Chen Lei (footballer)

Chinese footballer (born 1985)

Chen Lei
陈雷Personal information

Date of birth|  (1985-10-16) October 16, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth|  Bengbu, Anhui, China
Height|  1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)|  Defender, Defensive Midfielder
Team information

Current team

|  Shanghai Jiading Huilong (assistant coach)
Youth career
2003–2005|  Shanghai Shenhua
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2006–2010|  Shanghai Shenhua|  31|  (0)
2007–2008|  → Changchun Yatai (loan)|  41|  (2)
2009|  → Shenzhen Asia Travel (loan)|  13|  (0)
2011|  Shenzhen Ruby|  22|  (0)
2012–2013|  Dalian Aerbin|  26|  (0)
2014–2020|  Chongqing Lifan|  130|  (4)
2022|  Shanghai Jiading Huilong|  7|  (0)
International career‡
2009|  China|  2|  (0)
Managerial career
2022-|  Shanghai Jiading Huilong (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 August 2009

Chen Lei (simplified Chinese: 陈雷; traditional Chinese: 陳雷; pinyin: Chén Léi; born October 16, 1985, in Shanghai) is a former professional Chinese football player.

## Club career

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Chen Lei made first competitive debut for Shanghai Shenhua in April 2006, aged 20 in a 1–0 defeat against Shenzhen Kingway.[1] By the end of the season he was able to make four appearances for Shanghai, however at the beginning of the 2007 league there was an influx of players with the merger Shanghai United F.C. and Chen Lei went out on loan to Changchun Yatai for two seasons.[2] At Changchun Yatai he gained considerably more playing time and helped the team to claim their first league title in his first season with them. He would return to Shanghai Shenhua at the beginning of the 2009 Chinese Super League season where he would gradually push for a place within the first team playing as a full back until Sun Xiang returned to the team after his loan move in Europe ended. After only making six league appearances Chen Lei was loaned out once more to this time Shenzhen Asia Travel until the end of the season.[3] At the beginning of the 2010 league season Chen would return to Shanghai once his loan ended and claim his place back into the team due to the departure of Sun Xiang leaving the club. Chen transferred to another China League One club Chongqing Lifan in January 2014.

## International career

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Chen Lei would make his debut in a friendly against Iran on 1 June 2009 in a 1–0 win, coming on as a substitute for Rong Hao.[4]

## Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | League  | National Cup  | Continental  | Other  | Total

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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Shanghai Shenhua | 2006 | Chinese Super League  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0
2009 | 6 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | - | 10 | 0
2010 | 24 | 0 | - | - | - | 24 | 0
Total  | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0
Changchun Yatai (loan)  | 2007 | Chinese Super League  | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 21 | 0
2008 | 20 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 23 | 3
Total  | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3
Shenzhen Ruby (loan)  | 2009 | Chinese Super League  | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 13 | 0
Shenzhen Ruby  | 2011 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 0
Dalian Aerbin | 2012 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 0
2013 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0
Total  | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0
Chongqing Lifan | 2014 | China League One | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 2
2015 | Chinese Super League  | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 25 | 2
2016 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0
2017 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 0
2018 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 0
2019 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 0
2020 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0
Total  | 130 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 | 4
Total  | 263 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 7

## Honours

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### Club

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Changchun Yatai

* Chinese Super League: 2007

Chongqing Lifan

* China League One: 2014[6]

## References

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1. ^ "忻峰弑旧主李玮峰红牌 深圳1-0申花取得赛季首胜". Sina Sports. 2006-04-05. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
2. ^ "Gimenez to coach newly combined Shanghai Shenhua". chinaview.cn. 2007-02-17. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
3. ^ "Chén, Léi". nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
4. ^ "郜林补射绝杀高家军迎来首胜 中国队1-0胜伊朗". sports.sohu.com. 2009-06-01. Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
5. ^ 陈雷 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2020-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ "CHINA LEAGUE ONE > 2014". soccerway.com. 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2019-08-05.

## External links

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* Player profile at football-lineups.com
* Player profile at Shanghai Shenhua website
* Player stats at sohu.com
* Chen Lei at National-Football-Teams.com
* Chen Lei at Soccerway

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals