| Zhang Aokai 张奥凯 | |
| Birth Date: | 18 February 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Xianyang, Shaanxi, China |
| Fullname: | Zhang Aokai |
| Position: | Left winger |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2012 |
| Youthclubs1: | Shaanxi Daqin |
| Youthyears2: | 2012–2017 |
| Youthclubs2: | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| Youthyears3: | 2017–2019 |
| Youthclubs3: | Espanyol |
| Years1: | 2016 |
| Clubs1: | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs2: | Espanyol B |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs3: | → Horta (loan) |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Cangzhou Mighty Lions |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Jiangxi Dark Horse Junior (loan) |
| Caps6: | 14 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Years7: | 2023– |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | China U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 12:00, 31 December 2022 (UTC) |
Zhang Aokai (; ; born 18 February 2000), original name Zhang OK,[1] is a Chinese footballer who plays as a left winger for Shanghai Jiading Huilong.
Zhang Aokai joined Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande's youth academy from China League Two club Shaanxi Daqin in 2012.[2] He was promoted to Guangzhou's first team squad by manager Luiz Felipe Scolari in July 2016.[3] Zhang made his senior debut on 30 October 2016 in a 4–0 home win against Shandong Luneng, coming on for Zheng Zhi in the 85th minute and taking over the captaincy for the rest of the match,[4] making him the first player born in the new millennium to make an appearance in any of the Chinese professional leagues.[5]
Zhang was excluded from Guangzhou's first team squad for the 2017 season. He left the club and underwent a trial with La Liga side Espanyol in the summer of 2017.[6] He signed a professional contract with Espanyol and joined Juvenil A team on 19 July 2018.[7] On 26 September 2019 Espanyol confirmed, that Aokai had joined UA Horta on loan for the rest of the season.[8] On 29 July 2020 he returned to China with Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (now known as Cangzhou Mighty Lions) initially on loan before making the move permanent.[9]
Zhang Aokai's original name was Zhang OK; however, his given name violated the Name Registration Ordinance of the People's Republic of China; and thus, he could not apply for an identification card. Zhang's father changed his given name to Aokai, which shares a similar pronunciation with OK.[1]
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| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 2016 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Espanyol B | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Horta (loan) | 2019–20 | Tercera División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 2 | 0 | |
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright (loan) | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Cangzhou Mighty Lions | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
| Jiangxi Dark Horse Junior (loan) | 2022 | China League Two | 14 | 4 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 14 | 4 | |
| Career total | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |||