# Ye Weichao

Ye Weichao (Chinese: 叶伟超; pinyin: Yè Wěichāo; born 18 February 1989) is a Chinese footballer.

## Club career

Ye started his football career in 2007 when he was loaned to Guangdong Sunray Cave from Guangzhou Pharmaceutical. He scored his first senior goal in a match against Ningbo Huaao on 23 June 2007. Ye steadily established himself within the team in the 2008 league season. He scored eleven goals for the club which ensured Guangdong Sunray Cave promote to China League One that season. Ye was called back to Guangzhou 's first team in December 2009 but did not stay for long. He was loaned back out to Guangdong Sunray Cave again in March 2010. He scored fourteen goals in twenty appearances in the 2010 season.
Ye returned to Guangzhou Evergrande before the 2011 season. He made his debut for Guangzhou on 15 May 2011 in a 3–1 win against Henan Construction, coming on as a substitute for Renato Cajá in the 67th minute and also scoring his first goal for the club. However, he was loaned out to China League Two side Meizhou Kejia in July 2013 after not establishing himself within the club. In February 2014, Ye moved back to Guangdong Sunray Cave on a one-year loan deal. Ye made trials with Hong Kong Premier League side Kitchee and Jiangxi Liansheng after he left Guangzhou Evergrande at the end of 2014 but couldn't stay.
On 26 February 2016, Ye was signed for China League One club Zhejiang Yiteng. He made his debut for Zhejiang on 9 July 2016 in a 4–0 away defeat against Tianjin Quanjian, coming on for Li Gen in the 63rd minute.
On 21 January 2017, Ye moved to League Two side Meixian Techand. On 11 November 2018 he scored the winning goal for Meixian in the extra time of 2018 China League One Relegation play-offs against Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, which ensured Meixian Techand's stay in the second tier.

## International career

Ye made his senior international debut for China in a 2–2 friendly against Costa Rica on 26 March 2011 in a 2-2 draw and assisted Gao Lin's game-tying goal in the injury time.

## Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 3 November 2018.
| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| China PR | China PR | China PR | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | CSL Cup | CSL Cup | Asia | Asia | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| 2007 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | China League Two | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 |
| 2008 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | China League Two | 17 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 11 |
| 2009 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | China League One | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 3 |
| 2010 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | China League One | 20 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 14 |
| 2011 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Chinese Super League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 2012 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Chinese Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | Guangzhou Evergrande | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Meizhou Kejia | China League Two | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 |
| 2014 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | China League One | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 4 |
| 2016 | Zhejiang Yiteng | China League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | Meixian Techand | China League Two | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 9 |
| 2018 | Meixian Techand | China League One | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
| Total | China PR | China PR | 129 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 51 |
* ↑ Appearances in China League One play-offs

## Honours
### Club

Guangzhou Evergrande
* Chinese Super League: 2011, 2012
* Chinese FA Super Cup: 2012
* Chinese FA Cup: 2012

### Individual

* China League Two Top goalscorer: 2008