{{Short description|Chinese footballer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Fan Xiaodong<br>范晓冬 | image = | fullname = Fan Xiaodong | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|3|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Zibo, Shandong, China | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | position = Midfielder, Left-back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2000–2004 | youthclubs1 = Guangdong Mingfeng | years1 = 2005–2008 | clubs1 = Shenzhen Jianlibao | caps1 = 46 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2009–2015 | clubs2 = Hangzhou Greentown | caps2 = 147 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2016–2020 | clubs3 = Changchun Yatai | caps3 = 87 | goals3 = 8 | years4 = 2021 | clubs4 = Suzhou Dongwu | caps4 = 8 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2022 | clubs5= Zibo Cuju | nationalyears1 = 2017–2018 | nationalteam1 = China | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | pcupdate = 20 December 2023 | ntupdate = 16 October 2018 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's football}} {{MedalCompetition | EAFF Championship}} {{MedalBronze | 2017 Japan | Team}} }} {{Infobox Chinese |s={{linktext|范|晓|冬}} |t={{linktext|范|曉|冬}} |order=st |p=Fàn Xiǎodōng |mi={{IPAc-cmn|f|an|4|-|x|yao|3|-|d|ong|1|}} }} '''Fan Xiaodong''' ({{lang-zh|s=范晓冬|p=Fàn Xiǎodōng}}; born on March 2, 1987) is a Chinese former professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or left-back.
==Club career==
===Shenzhen Jianlibao=== Fan Xiaodong started his professional football career when he joined Chinese Super League team Shenzhen Jianlibao in the 2005 league season. He would have to wait until the 2006 league season before he would make his league debut against Inter Xian on July 12, 2006, in a 2–2 draw, coming on as a second-half substitute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/gameinfo.php?season=2006&gameid=A17114 |title=2-2 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐|publisher=csldata.sports.sohu.com|date=2006-07-12|accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref> Gradually establishing himself throughout the season he would eventually play in 4 league games for Shenzhen, however it was in the 2007 Chinese Super League season that Fan Xiaodong establish himself as prominent member of the Shenzhen team by playing in 21 league games and help them avoid relegation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MA35755&season=2007 |title=球员资料-中超数据库-搜狐|publisher=csldata.sports.sohu.com|date=2007-11-10|accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref> Being one of the few bright aspects in what was a disappointing season for Shenzhen, Fan Xiaodong was allowed to continue and develop for Shenzhen in the following season by playing in a further 21 league games whilst also scoring his first goal against Changchun Yatai on November 2, 2008, in a 4–2 defeat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/gameinfo.php?season=2008&gameid=A25193 |title=4-2 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐|publisher=csldata.sports.sohu.com|date=2008-11-02|accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref>
===Hangzhou Greentown=== Fan Xiaodong joined Hangzhou Greentown together with Zhang Ye at the beginning of the 2009 Chinese Super League season. He would make his debut against Qingdao Jonoon on March 22, 2009, in a 2–1 win in Hangzhou's first game of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/gameinfo.php?season=2009&gameid=A01006 |title=2-1 - 比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐|publisher=csldata.sports.sohu.com|date=2009-03-22|accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref> Throughout the season Fan would be used as a squad player as the club struggled within the league and finished within the relegation zone, however they were given a reprieve along with Chongqing Lifan after it was discovered that Chengdu Blades and Guangzhou F.C. had fixed matches and were relegated instead as punishment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2010-02-24/11214853407.shtml|title=天上掉馅饼重庆力帆偷着乐 狂喜之外更感到自身差距|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2010-02-24|accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref> Fan would soon gain more playing time and score his first goal for his club on April 10, 2010, in a league game against Shanghai Shenhua where Hangzhou lost 2–1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/04/10/china-pr/csl/shanghai-shenhua/zhejiang-lucheng/918267/ |title=Shanghai Shenhua vs. Hangzhou 2-1|publisher=soccerway.com|date=10 April 2010|accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref> By the end of the season Hangzhou came fourth within the league and qualified for the 2011 AFC Champions League for the first time where he played in all six games as they were knocked out in the group stages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=410&matchId=3431|title=AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011 MATCH SUMMARY|publisher=the-afc.com|date=11 May 2011|accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref>
