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My Take
Xu Bin interests me as a glimpse of where Chinese football might be heading. Born in 2004 and already on Wolverhampton's books, loaned to Barnsley to be tested in the grind of English League One, he is doing the hard, unglamorous thing: leaving home young to grow in a brutally competitive league. The defensive midfield role he occupies is the thankless engine of a team, which tells me he values usefulness over spotlight. With a national-team call-up already on his résumé, I will be watching closely. Players who chase difficulty this early often become the ones worth remembering.
Overview
Xu Bin (Chinese: 徐彬; pinyin: Xú Bīn; born 2 May 2004) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL League One club Barnsley on loan from EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the China national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Xu Bin
- Name (Japanese)
- 徐彬
- Reading
- 不明
- Born
- May 2, 2004 (age 22)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Monkey
- Origin
- Nan County, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%90%E5%BD%AC
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.