Bai Zijian

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Bai.

Not to be confused with National People's Congress member Bai Zhijian.

Bai Zijian
白子健

Personal information
Full name	Bai Zijian
Date of birth	(1992-10-16) 16 October 1992
Place of birth	Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height
Position(s)	Right winger
Team information
Current team	Shenyang Dongjin
Number	11
Youth career
2009	Shenyang Dongjin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Chongqing Lifan	0	(0)
2011	Daejeon Citizen	9	(0)
2012	Goyang KB	5	(0)
2013	Changchun Yatai	1	(0)
2016–	Shenyang Dongjin	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2013

Bai Zijian (Chinese: 白子健; pinyin: Bái Zijiàn; born 16 October 1992 in Shenyang, Liaoning) is a Chinese footballer of Korean descent who plays for Shenyang Dongjin in the China League Two.

Club career

Bai Zijian is an ethnic Korean Chinese who would predominantly concentrate on his studies before moving into football where with the help of a family friend and former professional footballer Wang Chao, he was able to enroll with second tier football club Shenyang Dongjin's youth team. Very little would come from his period with Shenyang, however he would be scouted by the Chongqing Lifan manager Li Shubin who was impressed by Bai and would sign him as a youth player. Despite joining a top tier football club and being promoted to the first squad, Bai actually saw no playing time throughout the entire 2010 season. Often spending most of the season as a translator for teammate Cho Se-Kwon, Bai's time at the club was cut short when Li Shubin was sacked due to a poor run of results and Bai was surplus to requirements at the end of the season.

Almost giving up on football and returning to his education, Bai was persuaded to go to a training session held in Guangzhou for K-League side Daejeon Citizen and impressed the team's manager Wang Sun-Jae who would sign the player on 14 February 2011 after a successful trial. He made his debut for the club on 6 March 2011 in a league match against Ulsan Hyundai, coming on as a substitute for 90th minute in a 2-1 victory. After a one-year stint, Daejeon made a decision to not extend his contract. He then joined South Korean second division club Goyang KB in February 2012 and received little playing time at the club throughout the season.

Bai left Goyang KB to join Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai for the 2013 season. He made his league debut on 5 October 2013 against Guangzhou R&F in a 1-0 away defeat.

External links

• Bai Zijian – K League stats at kleague.com
• Bai Zijian at Soccerway