{{short description|Chinese footballer (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Yan|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yan Zhiyu <br> 严智宇 | fullname = Yan Zhiyu | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|2|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Wuhan, Hubei, China | height = {{height|m=1.70}} | position = Full-back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1= 2005–2008 | youthclubs1= Wuhan Optics Valley | youthyears2= 2009–2010 | youthclubs2= Hubei Youth | years1= 2011–2012 | clubs1= Hubei Youth | caps1= 18 | goals1 = 1 | years2= 2013–2017 | clubs2= Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | caps2= 106 | goals2 = 2 | years3= 2018–2026 | clubs3= Changchun Yatai | caps3= 118 | goals3 = 2 | nationalyears1= | nationalteam1= | nationalcaps1= | nationalgoals1= | pcupdate = 28 August 2025 | ntupdate = }}
'''Yan Zhiyu''' ({{zh|s=严智宇|p=Yán Zhìyǔ}}; born 8 February 1993) is a Chinese footballer.
==Club career== Yan Zhiyu started his professional football career in 2011 when he was promoted to Hubei Youth's squad for the 2011 China League Two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20110516/n280596098.shtml|title=2011赛季中乙联赛完全名单之湖北省青年足球队|work=Sohu|date=2011-05-16|access-date=2018-08-02|language=zh}}</ref> He transferred to China League One newcomer Hubei China-Kyle in 2013. In January 2014, Yan followed the club move to Urumqi where they changed their name as Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-01-06/023029164998.shtml|title=湖北华凯尔转嫁新疆征战中甲联赛 新疆首支职业足球队诞生|work=Sina|date=2014-01-06|access-date=2018-08-02|language=zh}}</ref> On 17 April 2016, he scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 home win against Shanghai Shenxin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2016-04-17/doc-ifxriqqx2829606.shtml|title=中甲-新疆主场2-0战胜申鑫 主场开门红+赛季首胜|work=Sina|date=2016-04-17|access-date=2018-08-02|language=zh}}</ref>
On 10 February 2018, Yan joined Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai after a successful trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2018-02-10/doc-ifyrmfmc1009980.shtml|title=亚泰官宣四名90后内援加盟 前国安新星+新疆飞翼|work=Sina|date=2018-02-10|access-date=2018-08-02|language=zh}}</ref> On 24 April 2018, he made his debut for the club in the 2018 Chinese FA Cup against third-tier club Sichuan Jiuniu. Despite scoring in the penalty shoot-out, Changchun Yatai finally lost 4–3.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/cfacup/2018-04-24/doc-ifzqvvsa6306214.shtml|title=足协杯-点球大战!长春亚泰4-5四川九牛遭淘汰|work=Sina|date=2018-04-24|access-date=2018-08-02|language=zh}}</ref> He made his Super League debut on 1 August 2018, playing the whole match in a 3–0 home win over Dalian Yifang.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2018-08-01/doc-ihhacrcf2056737.shtml|title=中超-伊哈洛点射梅开二度杨善平染红 亚泰3-0一方|work=Sina|date=2018-08-01|access-date=2018-08-02|language=zh}}</ref> On 6 October 2018, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–3 away draw against Tianjin TEDA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2018-10-06/doc-ifxeuwws1546413.shtml|title=中超-阿奇补时绝平乔纳森双响 泰达3-3十人亚泰|work=Sina|date=2018-10-06|access-date=2018-11-12|language=zh}}</ref>
On 21 May 2026, Yan was given a 5-year ban for match-fixing by the Chinese Football Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dongqiudi.com/article/5862294.html|title=足协第三批禁足名单：丁勇等17人终身禁足，李明等47人禁足5年|work=dongqiudi|date=2026-05-21|access-date=2026-05-23}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 31 December 2025}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/113/225601/A2E741FA2DCE576E.shtml|title=严智宇|work=sodasoccer|language=zh|access-date=2 August 2018|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802071243/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/113/225601/A2E741FA2DCE576E.shtml|url-status=dead}}</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"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|Hubei Youth||2011||rowspan="2"|China League Two|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-|| || |- |2012||18||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !18||1||2||0||0||0||0||0||20||1 |- |rowspan=6|Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard||2013||rowspan="5"|China League One||8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||8||0 |- |2014||27||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||0 |- |2015||15||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||18||0 |- |2016||26||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||1 |- |2017||30||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||30||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !106||2||4||0||0||0||0||0||110||2 |- |rowspan=9|Changchun Yatai||2018||Chinese Super League||9||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||10||1 |- |2019||rowspan=2|China League One||28||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||0 |- |2020||8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||8||0 |- |2021||rowspan=5|Chinese Super League||11||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||11||0 |- |2022||18||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||19||0 |- |2023||19||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||1 |- |2024||15||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||16||0 |- |2025||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !112||2||4||0||0||0||0||0||116||2 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !236||5||10||0||0||0||0||0||246||5 |}
==Honours== ===Club=== '''Changchun Yatai''' * China League One: 2020<ref>{{cite news| url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/2020-11-10/doc-iiznctke0598970.shtml|title=观察： 亚泰重返中超--金元逝去 秩序回归|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2020-11-10 |access-date=2021-01-18}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|536564}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yan, Zhiyu}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Wuhan Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Chinese Super League players Category:China League One players Category:China League Two players Category:Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. players Category:Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. players Category:Changchun Yatai F.C. players Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen