Mei Fang

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Mei Fang
梅方
Personal information
Full name Mei Fang
Date of birth (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Guangzhou Evergrande
Number 3
Youth career
2005–2008 Wuhan Guanggu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Wuhan Guanggu 0 (0)
2009–2013 Wuhan Zall 107 (7)
2014– Guangzhou Evergrande 49 (1)
International career‡
2014– China 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 May 2016

Mei Fang (Chinese: 梅方; pinyin: Méi Fāng; born 14 November 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Mei Fang started his football career with Wuhan Guanggu in 2008 when he was promoted to the first team. In August 2008, he had a brief trial with Ligue 2 side RC Strasbourg along with his teammate Wang Yang.[2] In October 2008, Wuhan withdrew from the league for what it claimed was unfair punishment by the Chinese Football Association. Without a club, Mei was invited to a trial with Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg with Wang in November 2008.[3] They continued their trials in Europe and moved to Belgian Pro League side Cercle Brugge in December 2008.[4] Cercle Brugge's board later decided to offer contracts to Mei and Wang; however, Mei returned to Wuhan and joined Hubei Greenery which was newly founded by Wuhan's youth academy and Hubei's youth academy in early 2009.

Mei made his professional debut for Hubei during the 2009 season and quickly integrated himself as a starter as the club won promotion to China League One in the 2009 season. On 28 November 2009, he scored his first league goal but missed a penalty in the penalty shootout as Hubei lost to Hunan Billows in the League Two playoff final.[5] He refused Cercle Brugge's invitation to sign with the club again in January 2010.[6] Mei extended his contract for two years in early 2012 after Hubei Greenery changed its name to Wuhan Zall.[7] He was named as the club's captain on 12 March 2012[8] and made an impression within the team as Wuhan gained promotion to the top tier in the 2012 season. On 8 March 2013, he made his first tier debut against Jiangsu Sainty.[9] He then scored his first goal that season on 1 June 2013 in a 1-1 draw against Qingdao Jonoon.[10] His captaincy was stripped by the club on 18 August 2013 after a 5-1 loss against Guangzhou R&F and was handed to Cho Won-Hee.[11]

After Wuhan relegated back to the second tier, Mei was linked with fellow Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan;[12] however, on 1 January 2014, Mei signed for Guangzhou Evergrande.[13] He made his debut for the club in a 4-2 win over Melbourne Victory on 26 February 2014 in the first group match of the 2014 AFC Champions League, coming on as a substitute for Alessandro Diamanti in the 88th minute.[14] He scored his first goal for the club on 21 May 2014 in a 1-1 draw against Guizhou Renhe.

International career

Mei made his debut for the Chinese national team on 18 June 2014 in a 2-0 win against Macedonia.[15]

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 29 May 2016 [16]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Others Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Others1 Total
2008 Wuhan Guanggu Chinese Super League 0 0 - - - - 0 0
2009 Wuhan Zall China League Two 13 1 - - - - 13 1
2010 China League One 20 0 - - - - 20 0
2011 20 2 0 0 - - - 20 2
2012 26 2 1 0 - - - 27 2
2013 Chinese Super League 28 2 1 0 - - - 29 2
2014 Guangzhou Evergrande 18 1 2 0 - 5 0 0 0 25 1
2015 21 0 0 0 - 9 0 1 0 31 0
2016 10 0 1 0 - 2 0 0 0 13 0
Total China PR 156 8 5 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 178 8

1Other tournaments include Chinese FA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

International goals

As of 12 November 2015
Scores and results list China's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 November 2015 Helong Stadium, Changsha, China  Bhutan 1–0 12–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Honours

Club

Guangzhou Evergrande

References

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External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Wuhan Zall captain
2012–2013		 Succeeded by
Cho Won-Hee
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