title: Tao Hongliang
text: # Tao Hongliang
  
  Tao Hongliang (Chinese: 陶洪亮; born 17 February 1997) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Zibo Qisheng in China League Two.
  
  ## Club career
  
  Tao Hongliang would play for the Shandong Luneng youth team before going abroad to join Norwegian football club Stabæk. He would be promoted to the senior team where on 27 November 2017 he would make his debut for them in a league game against Viking that ended in a 2-0 defeat, his appearance would make him the first Chinese person to play in the Norwegian league.
  
  On 8 July 2019, Tao would return to China and join third tier football club Taizhou Yuanda. In his first season with the club he would aid the club to a third place finish and gain promotion to the second tier.
  
  ## Career statistics
  
      As of 31 December 2020.
  
  | Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | Stabæk II | 2017 | 3. divisjon | 8 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
  | Stabæk II | 2018 | 2. divisjon | 10 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
  | Stabæk II | Total | Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
  | Stabæk | 2017 | Eliteserien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Stabæk | 2018 | Eliteserien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Stabæk | Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Taizhou Yuanda | 2019 | China League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Taizhou Yuanda | 2020 | China League One | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
  | Taizhou Yuanda | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
  | Career total | Career total | Career total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
  