Zhao Honglüe

Zhao Honglüe is a professional Chinese footballer who currently plays for Qingdao West Coast as a right-footed left-back or right winger in the Chinese Super League.

Club career
Zhao Honglüe would start his football career playing for the various Dalian Shide F.C. youth teams before he was loaned out to the team's youth team called Dalian Shide Siwu FC that was allowed to take part in Singapore's 2008 S.League. Upon his return to Dalian Shide at the beginning of the 2009 Chinese Super League Zhao would make his debut for the team in the club's first game of the season as a late substitute on March 22, 2009 in a 4-1 defeat to Tianjin Teda. After the game Zhao would go on to become a vital member of the team as the club gained mid-table positions for the next several seasons, eventually going on to score his first league goal for them on April 28, 2012 in a 1-1 draw against Hangzhou Greentown.

On 26 February 2015, Zhao transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda. The Head coach Jaime Pacheco would convert Zhao from a midfielder to a left-back before Zhao made his debut for the club on 8 March 2015 in a league game against Henan Jianye F.C. in a 3-1 defeat. He would gradually start to establish himself as an integral member of the team and go on to score his first goal for the club on 2 August 2020, in a league game against Chongqing Dangdai Lifan in a 2-2 draw.

After six seasons at Tianjin he would join fellow top tier club Wuhan for the start of the 2021 Chinese Super League campaign on 26 February 2021. He would go on to make his debut for the club in a league game on 23 April 2021 against Hebei in 1-1 draw. After only one season he would join another top tier club in Henan Songshan Longmen on 26 April 2022. 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. Zhao would be on the move again when he joined top tier club Cangzhou Mighty Lions on 6 April 2023.

Career statistics
Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2022.