Gu Bin (Chinese: 顾斌; born 10 November 1991 in Shanghai) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang Pro as a left winger. Early life Gu Bin was born on November 10, 1991 into a poor family in Shanghai. When he was 2 years old, his parents divorced and his mother left the family. His father would die of lung cancer when he was 14, and he would be subsequently taken care of by his uncle and aunt. He received his preliminary education in the Fourth Preliminary School of Pingliang Road, a school famous for national footballers, but his family was too poor to afford a pair of football boots, let alone the costs of professional training after the preliminary school. His uncle tried to seek help from the Genbao Football Base, but before he could introduce Gu Bin, the academy refused him by claiming that all the youths in his age group in Shanghai had already been selected. Fortunately for Gu in 2008, Shanghai Shenhua took exception to him and offered him a professional contract. Club career At Shanghai Shenhua, Gu's skills and hard-work would impress the coaching staff, while his teammates nicknamed him as "Junior Hidetoshi Nakata". Su Maozhen, the coach and former Chinese international footballer would view Gu Bin as a talented and promising young player who is fast, agile in dribbling and gifted with a left foot that can always break through opponent's defences. With these praises from the coaching staff it would see Gu Bin promoted to the senior team in the 2009 league season. This was followed by selection to the Chinese U19 national team before being sent to Atletico de Madrid to train with the reserve team and study Spanish football in 2010. In July 2011, Gu was loaned to A Lyga side FK Sūduva until 31 December. On 14 July 2011, Gu made his debut for FK Sūduva in the last group match of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League against IF Elfsborg. This would be followed by his league debut on 24 July 2011 against FK Šiauliai in a 1-0 defeat. After his loan move Gu would return to Shenhua and the interim Head coach Florent Ibengé would hand him his debut on 28 April 2012 in a league game against Shandong Luneng, which ended in a 0-0 draw. In 2013, Gu would move to China