Tan Kaiyuan

Tan Kaiyuan (; born 19 August 2001) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Shaanxi Union.

Early life As a child, Tan took an interest in kung fu, before enrolling in a football class in order to keep fit. He started playing as a goalkeeper, but instead of catching the ball like most goalkeepers, he would opt to header it instead.

Club career After noticing his son's footballing ability, Tan's father signed him up to Shandong Luneng Taishan's Luneng Football School. During his time in the Evergrande Football School, he was sent to Spain on a three-year study programme in 2014.

His return to the first team for the 2021 Chinese Super League season was very successful, and despite only featuring in 179 minutes of football spread over ten games, he managed to score three goals. The trial was successful, and Tan was even included in the squad photo for the season, however Guangzhou reportedly requested ¥300,000 (€43,000) for youth training compensation, which Vojvodina were unwilling to pay. He returned to China, and was welcomed back by his former club, going on to feature at the end of the 2022 Chinese Super League season.

On 3 February 2023, Tan moved to Spain to join RCD Espanyol, being assigned to their 'B' team. The club had reportedly been scouting him since 2019, and he began officially training with the reserves later the same month. On 1 April 2023, in a 3–1 Segunda Federación win over Ebro, Tan came off the bench late into the game and provided an assist for Kenneth Soler's goal - his first assist for the club.

On 19 February 2025, Tan joined newly promoted China League One club Shaanxi Union.

International career Tan has represented China at under-19 level.