| Tang Dechao 唐德超 | |
| Birth Date: | 1985 2, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Height: | 1.87 m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthyears1: | 2002–2005 |
| Youthclubs1: | Guangzhou F.C. |
| Years1: | 2002–2003 |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2004–2005 |
| Clubs2: | Sunray Cave |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2005–2013 |
| Clubs3: | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| Caps3: | 74 |
| Goals3: | 6 |
| Years4: | 2013–2015 |
| Caps4: | 21 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2015–2020 |
| Caps5: | 56 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 31 December 2020 |
Tang Dechao (; born February 9, 1984) is a Chinese former football player. He represented Xiangxue Pharmaceutical, Sunray Cave, Guangzhou Evergrande, Henan Jianye and Meizhou Kejia throughout his playing career and was the first and only player to win all domestic trophies in China, including Chinese Super League, China League One, China League Two, Chinese FA Cup and Chinese FA Super Cup.[1]
Tang Dechao started his football career playing for the Guangzhou F.C.'s youth team before being promoted to the club's satellite team Xiangxue Pharmaceutical who were allowed to play during the 2002-03 season in the Hong Kong First Division League. The following season he was allowed to stay in Hong Kong and played for Sunray Cave for a season before he returned to Guangzhou.[2]
Tang played for Guangzhou Evergrande between 2005 and 2013.[3]
He transferred to China League One side Henan Jianye in July 2013.
In July 2015, Tang transferred to China League Two side Meizhou Kejia.[4] After helping Meizhou win 2015 League Two champions, he became first and only player to win all domestic trophies in China, including Super League, League One, League Two, Chinese FA Cup and Chinese FA Super Cup.[1]
Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Xiangxue Pharmaceutical | 2002–03 | First Division League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Sunray Cave | 2004–05 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | 21 | 3 | ||
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 2005 | China League One | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 12 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | Chinese Super League | 13 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 7 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2010 | China League One | 19 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2011 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 74 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 7 | |||
| Henan Jianye | 2013 | China League One | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 14 | 1 | |
| 2014 | Chinese Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Meizhou Kejia | 2015 | China League Two | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 12 | 0 | |
| 2016 | China League One | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 172 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 13 | |||