Club Career
Qu Bo started his football career playing for the Tianjin Locomotive youth team where he was spotted by and then transferred to top tier side Qingdao in 2000 for 4.3 million Yuan. He would quickly establish himself as an exciting young player and go on to play in seventeen league games while scoring eight goals, which would enough to personally win the Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year award at the end of the 2000 league season. Qu Bo would continue to be a vital member of the team and after playing in the 2002 FIFA World Cup where he would draw considerable interest from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur where he had a month-long stint with them before leaving due to a lack of a work permit. On his return to Qingdao, Qu Bo would show his importance to the team by helping the team win the clubs first ever Chinese FA Cup at the end of the 2002 league season.
On February 22, 2010, after spending ten years at Qingdao he transferred to top tier side Shaanxi Chanba for 4.5 million Yuan. He soon made his debut for the club in a league game against Dalian Shide F.C. on March 28, 2010 in a 1-1 draw. After waiting several months he would eventually score his first goal for the club on July 14, 2010 in a league game against Shanghai Shenhua in a 2-1 victory. At the beginning of the 2012 Chinese Super League Qu Bo would be part of the team which decided to move cities when Shaanxi Chanba moved to Guizhou and renamed themselves Guizhou Renhe.
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