Chen Dong (footballer)

Chen Dong
陈东
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-05-03) 3 May 1978
Place of birth Jilin, China
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3.2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2009 Dalian Shide 113 (0)
2003 →Sichuan Guancheng(load) 14 (0)
2004 →Dalian Changbo(load) 30 (0)
National team‡
2003–2008 China 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 April 2009
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 April 2009

Chen Dong (Chinese: 陈东; born 3 May 1978 in Jilin) is a Chinese football player.

Club career

Chen Dong started his professional career in 1998 playing for the Dalian Wanda where for several seasons with the club he played unstudy to Han Wenhai until Han left before the beginning of the 2001 league season. Finally established as the team's first choice goalkeeper he would continue Dalian's dominance within China and win the 2001 league title.[1] His reign was short lived and the emergence of An Qi saw Chen drop back down as to second choice the following season, unable to re-establish himself as the regular first choice goalkeeper. Despite winning several further league titles Chen received very little playing time and in the 2003 league season he would go on loan to Sichuan Guancheng and then Dalian Changbo in the 2004 season where he would gain much more playing time and establish himself as the first choice goalkeeper at both of these clubs.[2] In the 2005 season he would return to Dalian, which had changed its name to Dalian Shide to become their first choice goalkeeper once more and go on to win another league title with them.[3] He remained a consistent performer for Dalian until the 2008 league season when he was criticised for his poor performances with several other players and was dropped for Sun Shoubo, the club kept on to him until the end of the 2009 league season when his contract expired and he was released.[4]

International career

Chen Dong would make his senior international debut in a friendly on February 16, 2003 against Estonia in a 1-0 victory.[5] In total he made three appearances for China, the last was against Thailand in a friendly on the 15 March 2008 coming on as a substitute for Zong Lei, which ended 3-3.[6]

Honours

Dalian Wanda

References

  1. ↑ "China 2001". rsssf.com. 19 Jun 2003. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Chén, Dòng". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  3. ↑ "China 2005". rsssf.com. 26 Oct 2006. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  4. ↑ "大连实德挂牌9队员出售 胡兆军陈东等主力遭弃". sports.sohu.com. 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  5. ↑ "中国 1-0 爱沙尼亚". teamchina.freehostia.com. 2003-02-16. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  6. ↑ "Friendlies 2008: China, PR Thailand". football-lineups.com. 2008-03-15. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
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