Chen Zhongliu (; born 30 September 1993 in Duyun) is a Chinese former football player. He is of the Dong Chinese ethnic minority.
Club career Chen joined Hangzhou Greentown youth team system from Shenzhen Yantian Sports School in 2006. In 2011, he was loaned to China League Two club Wenzhou Provenza for one year. Chen played 16 times in the 2011 league season. He was promoted to Hangzhou Greentown's first team squad by Takeshi Okada in 2012. Okada described Chen as a high potential player, and he said that even in Japan or Netherlands, it's hard to find a player at Chen's age could play as good as Chen did. at sports.21cn.com 2012-07-18 Retrieved 2012-09-13
On 11 March 2012, Chen made his Super League debut in the first round of the season which Hangzhou Greentown played against Qingdao Jonoon. However, after he was late for training for three times, Chen was sent to the U19 team by Okada in April.绿城天才训练迟到3次被下放 at sports.sohu.com 2012-04-06 Retrieved 2012-09-13 Chen returned to the first team in June and played in the third round of the 2012 Chinese FA Cup, in which Hangzhou Greentown beat Shanghai Tellace 3-0 on 26 June. On 23 July, he scored his first senior goal in the fourth round of the FA Cup, in which Hangzhou Greentown beat Chengdu Blades 2–1.
In February 2018, Chen transferred to Chinese Super League side Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.重庆斯威宣布绿城前国脚加盟 at sports.sina.com 2018-03-01 Retrieved 2018-03-01 He would not play for Chongqing in his debut season and was moved to the reserve squad in the following season before joining second tier club Suzhou Dongwu on 9 September 2020. After one season with Suzhou, Chen would join top tier club Cangzhou Mighty Lions on 31 March 2021. He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 9 May 2021 against Guangzhou F.C. in a 2-0 defeat.
International career Chen was first called up for China U-20 by Jan Olde Riekerink in July 2011.国青山东集结备战潍坊杯 绿城八名小将同时入选 at sports.sohu.com 2011-07-20 Retrieved 2012-09-13 He scored two goals in four appearances in 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification as China U-20 managed to qualify into the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship. On 10 January 2017, Chen made his debut for the Chinese national team in the 2017 China Cup against Iceland, coming on as a substitution for Yin Hongbo in the 57th minute.
Career statistics Statistics accurate as of match played 31 January 2023.陈中流 at Sodasoccer + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsWenzhou Provenza2011China League Two160---160Hangzhou Greentown2012Chinese Super League8031--11120137220--92201416120--18120159010--100201623010--2402017China League One2000--20Total653910000744Chongqing Dangdai2018Chinese Super League0000--00Suzhou Dongwu2020China League One9000--90Cangzhou Mighty Lions2021Chinese Super League6020--80202217021--191Total230410000271 Career total113313200001265
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