{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Yan|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Yan Dinghao <br> 严鼎皓 |image = |fullname = Yan Dinghao |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|04|06|df=y}} |birth_place = Mianyang, Sichuan, China |height = 1.80 m |currentclub = Liaoning Tieren |clubnumber = 8 |position = Midfielder |youthyears1 = 2012–2016 |youthclubs1 = Hangzhou Greentown |youthyears2 = 2016–2018 |youthclubs2 = Porto |years1 = 2017–2019 |clubs1 = Porto B |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2018 |clubs2 = → Salgueiros (loan) |caps2 = 12 |goals2 = 3 |years3 = 2018–2019 |clubs3 = → Arouca (loan) |caps3 = 0 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2019 |clubs4 = Gondomar |caps4 = 0 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2019 |clubs5 = → Guangzhou Evergrande (loan) |caps5 = 8 |goals5 = 2 |years6 = 2019–2022 |clubs6 = Guangzhou FC |caps6 = 70 |goals6 = 5 |years7 = 2023 |clubs7 = Wuhan Three Towns |caps7 = 29 |goals7 = 1 |years8 = 2024–2025 |clubs8 = Chengdu Rongcheng |caps8 = 41 |goals8 = 3 |years9 = 2026– |clubs9 = Liaoning Tieren |caps9 = 0 |goals9 = 0 |nationalyears1 = 2014–2016 |nationalteam1 = China U-16 |nationalcaps1 = 23 |nationalgoals1 = 4 |nationalyears2 = 2017–2018 |nationalteam2 = China U-19 |nationalcaps2 = 14 |nationalgoals2 = 3 |nationalyears3 = 2019 |nationalteam3 = China U-23 |nationalcaps3 = 3 |nationalgoals3 = 0 |club-update = 25 August 2025 |nationalteam-update = 11 August 2019 }}
'''Yan Dinghao''' ({{zh|s=严鼎皓|t=嚴鼎皓|p=Yán Dǐnghào}}; born 6 April 1998) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League side Liaoning Tieren.
==Club career== Yan Dinghao would play for the Hangzhou Greentown youth team before he joined Portuguese club Porto's youth team on 5 August 2016 with a three-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.sina.cn/china/2016-08-05/detail-ifxutfpc4487440.d.html?wm=3049_0015|title=绿城小将与葡超豪门签三年 曾代表国青战亚青赛|publisher=sports.sina.cn|date=2016-08-05|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> He would work his way up through the youth teams and was promoted to the Porto B team, the reserve side who are allowed to participate within the Portuguese football league pyramid, however he was loaned to third tier football club Salgueiros to gain more playing time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/other/2018-08-08/doc-ihhkuskt8212439.shtml|title=严鼎皓租借加盟葡甲阿洛卡 新球队2年前葡超第5|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2018-08-08|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> On 7 February 2018, Yan made his senior debut in a league game for Salgueiros against Freamunde in 3-1 defeat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/02/07/portugal/ii-divisao/salgueiros/sc-freamunde/2562788/|title=SALGUEIROS VS. FREAMUNDE 1 - 3|publisher=soccerway.com|date=2018-02-07|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> At the end of the season, Yan would go on to have moves with other Portuguese teams in Arouca and Gondomar before returning to China when he joined top tier club Guangzhou Evergrande on 28 February 2019, initially on a loan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2019-02-28/doc-ihsxncvf8549189.shtml|title=恒大官方宣布严鼎皓加盟 国奥留洋小将租借半年|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2019-02-28|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> On 6 April 2019, Yan would make his debut for the team in a league game against Guangzhou R&F that ended in a 2-0 victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/04/06/china-pr/csl/guangzhou-yiyao/changsha-ginde/2979900/|title=GUANGZHOU FC VS. GUANGZHOU CITY 2 - 0|publisher=soccerway.com|date=2019-04-06|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref> As the season went on he would become a regular within the team and would go on to win the 2019 Chinese Super League title with the club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china2019.html|title=China 2019|date=2020-10-15|website=RSSSF|access-date=2021-01-29}}</ref>
On 4 April 2023, he joined fellow top tier club Wuhan Three Towns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/2023-04-06/doc-imypmqme8905858.shtml|title=武汉三镇官宣6名新援加盟 韦世豪严鼎皓在列|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2023-04-06|access-date=2023-05-07|language=zh}}</ref>
On 11 January 2026, Yan joined fellow top tier club Liaoning Tieren.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/5602338.html|title=赞助商签约视频宣，热菲尼奥、瓦吉奇、严鼎皓加盟辽宁铁人|publisher=dongqiudi|date=2026-01-11|access-date=2026-01-13|language=zh}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|6 December 2023}}<ref>{{Soccerway|dinghao-yan/460182|accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{ForaDeJogo|199804060007}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Porto B |2017–18 |LigaPro |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- |Salgueiros (loan) |2017–18 |Campeonato de Portugal |12||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||12||3 |- |Arouca (loan) |2018–19 |LigaPro |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- |Gondomar |2018–19 |Campeonato de Portugal |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- |Guangzhou Evergrande (loan) |rowspan="2"|2019 |rowspan="5"|Chinese Super League |8||2||2||0||1{{efn|name=ACL|Appearances in the AFC Champions League}}||0||colspan="2"|–||11||2 |- |rowspan="5"|Guangzhou Evergrande/<br>Guangzhou FC |7||2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||7||2 |- |2020 |11||0||1||0||1{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|–||13||0 |- |2021 |20||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||20||0 |- |2022 |32||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||32||3 |- ! colspan=2 | Total !70!!5!!1!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!72!!5 |- |Wuhan Three Towns |2023 |Chinese Super League |29||1||2||0||6||0||1{{efn|name=CSP|Appearances in the Chinese FA Super Cup}}||0||38||1 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !119!!11!!5!!0!!8!!0!!1!!0!!133!!11 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== '''Guangzhou Evergrande''' *Chinese Super League: 2019
'''Wuhan Three Towns''' *Chinese FA Super Cup: 2023
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{WorldFootball.net|dinghao-yan}}
{{Liaoning Tieren F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yan, Dinghao}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:China men's youth international footballers Category:China men's under-20 international footballers Category:Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Chinese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Category:High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China alumni Category:Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen Category:Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Category:FC Porto players Category:FC Porto B players Category:S.C. Salgueiros players Category:F.C. Arouca players Category:Gondomar S.C. players Category:Guangzhou F.C. players Category:Wuhan Three Towns F.C. players Category:Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. players Category:Liaoning Tieren F.C. players