[1] During his time with Guangzhou he has seen them fight for promotion, eventually achieving this the 2007 season where they won the second tier league title.
Since Guangzhou were promoted to the Chinese Super League Xu De'en has often found himself playing predominantly as a substitute.
[1] Xu move to China League One side Hunan Billows on a free transfer in February 2011.
He was released from the team at the end of 2011 season due to severe injury.
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