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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ye Weichao | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Guangzhou,Guangdong,China | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2010 | Guangzhou Pharmaceutical | ||
| 2005–2006 | →Bristol City (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | →Guangdong Sunray Cave (loan) | 60 | (30) |
| 2011–2014 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 6 | (1) |
| 2013 | →Meizhou Kejia (loan) | 7 | (5) |
| 2014 | →Guangdong Sunray Cave (loan) | 15 | (4) |
| 2016 | Zhejiang Yiteng | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Meixian Techand | 39 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | China | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2011 | |||
Ye Weichao (Chinese:叶伟超;pinyin:Yè Wěichāo; born 18 February 1989) is aChinese footballer.
Ye started his football career in 2007 when he was loaned toGuangdong Sunray Cave fromGuangzhou Pharmaceutical. He scored his first senior goal in a match againstNingbo Huaao on 23 June 2007.[1] Ye steadily established himself within the team in the 2008 league season. He scored eleven goals for the club which ensured Guangdong Sunray Cave promote toChina League One that season. Ye was called back to Guangzhou 's first team in December 2009 but did not stay for long. He was loaned back out to Guangdong Sunray Cave again in March 2010.[2] He scored fourteen goals in twenty appearances in the 2010 season.
Ye returned to Guangzhou Evergrande before the 2011 season. He made his debut for Guangzhou on 15 May 2011 in a 3–1 win againstHenan Construction, coming on as a substitute forRenato Cajá in the 67th minute and also scoring his first goal for the club.[3] However, he was loaned out toChina League Two side Meizhou Kejia in July 2013 after not establishing himself within the club. In February 2014, Ye moved back to Guangdong Sunray Cave on a one-year loan deal.[4] Ye made trials withHong Kong Premier League sideKitchee andJiangxi Liansheng after he left Guangzhou Evergrande at the end of 2014 but couldn't stay.[5]
On 26 February 2016, Ye was signed for China League One clubZhejiang Yiteng.[6] He made his debut for Zhejiang on 9 July 2016 in a 4–0 away defeat againstTianjin Quanjian, coming on forLi Gen in the 63rd minute.[7]
On 21 January 2017, Ye moved to League Two sideMeixian Techand.[8] On 11 November 2018 he scored the winning goal for Meixian in the extra time of2018 China League One Relegation play-offs againstShaanxi Chang'an Athletic, which ensured Meixian Techand's stay in the second tier.[9]
Ye made his senior international debut forChina in a 2–2 friendly againstCosta Rica on 26 March 2011 in a 2-2 draw and assistedGao Lin's game-tying goal in the injury time.[10]
Statistics accurate as of match played 3 November 2018.[11]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| China PR | League | FA Cup | CSL Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||||
| 2007 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | China League Two | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | ||||
| 2008 | 17 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 11 | ||||||
| 2009 | China League One | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 | |||||
| 2010 | 20 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 14 | ||||||
| 2011 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Chinese Super League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Meizhou Kejia | China League Two | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | |||
| 2014 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | China League One | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 16 | 4 | |||
| 2016 | Zhejiang Yiteng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | Meixian Techand | China League Two | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 25 | 9 | |||
| 2018 | China League One | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1[a] | 1 | 17 | 2 | |||
| Total | China PR | 129 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 51 | |