{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{family name hatnote|Gan|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Gan Rui <br> 甘锐 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|1|11}} | birth_place = Chongqing, Sichuan, China<!--Chongqing was administered by Sichuan at the time of his birth--> | height = {{height|m=1.72}} | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 2005–2014 | clubs1 = Chongqing Lifan | caps1 = 152 | goals1 = 5 | years2 = 2015–2017 | clubs2 = Chengdu Qbao | caps2 = 62 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 2018–2023 | clubs3 = Chengdu Rongcheng | caps3 = 104 | goals3 = 7 | totalcaps = 318 | totalgoals = 19 | manageryears1 = 2024– | managerclubs1 = Chengdu Rongcheng (assistant) }}
'''Gan Rui''' ({{zh|s=甘锐}}; born 11 January 1985) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, most notably for Chengdu Rongcheng, whom he captained during the club's rise from the fourth tier of Chinese football to the top-flight.
==Club career== In 2005, Gan Rui started his professional footballer career with Chongqing Lifan in the Chinese Super League.<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2005-03-15/15031450762.shtml 2005赛季中超联赛重庆力帆队参赛名单] at sina.com 2005-03-15. Retrieved 2014-04-21 {{in lang|zh}}</ref> He would eventually make his league debut for Chongqing on 11 March 2006 in a game against Liaoning Whowin, which ended in a 2-1 victory.<ref>[http://sports.sohu.com/20060311/n242244829.shtml 贾文鹏替补一箭封喉 重庆力克辽宁扬帆启航] at sohu.com 2006-03-11. Retrieved 2014-04-21 {{in lang|zh}}</ref> Unfortunately by the end of the season he was part of the team that was relegated at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china06.html|title=China 2006|date=2014-09-04|website=RSSSF|access-date=2022-06-06}}</ref> He would remain with the club as they eventually gained promotion back into the top tier at the end of the 2008 campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china08.html|title=China 2008|date=2009-04-03|website=RSSSF|access-date=2022-06-06}}</ref>
On 26 February 2015, Gan transferred to China League Two side Nanjing Qianbao.<ref>[http://sports.163.com/15/0212/15/AI90P9U500051C89.html 甘锐夏金李华扬相继离开 一线队重庆籍球员仅剩五人] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210810/http://sports.163.com/15/0212/15/AI90P9U500051C89.html |date=2016-03-04 }} at sports.163.com 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-03-25 {{in lang|zh}}</ref> On 8 January 2016 the club relocated to the city of Chengdu and he would move with them as they renamed themselves Chengdu Qbao.<ref>[http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2016-01-13/490918.html 关于南京钱宝足球俱乐部有限公司工商迁移并更名的公示] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214080045/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/clb/2016-01-13/490918.html |date=2016-02-14 }} fa.org.cn 2016-01-13 Retrieved 2016-04-08</ref> Chengdu Qbao withdrew from League Two in 2018 when the Qbao Group was under investigation with illegal fund raising.<ref>[http://sc.people.com.cn/n2/2018/0302/c346033-31303893.html 中乙|新赛季准入名单：成都钱宝无缘 四川将上演德比] at people.com.cn 2018-03-02 Retrieved 2018-03-02 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141313/http://sc.people.com.cn/n2/2018/0302/c346033-31303893.html |date=2018-06-12}}</ref> On 20 March 2018, a phoenix club was formed by Chengdu Better City Investment Group Co., Ltd. and Gan would join them as they participated in the 2018 Chinese Champions League.<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/other/2018-03-22/doc-ifysnevk4889363.shtml 从头再来!成都兴城足球俱乐部正式成立 盼5年冲超] sina.com 2018-03-20 Retrieved 2018-06-07</ref> He would go on to win promotion with the club as they came runners-up at the end of the 2019 China League Two season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china2019.html|title=China 2019 > China League Two|date=2020-10-15|website=RSSSF|accessdate=2021-03-31}}</ref> He would captain the team as he aided them to a meteoric rise through the divisions as the club gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 league campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/GTHS2R9M0550AXYG.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201182429/https://www.163.com/dy/article/GTHS2R9M0550AXYG.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2024|title=2021赛季中超升降级：成都蓉城队、浙江队成功冲超|work=163.com|date=2022-01-12|accessdate=2022-06-06|language=zh}}</ref>
== Career statistics ==
''Statistics accurate as of match played 4 November 2023.''<ref>[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/16/30403/730A21C415B12A60.shtml 甘锐] at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2016-09-17 {{in lang|zh}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026110952/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/16/30403/730A21C415B12A60.shtml |date=2017-10-26}}</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"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=11|Chongqing Lifan||2005||rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- |2006||21||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||21||1 |- |2007||rowspan="2"|China League One||5||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||0 |- |2008||12||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||12||0 |- |2009||rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League||19||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||19||1 |- |2010||20||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||0 |- |2011||rowspan="4"|China League One||24||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||24||1 |- |2012||29||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||2 |- |2013||22||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||0 |- |2014||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !152||5||1||0||0||0||0||0||153||5 |- |rowspan=4|Chengdu Qbao||2015||rowspan="3"|China League Two||19||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||1 |- |2016||19||5||2||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||21||7 |- |2017||24||1||1||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||25||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !62||7||4||3||0||0||0||0||66||10 |- |rowspan=7|Chengdu Rongcheng||2018||rowspan="1"|Chinese Champions League||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||-||- |- |2019||China League Two||31||5||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||32||5 |- |2020||rowspan=2|China League One||14||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||0 |- |2021||32||2||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2{{efn|name=CSL Play-offs|Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs}}||0||34||2 |- |2022||Chinese Super League||17||0||2||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||19||2 |- |2023||Chinese Super League||10||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||11||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !104||7||5||2||0||0||2||0||111||9 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !318||19||10||5||0||0||2||0||330||24 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== '''Chongqing Lifan''' *China League One: 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/china-pr/china-league-one/2014/regular-season/r24256/|title=CHINA LEAGUE ONE > 2014|publisher=soccerway.com|date=2014-11-01 |access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|rui-gan/77291}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gan, Rui}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Chongqing Category:Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Category:Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:China League One players Category:China League Two players Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders