Zheng Zheng

Zheng Zheng
郑铮
Personal information
Full name Zheng Zheng
Date of birth (1989-07-11) 11 July 1989
Place of birth Jinan, Shandong, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left-back
Club information
Current team
Shandong Luneng
Number 5
Youth career
1999–2007 Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Shandong Luneng 182 (7)
National team
2007–2008 China U-20
2009–2010 China U-23
2011– China 17 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2018
Zheng Zheng
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Zheng Zheng (Chinese: 郑铮; pinyin: Zhèng Zhēng; born 11 July 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Zheng Zheng started his football career playing with Shandong Luneng's youth academy and was promoted to the first team during the 2008 season, where despite not making an appearance for the team he would still receive a league title medal from the club.[1] He received his promotion to the senior team in 2010 when he made his debut for the club in a 1-0 loss against Pohang Steelers on 24 March 2010.[2] Despite the defeat, Zheng would go on to become a vital member of the team and would go on to score his first goal for the club on 16 May 2010 in a 1-0 win against Shenzhen Ruby.[3] Zheng would have such a breakthrough season that he would not only win the league title with Shandong, but also personally win the Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year award to cap off an extremely successful season.[4] On 23 June 2016, Zheng suffered a rupture of ligament in his left knee in the training, ruling him out for the rest of the season..[5] He made his return on 2 May 2017 in a 2017 Chinese FA Cup match against Jilin Baijia.[6]

International career

Zheng would play for the Chinese under-20 national team that took part in the 2008 AFC U-19 Championship where he played in all four games for China in a tournament where they were knocked out in the quarterfinals. Zheng would still move up to the Chinese under-23 national team where he played in the 2008 East Asian Games. He played in two games as China were knocked out in the group stage. Zheng would also make the squad that took part in the 2010 Asian Games; however, he was injured throughout the tournament and didn't make any appearances.

Zheng made his first appearance for the Chinese national team on 6 October 2011 in a friendly match against United Arab Emirates. Zheng scored his first two international goals on 15 November 2011 in a 4-0 win against Singapore during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 November 2017.[7]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Total
2008Shandong LunengChinese Super League00---00
200900--0000
2010243--30273
201125010-60310
201225010--260
201328300--283
201425170-60381
201525120-60331
201610010-91201
201719020--210
Total China PR 1818140--3012259

International statistics

National team
YearAppsGoals
201122
201220
201330
201420
201500
201600
201750
201830
Total172

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 15 November 2011 Singapore  Singapore 3–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2 15 November 2011 Singapore  Singapore 4–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Honours

Club

Shandong Luneng

Individual

References

  1. "郑铮". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  2. "AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 MATCH SUMMARY". the-afc.com. 24 Mar 2010. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  3. "郑铮一击致命 鲁能客场1-0深圳登榜首". sports.sohu.com. 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  4. "China 2010". rsssf.com. 21 Jun 2012. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  5. "意外!鲁能赛前训练郑铮受伤离场 或无缘战力帆". sports.sina.com. 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  6. "300余天后郑铮重返职业赛场 重伤之后更加珍惜足球". sports.sina.com. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  7. Zheng, Zheng at national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2017-12-21
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