Jiangsu's manager Pei Encai decided to give Zhou his debut in the final game of the season against Yantai Yiteng on 15 November 2008 in a 2–0 victory.
[2] Zhou spent the following season on the bench as Pei Encai decided to stick with experienced players to keep Jiangsu in the Super League.
[4] On 28 February 2021, Suning Holdings Group halted their operations in Jiangsu Football Club due to financial predicament.
On 30 March 2021, Zhou announced his retirement at the age of 30, one day after Jiangsu, as defending champions of the competition, was disqualified in entering new season's Chinese Super league.
[5] Zhou was called up to the Chinese national team for the first time when he was included in the squad for a 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match against Iraq that was held on 22 March 2013, however he did not play.