| Gan Rui 甘锐 | |
| Birth Date: | 1985 1, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Chongqing, China |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Years1: | 2005–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Chongqing Lifan |
| Caps1: | 152 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs2: | Chengdu Qbao |
| Caps2: | 62 |
| Goals2: | 7 |
| Years3: | 2018–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Chengdu Rongcheng |
| Caps3: | 104 |
| Goals3: | 7 |
| Totalcaps: | 318 |
| Totalgoals: | 19 |
Gan Rui (; born 11 January 1985) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, most notably for Chengdu Rongcheng, whom he captained during the club's rise from the fourth tier of Chinese football to the top-flight.
In 2005, Gan Rui started his professional footballer career with Chongqing Lifan in the Chinese Super League.[1] He would eventually make his league debut for Chongqing on 11 March 2006 in a game against Liaoning Whowin, which ended in a 2-1 victory.[2] Unfortunately by the end of the season he was part of the team that was relegated at the end of the season.[3] He would remain with the club as they eventually gained promotion back into the top tier at the end of the 2008 campaign.[4]
On 26 February 2015, Gan transferred to China League Two side Nanjing Qianbao.[5] On 8 January 2016 the club relocated to the city of Chengdu and he would move with them as they renamed themselves Chengdu Qbao.[6] Chengdu Qbao withdrew from League Two in 2018 when the Qbao Group was under investigation with illegal fund raising.[7] On 20 March 2018, a phoenix club was formed by Chengdu Better City Investment Group Co., Ltd. and Gan would join them as they participated in the 2018 Chinese Champions League.[8] He would go on to win promotion with the club as they came runners-up at the end of the 2019 China League Two season.[9] He would captain the team as he aided them to a meteoric rise through the divisions as the club gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 league campaign.[10]
Statistics accurate as of match played 4 November 2023.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Chongqing Lifan | 2005 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2007 | China League One | 5 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | 12 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | Chinese Super League | 19 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | 20 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | China League One | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 29 | 2 | |||
| 2013 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 152 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 5 | |||
| Chengdu Qbao | 2015 | China League Two | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 20 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 21 | 7 | |||
| 2017 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 25 | 2 | |||
| Total | 62 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 10 | |||
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2018 | Chinese Champions League | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | - | - | |
| 2019 | China League Two | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 32 | 5 | ||
| 2020 | China League One | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 2 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2022 | Chinese Super League | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2023 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 104 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 9 | |||
| Career total | 318 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 330 | 24 | |||
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