| Cui Lin 崔麟 | |
| Fullname: | Cui Lin |
| Birth Date: | 26 October 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Fushun, Liaoning, China |
| Position: | Full-back |
| Currentclub: | Shanghai Shenhua |
| Clubnumber: | 21 |
| Youthclubs1: | Changchun Yatai |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | Shenyang Zhongze |
| Youthyears3: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Loures (loan) |
| Youthyears4: | 2015–2016 |
| Youthclubs4: | Loures |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs1: | Loures |
| Caps1: | 21 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Hebei FC |
| Caps2: | 58 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 16 April 2023 |
Cui Lin (; born 26 October 1997) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League. His twin elder brother Cui Qi is also a footballer.[1]
Cui Lin moved aboard in 2013 and joined Campeonato de Portugal side Loures.[2] He was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2016. He made his senior debut on 28 August 2016, playing the whole match in a 2–1 away win against Real S.C.[3] On 19 February 2017, he scored his first senior goal in a 5–1 away win over Fabril Barreiro.[4]
On 28 February 2018, Cui transferred to Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune (later renamed as Hebei).[2] On 24 April 2018, he made his debut for the club in a 4–0 away win over Suzhou Dongwu in the 2018 Chinese FA Cup, coming on as a substitute for Zhao Mingjian at the half time.[5] He made his Super League debut four days later on 28 April 2018 in a 3–0 away win over Tianjin Quanjian, coming on for Xu Tianyuan at the 85th minute.[6] After the game he would gradually go on to establish himself as a regular within the team. Unfortunately at the end of the 2022 Chinese Super League campaign he was part of the team that was relegated at the end of the campaign.[7] On 7 April 2023, Hebei announced that operations were going to cease immediately due to financial difficulties.[8]
On 11 April 2023, Cui joined top tier club Shanghai Shenhua for the start of the 2023 Chinese Super League campaign.[9] He would make his debut for the club in a league game on 16 April 2023 against Shandong Taishan in a 1-0 victory.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Loures | 2016–17 | Campeonato de Portugal | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 22 | 1 | |
| Hebei China Fortune/ Hebei | 2018 | Chinese Super League | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 8 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 58 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | |||
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 80 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 1 | |||