Tang Chuang should not be confused with Tang Chang.
| Tang Chuang | |
| Fullname: | Tang Chuang |
| Birth Date: | 30 April 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Handan, Hebei, China |
| Height: | 1.88 m |
| Currentclub: | Chengdu Rongcheng |
| Clubnumber: | 24 |
| Position: | Striker |
| Collegeyears1: | 2015–2016 |
| College1: | Qingdao UST |
| Years1: | 2017 |
| Clubs1: | Qingdao Elite United |
| Years2: | 2018 |
| Clubs2: | Qingdao Red Lions |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | Qingdao Daqi |
| Years4: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs4: | Suzhou Dongwu |
| Caps4: | 72 |
| Goals4: | 18 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Chengdu Rongcheng |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 21 April 2024 |
Tang Chuang (; born 30 April 1996) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Chinese Super League club Chengdu Rongcheng.
Tang Chuang attended Qingdao University of Science and Technology in a pursuit to play football. In the period between 2014 and 2015, he was nominated as a "stand-out student" of the university.[1] In 2015, Tang played futsal with the university team, and represented the university's home province of Shandong in a national futsal tournament, after winning the provincial championship.[2]
After a spell at amateur club Qingdao Elite United,[3] in 2018, Tang Chuang signed with then-Chinese Champions League club Qingdao Red Lions, who at the time were managed by Guo Zuojin, Tang's coach at QUST. In the 2018 season, Totalling 5 goals in 4 appearances, Tang eventually helped Qingdao Red Lions gain promotion to China League Two.[4] In 2019, he returned to playing amateur football, with a move to Qingdao Daqi.[4]
On 9 September 2020, Tang signed for China League One club Suzhou Dongwu on a short-term free transfer,[5] under recommendation from Sun Xinbo, whom he played under at Qingdao Daqi.[4] [6] On 24 September 2020, Tang scored his first professional goal, in a 2–1 league defeat to Chengdu Better City.[7]
Before the start of the 2021 season, Tang signed a new contract extension for Suzhou Dongwu.[8] On 6 August 2021, Tang Chuang scored in consecutive matches, getting on the score sheet in a 2–1 defeat to Chengdu Rongcheng and a 3–0 win over Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard.[9] [10] After the end of the 2021 season, Tang Chuang finished with 7 goals in 30 appearances in all competitions.
Tang Chuang experienced his break-out season with Suzhou Dongwu in 2022.[11] On 13 August 2022, he scored the first double of his career, with a penalty and a header to give Suzhou Dongwu a 2–0 win against Beijing IT.[12] At the end of the 2022 season, Tang Chuang provided 10 goals in 31 appearances across all competitions, and played a big role in getting a sixth-place finish for the club.[13]
On 12 April 2023, Tang made a move to Chinese Super League side Chengdu Rongcheng.[11] On 23 June 2023, he made his debut for the club in a 2023 Chinese FA Cup tie away at Chongqing Tonglianglong,[14] which ended in a penalty shoot-out loss for Chengdu, with him missing a penalty in the shoot-out.[15] Two weeks later on 7 July, Tang scored his first goal for Chengdu Rongcheng, in a 3–1 league defeat away at Meizhou Hakka.[16]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Suzhou Dongwu | 2020 | China League One | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | China League One | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 7 | ||||
| 2022 | China League One | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 72 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 19 | |||
| Chengdu Rongcheng | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2024 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 89 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 21 | |||