: 24 Feb 2019
Contract until: 2028
International: China PR · 46 caps, 9 goals

Date of birth / Age: 5 Jan 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 80 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Forward
Citizenship: Chinaborn in China PR
Joined club: 24 Feb 2019
Contract until: 2028
International: China PR · 46 caps, 9 goals

Season 2026

Appearances: 23
Starting eleven: 29
Goals: 9
Assists: 5
Yellow cards: 2
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,607

Starting eleven126%

29 of 23 appearances

Minutes played1,607

70 per appearance

Goal involvement14

9 goals · 5 assists

Positions played

201 matches · since 2015/16

CMRWAMLWCF

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Forward	182	66	22
Left Winger	9	3	0
Attacking Midfield	7	1	0
Right Winger	2	0	0
Central Midfield	1	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · strikers with 900+ minutes

World rank: #1726; striker in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #576; among strikers aged 26–29
In his league: 60%; of CSL strikers rank below him
Finishing: −1.1; goals below expected · better than 44% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

21 Expected

22.1

157 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

8 Expected

5.7

Teammates converted more of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	CSL	Beijing Guoan	16	24	7	5	1	0	0	1,237
2025/26	AFC Champions League Two	Beijing Guoan	4	3	1	–	1	–	0	216
2026	FA Cup	Beijing Guoan	2	1	1	–	0	–	0	94
2026	Super Cup	Beijing Guoan	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	60
2025	EAFF E-1 Football Championship	China PR	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	243
2025	CSL	Beijing Guoan	27	13	6	3	2	0	0	1,238
2025	FA Cup	Beijing Guoan	4	2	2	–	0	–	0	224
2024	CSL	Beijing Guoan	17	12	4	0	0	0	1	1,110
2024	FA Cup	Beijing Guoan	2	0	2	–	0	–	0	47
2026	AFC World Cup Qualifiers	China PR	14	9	2	–	2	–	0	830
2023	AFC Asian Cup	China PR	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	188
2023	CSL	Beijing Guoan	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	175
2022	CSL	Beijing Guoan	30	30	19	4	2	0	0	2,644
2021	CSL	Beijing Guoan	20	20	10	2	0	0	0	1,711
2020	CSL	Beijing Guoan	18	11	6	3	0	0	0	992
2020	FA Cup	Beijing Guoan	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	29
2020	AFC Champions League Elite	Beijing Guoan	6	3	2	–	0	–	0	263
2019	CSL	Beijing Guoan	25	19	8	4	3	0	0	1,622
2018/19	Eredivisie	ADO Den Haag	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	117
2019	AFC Champions League Elite	Beijing Guoan	6	3	0	–	1	–	0	291
2019	FA Cup	Beijing Guoan	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2022	AFC World Cup Qualifiers	China PR	12	7	3	–	2	–	0	586
2020	AFC U23 Asian Cup	China PR U23	4	2	3	–	0	–	0	183
2018	AFC U23 Asian Cup	China PR U23	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	33
2016/17	Eredivisie	Vitesse	16	2	1	0	3	0	0	424
2016/17	Tweede Divisie	Vitesse U23	9	9	1	–	2	–	1	760
2016/17	KNVB Beker	Vitesse	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	152
2015/16	Eredivisie	Vitesse	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	148
2018	AFC World Cup Qualifiers	China PR	6	4	0	–	1	–	0	306
2016	AFC U23 Asian Cup	China PR U23	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	216

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			274	189	81	21^*	22	0^*	2	16,259

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
CSL	159	60	21
China PR	38	5	–
Eredivisie	30	3	0
AFC Champions League Elite	12	2	–
FA Cup	10	5	–
Tweede Divisie	9	1	–
China PR U23	8	3	–
AFC Champions League Two	4	1	–
KNVB Beker	3	1	–
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

Feb 2019 Feb 2019 · Transfer West Bromwich Albion Beijing Guoan Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2019 Feb 2019 · Back from Loan ADO Den Haag West Bromwich Albion Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2018 Jul 2018 · Loan West Bromwich Albion ADO Den Haag Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2018 Jun 2018 · Back from Loan Werder Bremen West Bromwich Albion Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Loan West Bromwich Albion Werder Bremen Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Transfer Vitesse West Bromwich Albion Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Transfer Zhejiang Professional Vitesse Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2014 Jul 2014 · Free Transfer – Zhejiang Professional Free Transfer

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