Club Career
Yu Tao began his football career playing for Shanghai Cable 02 before the club was taken over by Shanghai Shenhua and he was promoted to their senior side at the beginning of the 2002 league season, where he made twenty four league games and would score four goals. By the following season, he would become an integral member of the Shenhua team due to his ability to play in numerous positions in the midfield and would help them to win the league title. Despite several changes in management and the influx of players from the Shanghai United F.C. merger, Yu Tao has been a constant regular for Shanghai Shenhua throughout his career. By the 2010 league season his loyalty towards Shanghai would be rewarded when he was named the clubs captain and on May 8, 2010 in a league game against Liaoning Whowin, he would become the club's most capped player when he made his one hundred and eighty sixth league appearance for the club. This was soon followed by him also reaching 200 league appearances for the club on August 29, 2010 in a league game against Dalian Shide, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
On 20 December 2012, Yu moved to Shanghai Shenxin on a free transfer, he signed a three-year-deal with Shenxin.
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