Далянь Шидэ
Zhao Honglüe would start his football career playing for the various Dalian Shide F.C. youth teams before he was loaned out to the team's youth team called Dalian Shide Siwu FC that was allowed to take part in Singapore's 2008 S.League. Upon his return to Dalian Shide at the beginning of the 2009 Chinese Super League Zhao would make his debut for the team in the club's first game of the season as a late substitute on March 22, 2009 in a 4-1 defeat to Tianjin Teda. After the game Zhao would go on to become a vital member of the team as the club gained mid-table positions for the next several seasons, eventually going on to score his first league goal for them on April 28, 2012 in a 1-1 draw against Hangzhou Greentown.