Yao Junsheng

Yao Junsheng
姚均晟
Yao Junsheng in April 2025
Personal information
Full name Yao Junsheng
Date of birth (1995-10-29) 29 October 1995
Place of birth Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Shenzhen Peng City
Number 6
Youth career
2006–2016 Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 → Sintrense (loan) 0 (0)
2015 → Real Massamá (loan) 5 (0)
2016 → Pinhalnovense (loan) 4 (0)
2016–2020 Shandong Luneng 16 (0)
2017 → Meizhou Hakka (loan) 26 (5)
2019 → Tianjin Tianhai (loan) 20 (2)
2020 → Zhejiang Energy Greentown (loan) 5 (1)
2021–2025 Zhejiang FC 104 (9)
2026– Shenzhen Peng City 0 (0)
International career‡
2014 China U-19 5 (0)
2016–2018 China U-23 28 (12)
2019– China 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:04, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

Yao Junsheng (Chinese: 姚均晟; pinyin: Yáo Jūnshèng; born 29 October 1995) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a left-footed midfielder for Shenzhen Peng City.

Club career

Yao Junsheng joined Shandong Luneng Taishan's youth academy in 2006.[1] He went to Portugal for further training in January 2014,[2] and played for Sintrense, Real Massamá and Pinhalnovense between 2014 and 2016.

Yao was promoted to Shandong Luneng's first team squad by Felix Magath in July 2016.[3] He was loaned to China League One side Meizhou Hakka for one season in February 2017.[4] He made his debut for Meizhou on 11 March 2017 in a 2–0 home loss against Dalian Yifang.[5] On 2 July 2017, Yao scored his first senior goal by penalty in a 1–1 away draw against Dalian Yifang.[6][7] He scored five goals in 26 appearances in the 2017 season, which ensured Meizhou Hakka's stay in the second tier for another season.[8]

Yao returned to Shandong Luneng in the 2018 season. On 4 March 2018, he made his Chinese Super League debut in a 3–0 home win over Beijing Sinobo Guoan.[9] On 13 February 2019, Yao was loaned to fellow first-tier club Tianjin Tianhai for the 2019 season.[10]

The following season he was loaned out again, this time to second-tier club Zhejiang Energy Greentown where he made his debut in a league game on 24 October 2020 against Kunshan in a 2–0 victory.[11] The club would miss out on promotion through the play-offs, however On 17 March 2021, Yao joined the China League One club on a permanent basis as they renamed themselves Zhejiang Professional.[12] He would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team as they gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 China League One season through a play-off victory against Qingdao.[13]

On 4 January 2026, Yao joined Chinese Super League club Shenzhen Peng City.[14]

International career

Yao made his debut for the Chinese national team on 10 September 2019 in a 5–0 win against the Maldives, coming on as a substitute for Hao Junmin in the 80th minute.

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 31 January 2023.[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sintrense (loan)2014–15Campeonato de Portugal0000--00
Real Massamá (loan)2014–15Lisbon FA Pró-National Division502[a]0--70
2015–16Campeonato de Portugal0000--00
Total 5020000070
Pinhalnovense (loan)2015–16Campeonato de Portugal4000--40
Shandong Luneng Taishan2016Chinese Super League0000--00
2018Chinese Super League15040--190
2020Chinese Super League1000--10
Total 160400000200
Meizhou Hakka (loan)2017China League One26500--265
Tianjin Tianhai (loan)2019Chinese Super League20221--223
Zhejiang Energy Greentown (loan)2020China League One5100-2[b]071
Zhejiang FC2021China League One28400-0[b]0284
2022Chinese Super League21162--273
Total 495620000557
Career total 12513143002014116
  1. ↑ Appearances in Taça da A.F.Lisboa
  2. 1 2 Appearances in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

International statistics

National team
YearAppsGoals
201910
Total10

References

  1. ↑ "姚均晟的足球故事:梦想是为鲁能效力 父亲默默支持". Sina (in Chinese). 25 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "鲁能再送6小将出国锻炼 另一小将刘洋转会武汉". Sohu (in Chinese). 31 December 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "鲁能进出14人成夏窗最"折腾队" 有俩队居然0动静". Netease (in Chinese). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "山东鲁能官宣外租三小将 其中一人租借至巴甲劲旅". Sina (in Chinese). 25 February 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "中甲-穆谢奎抢点铁卫扫射 一方2-0客胜梅州". Sina (in Chinese). 11 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "中甲-博利破门后送点 9人一方1-1梅州终结3连胜". Sina (in Chinese). 2 July 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "姚均晟连两轮进制胜球 中甲历练一年令他更成熟". Sina (in Chinese). 18 September 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "姚均晟:踢不上球多大俱乐部也没意义 留洋很磨人". Sina (in Chinese). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "中超-塔神梅开二度吴兴涵建功 鲁能3-0胜国安". Sina (in Chinese). 4 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "天海官宣集训队二将加盟补中场 致谢赵杨二将贡献". Sina Sports. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "China » League One 2020 Aufstieg » 1. Round » Zhejiang Greentown - Kunshan FC 2:0". Worldfootball.net. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "官宣!姚均晟正式加盟浙江队". Sina Sports. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "ZHEJIANG PROFESSIONAL VS. QINGDAO FC 0 - 0". Soccerway.com. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "八连宣！2外援+6内援加盟深圳新鹏城足球俱乐部". baidu.com. 4 January 2026. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  15. ↑ "姚均晟". sodasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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