Bojian Fan

Bojian Fan came through the youth ranks at Beijing Renhe before his career took a decisive turn in February 2018, when he was sent out on loan to Dingnan Ganlian for the season. He returned to Beijing Renhe at the end of that year, but the loan spell had evidently made its case: in February 2019 he signed for Dingnan Ganlian permanently on a free transfer.

What followed was a long stay built on continuity rather than upheaval. When the club relocated and rebranded as Heilongjiang Lava Spring, Fan stayed with it, turning out for the side from 2019 through to 2024. Across his career he has made around 126 league appearances, supplemented by a couple of outings in the FA Cup, a body of work built through steady selection rather than a single defining moment.

In 2025 the club moved again, this time to Jiangxi, taking the name Dingnan United — the same name, in effect, that Fan had first joined as a loan player back in 2018. He continues to play for the renamed side, a curious symmetry in a career that has largely stayed within the same footballing family even as its branding and home province changed around him.