[1] He would go on to be promoted to the Jiangsu senior in the 2020 league season before being loaned out to the Chinese U19 team, who were allowed to participate within the third tier of the Chinese football league pyramid.

After his loan period ended and he would return to Jiangsu he would discover that on 28 February 2021, the parent company of the club Suning Holdings Group announced that operations were going to cease immediately due to financial difficulties.

[2] Zhang would be free to join second tier club Nanjing City in the 2021 league season and would go on to make his debut in a league game on 30 April 2021 against Chengdu Rongcheng in a 2-0 defeat.

[4] He would go on to make his debut in a Chinese FA Cup game on 18 November 2022 against Dalian Professional in a 1-0 victory.

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