Piao Taoyu would begin his formal football training in Qingdao before having a spell at Zhejiang Greentown and even going abroad from April 2010 to March 2012 to play in the high school football league for Oisca High School in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
[1] Piao would return to his hometown and join second-tier football club Yanbian Baekdu Tigers in the 2013 league season.
[9] On 27 February 2019, Piao joined top tier club Tianjin TEDA for the 2019 Chinese Super League campaign.
[10] He would go on to make his debut in a Chinese FA Cup on 30 April 2019 against Zibo Cuju in a 4-1 victory, where he also scored his first goal for the club.
[11] He would be used as a squad player for several seasons until he joined fellow top tier club Chongqing Liangjiang on 27 April 2022.