Bai Zijian (; born 16 October 1992) is a Chinese footballer who plays for Jiangxi Lushan in the China League Two.
Club career
Bai Zijian is an ethnic Korean-Chinese who predominantly concentrated on his studies before moving into football where with the help of a family friend and former professional footballer Wang Chao, he was able to enroll with second-tier football club Shenyang Dongjin's youth team. Very little came from his period with Shenyang, however he would be scouted by the Chongqing Lifan manager Li Shubin who was impressed by Bai and would sign him as a youth player. Despite joining a top tier football club and being promoted to the first squad, Bai actually saw no playing time throughout the entire 2010 season. Often spending most of the season as a translator for teammate Cho Se-Kwon, Bai's time at the club was cut short when Li Shubin was sacked due to a poor run of results and Bai was surplus to requirements at the end of the season.
Almost giving up on football and returning to his education, Bai was persuaded to go to a training session held in Guangzhou for K-League side Daejeon Citizen and impressed the team's manager Wang Sun-Jae who would sign the player on 14 February 2011 after a successful trial. He made his debut for the club on 6 March 2011 in a league match against Ulsan Hyundai, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute in a 2-1 victory. After a one-year stint, Daejeon made a decision to not extend his contract. He then joined South Korean second division club Goyang KB in February 2012 and received little playing time at the club throughout the season.
Bai left Goyang KB to join Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai for the 2013 season. He made his league debut on 5 October 2013 against Guangzhou R&F in a 1-0 away defeat.
Bai joined China League One newcomer Heilongjiang Lava Spring on 28 February 2018.
Career statistics Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2023.白子健 at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2020-06-30 + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsChongqing Lifan2010Chinese Super League0000--00Daejeon Citizen2011K-League900050-140Goyang KB2012Korea National League500000-50Changchun Yatai2013Chinese Super League1000--10Shenyang Dongjin2016China League Two16210--172201722000--220 Total382100000392Heilongjiang Lava Spring2018China League One13100--13120197000--702020110--00110202113012--142 Total441120000453Zibo Cuju2022China League One17310--183Liaoning Shenyang Urban/Liaoning Tieren2023China League One17000--170 Career total13163250001398
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