Huang Zichang
黄紫昌
Personal information
Full name Huang Zichang
Date of birth (1997-04-04) 4 April 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Putian, Fujian, China
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Henan
Youth career
2012–2015 Tianjiabing Middle School
2016 Jiangsu Suning
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Jiangsu Suning 33 (5)
2021–2022 Wuhan 16 (1)
2022– Henan 31 (7)
International career‡
2015–2017 China U-20 11 (7)
2018 China U-23 10 (3)
2018– China 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 December 2019

Huang Zichang (Chinese: 黄紫昌; pinyin: Huáng Zǐchāng; born 4 April 1997) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Henan in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Huang Zichang started his football career when he signed his first professional contract with Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning in 2016.[1] He was promoted to the first team squad by manager Choi Yong-soo in the 2017 season.[2] Huang made his senior debut and scored his first goal in a league game on 4 March 2018 in a 3–1 away win against Guizhou Hengfeng.[3] This would be followed with his second goal in his fifth appearance on 6 April 2018 in a 2–0 away win against Guangzhou R&F.[4] On 22 April 2018 a third goal in seven league appearances would be scored by Huang in a 5–1 home win against Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.[5] On 1 May 2018, Huang scored the deciding penalty in the fifth round of 2018 Chinese FA Cup as Jiangsu beat Tianjin Quanjian 8–7 on penalties.[6] Although he suffered an ankle injury in August 2018, Huang scored five goals in 19 appearances in his debut season, winning the Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year award.[7] On 14 February 2019, he extended his contract with the club until the end of the 2024 season.[8] This would be followed by the 2020 Chinese Super League title when he would win the clubs first league title with them.[9]

Huang's time at Jiangsu would end when the clubs owners were in financial difficulties and dissolved the team.[10] He would go on to join top-tier club Wuhan on 29 March 2021 in a free transfer.[11] He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 23 April 2021 against Hebei in a 1–1 draw.[12] This would be followed by his first goal for the club, which was in a Chinese FA Cup game on 14 October 2021 against Dandong Tengyue in a 7–0 victory.[13]

On 15 April 2022, he joined fellow top-tier club Henan Songshan Longmen (later renamed as simply Henan) for the start of the 2022 Chinese Super League.[14] This would be followed by his debut appearance for the club on 4 June 2022 in a league game against Dalian Professional in a 2–2 draw.[15] After establishing himself as an integral member of the team he would score his first goal for the club on 7 July 2022, which was in a league game against Guangzhou City in a 2–1 victory.[16]

International career

Huang made his debut for the Chinese national team on 26 May 2018 in a 1–0 win against Myanmar.[17]

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 31 December 2022.[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jiangsu Suning 2017 Chinese Super League 0 0 0 0 - 0[a] 0 0 0
2018 19 5 3 0 - - 22 5
2019 6 0 0 0 - - 6 0
2020 8 0 5 0 - - 13 0
Total 33 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 41 5
Wuhan 2021 Chinese Super League 16 1 4 2 - - 20 3
Henan Songshan Longmen/
Henan 		2022 31 7 1 2 - - 32 9
2023 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 31 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 32 9
Career total 80 13 13 4 0 0 0 0 93 17
  1. ^ Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

International statistics

National team
Year Apps Goals
2018 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Club

Jiangsu Suning

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "2017中超联赛江苏苏宁队完全名单". Sohu (in Chinese). 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  3. ^ "苏宁明日之星非灵光一现 青运会金靴+U22国足常客". Sina (in Chinese). 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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  8. ^ "苏宁官方宣布与黄紫昌续约5年 职业上升期并肩同行". Sina (in Chinese). 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
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  10. ^ "Inter Milan doubt as Suning call time on Chinese champions Jiangsu FC". South China Morning Post. 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  11. ^ "官方：前江苏队球员黄紫昌加盟武汉队". m.dongqiudi.net. 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
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  13. ^ "WUHAN YANGTZE VS. DANDONG TENGYUE 7 - 0". soccerway.com. 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  14. ^ "官方：阿德里安、赵宏略、黄紫昌、钟义浩、杨帅加盟河南". m.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  15. ^ "HENAN SSLM VS. DALIAN PRO 2 - 2". soccerway.com. 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  16. ^ "HENAN SSLM VS. GUANGZHOU CITY 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  17. ^ "国足1-0缅甸取近8战首胜 武磊制胜黄紫昌屡失良机". Tencent. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  18. ^ "黄紫昌". sodasoccer (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-03-05. Archived 2019-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ "中超-特谢拉造红牌+破门 苏宁2-1恒大夺中超首冠" (in Chinese). Sports.sina.com.cn. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

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