Hou Yu (Chinese: 侯煜; born 31 January 2001) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains China League One club Guangzhou FC.
Yu played for the Guangzhou youth team before being promoted and loaned out to the China U-19 team who were allowed to participate in the Chinese pyramid in the 2020 China League Two campaign.
[1] In the 2022 Chinese Super League with Guangzhou he went on to establish himself as a regular within the club.
However, the majority shareholder of the club experienced financial trouble and Guangzhou started to lose several key players.
[2] Yu remained with the team and go on to establish himself as a regular within the club as he helped guide them to a twelfth placed finish.