{{short description|Chinese association football goalkeeper|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Zhou Yajun<br>周亚君 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|17}} | birth_place = Shanghai, China | height = 1.86 m | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = | youthclubs1 = Shanghai Shenhua | youthclubs2 = Donghua University | years1 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = Shanghai Shenhua | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2008–2014 | clubs2 = Henan Jianye | caps2 = 79 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2016–2020 | clubs3 = Shenzhen FC | caps3 = 38 | goals3 = 0 | pcupdate = 31 December 2019 | ntupdate = | manageryears1 = 2021 | managerclubs1 = Suzhou Dongwu (goalkeeping) | manageryears2 = 2026 | managerclubs2 = Shanghai Second }}
'''Zhou Yajun''' ({{zh|s=周亚君}}) (born October 17, 1984 in Shanghai) is a Chinese football coach and former goalkeeper.
==Club career==
===Shenhua and University=== Zhou Yajun began his football career with the various Shanghai Shenhua youth teams and took part in the squads that trained in Brazil, however instead of immediately continuing with his football career Zhou Yajun would instead continue with his studies and go to Donghua University where he still played football as a goalkeeper. Once he had completed his studies he was allowed to return to Shanghai Shenhua and by the 2006 Chinese Super League season he would start his professional football career as their third choice goalkeeper. His league debut would come on July 16, 2006 against Qingdao Zhongneng in a 2-0 win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20060716/n244265160.shtml|title=主场两球胜青岛中能 上海申花喜获第二阶段首胜|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=2006-07-16|access-date=2012-09-26}}</ref> Surprisingly he would find himself continuing to play in goal due to injury and suspensions to the other goalkeepers and by the end of the season he had played in 12 league games.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/3E0C289EFB87A649.html |title=周亚君 |publisher=sodasoccer.com |access-date=2012-09-26 |archive-date=2012-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321065306/http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/3E0C289EFB87A649.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Zhou Yajun's progression within the Shanghai Shenhua's football team was short lived when they merged with local football team Shanghai United F.C. and with the influx of players he found himself immediately dropped from the newly formed team throughout the 2007 league season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/sports/news/2007-02/09/content_1199541.htm|title=Shanghai's Two Major Soccer Clubs to Merge|publisher=china.org.cn|date=2007-02-09|access-date=2012-09-26}}</ref>
===Henan Construction=== Zhou Yajun was surplus to requirements and was allowed to leave Shanghai Shenhua at the end of the 2007 league season and by the beginning of the 2008 Chinese Super League season he joined Henan Jianye. He would make his debut on their first game of the season on April 5, 2008 against Liaoning Whowin F.C. in a 3-3 draw.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20080405/n256112287.shtml|title=奥利萨德贝梅开二度 河南3-3逼平辽宁 视频 评|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=2008-04-05|access-date=2012-09-26}}</ref> After that game he would become their first choice goalkeeper throughout the season. While he aided Henan to a respectable 10th within the league he was dropped in favour of new goalkeeper Zeng Cheng by new Manager Tang Yaodong at the beginning of the 2009 Chinese Super League.
===Shenzhen FC=== On 3 February 2016, Zhou signed for China League One club Shenzhen FC.<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2016-02-03/doc-ifxnzanm4089665.shtml 深圳官宣徐亮等三将加盟] at sports.sina.com 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-02-03 </ref> He would make his debut in a league game on 12 March 2016 against Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. in a 2-1 victory.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/ma8236126/lineup/|title=China » League One 2016 » 1. Round » Shenzhen FC - Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard FC 2:1|publisher=worldfootball.net|date=2016-03-12|access-date=2021-01-31}}</ref> He would go on to be part of the squad that gained promotion at the end of the 2018 China League One campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china2018.html|title=China 2018 > China League One|date=2020-10-08 |website=RSSSF|accessdate=2021-01-31}}</ref>
== Career statistics == ''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2019.''<ref>[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/62/122894/3E0C289EFB87A649.shtml 周亚君] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325065105/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/62/122894/3E0C289EFB87A649.shtml |date=2016-03-25 }} at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2014-11-01 {{in lang|zh}}</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 |- |Shanghai Shenhua||2006||rowspan=6|Chinese Super League||12||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||15||0 |- |rowspan=8|Henan Construction||2008||28||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||0 |- |2009||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- |2010||1||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0 |- |2011||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||2||0 |- |2012||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||0 |- |2013||China League One||29||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||0 |- |2014||Chinese Super League||16||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||0 |- ! colspan=2 | Total !79!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!82!!0 |- |rowspan=6|Shenzhen FC||2016||rowspan="3"|China League One||25||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||25||0 |- |2017||4||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||0 |- |2018||8||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||0 |- |2019||rowspan=2|Chinese Super League||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0 |- |2020||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- ! colspan=2 | Total !38!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!41!!0 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !129||0||7||0||2||0||0||0||138||0 |}
==Honours== ===Club=== '''Henan Construction''' *China League One: 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/b/2013-11-02/16326462691.shtml |title=中甲30轮积分榜：建业毅腾携手冲超 贵州重足降级 |publisher=sports.sina.com.cn |date=2013-11-02 |access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MA06894 Player stats at sohu.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713110934/http://www.jianyefc.com/player.asp?id=67&kw=&tag=&mp=12&cp=2 Squad profile at Henan Construction website] * {{Soccerway|28737}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhou, Yajun}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Shanghai Category:Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Category:Henan F.C. players Category:Shenzhen F.C. players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:China League One players Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen Category:Donghua University alumni