===Changchun Yatai=== On 5 January 2016, Fan moved to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai on a five-year contract.<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2016-01-05/doc-ifxneept3730570.shtml 亚泰确认范晓冬加盟获5年长约] at sports.sohu.com 2016-01-05 Retrieved 2016-01-05 {{in lang|zh}}</ref> He made his debut for Changchun on 6 March 2016 in the first league match of the season against his former club Hangzhou Greentown.<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2016-03-06/doc-ifxqaffy3670048.shtml 中超-卡希尔陈柏良破门 绿城2-1胜亚泰迎开门红] at sports.sina.com 2016-03-06 Retrieved 2016-11-17 {{in lang|zh}}</ref> He scored his first goal for Changchun on 16 September 2016 in a 3–1 victory against Guangzhou R&F.<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2016-09-16/doc-ifxvyqwa3297628.shtml 中超-莫雷罗范晓冬破门 亚泰3-1富力落后绿城3分] at sports.sina.com 2016-09-16 Retrieved 2016-11-17 {{in lang|zh}}</ref> Fan scored another goal on 16 October 2016 in a 2–1 win against Beijing Guoan.<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2016-10-16/doc-ifxwvpar8189620.shtml 中超-莫雷罗制胜球 亚泰2-1逆转国安落后绿城3分] at sports.sina.com 2016-10-16 Retrieved 2016-11-17 {{in lang|zh}}</ref> He scored two goals in all thirty matches in the 2016 season and secured Changchun's stay in the top flight for the next season.
==International career== On 10 January 2017, Fan made his debut for Chinese national team in the 2017 China Cup against Iceland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/national/2017-01-10/doc-ifxzkfuh6778524.shtml|script-title=zh:中国杯-蔡慧康尹鸿博错失良机 国足0-2不敌冰岛|work=Sina|date=2017-01-10|accessdate=2017-01-11|language=zh}}</ref> He scored his first international goal on 26 March 2018 in a 4–1 loss against Czech Republic in the third place match of 2018 China Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.qq.com/a/20180327/005997.htm|script-title=zh:亚泰三人组成国足最大亮点 范晓冬：进球不值一提|work=Tencent|date=2018-03-27|accessdate=2018-03-27|language=zh}}</ref>
==Career statistics== === Club statistics === ''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.''<ref>[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/72/143842/3939B49C28D61CB8.shtml 范晓冬] at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112101252/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/72/143842/3939B49C28D61CB8.shtml |date=2018-11-12}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=5|Shenzhen Jianlibao||2005||rowspan=4|Chinese Super League||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2006||4||0||1||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||1 |- |2007||21||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||21||0 |- |2008||21||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||21||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !46||2||1||1||0||0||0||0||47||3 |- |rowspan=8|Hangzhou Greentown||2009||rowspan=7|Chinese Super League||17||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||0 |- |2010||24||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||24||1 |- |2011||23||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||6||0||29||1 |- |2012||28||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||0 |- |2013||21||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||0 |- |2014||10||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||10||0 |- |2015||24||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||25||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !147||2||3||0||0||0||6||0||156||2 |- |rowspan=5|Changchun Yatai||2016||rowspan=3|Chinese Super League||30||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||30||2 |- |2017||28||4||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||4 |- |2018||29||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||1 |- |2019||China League One||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !87||7||0||0||0||0||0||0||87||7 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !280||11||4||1||0||0||6||0||290||12 |}
===International statistics=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=3 | National team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2017||3||0 |- |2018||5||1 |- !Total||8||1 |}
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list China's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT">{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/66348/Xiaodong_Fan.html|title=Fan, Xiaodong|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" ! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 26 March 2018 || Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China || {{fb|CZE}} || align=center | '''1'''–0 || align=center | 1–4 || 2018 China Cup |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT player|id=66348}} * {{Soccerway|xiaodong-fan/28632}} *[http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MA35755 Player stats at sohu.com]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fan, Xiaodong}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Zibo Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Shandong Category:Shenzhen F.C. players Category:Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Category:Changchun Yatai F.C. players Category:Suzhou Dongwu F.C. players Category:Zibo Cuju F.C. players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:China League One players Category:China men's international footballers Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders