Cheng Jin
Chinese footballer (born 1995)
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Cheng Jin (simplified Chinese: 程进; traditional Chinese: 程進; pinyin: Chéng Jìn; born 18 January 1995) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang FC and the China national team.
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Cheng in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 18 February 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Xinxiang, Henan, China | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zhejiang FC | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2015 | Hangzhou Greentown | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015– | Zhejiang FC | 212 | (18) |
| 2015–2016 | → Wuhan Zall (loan) | 27 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| –2014 | China U19 | ||
| 2024– | China | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12:06, 10 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Cheng Jin was born in Xinxiang in Henan where he played for his local primary school before moving to Zhejiang to continue his football development and work his way through the Zhejiang Professional youth team.[1] He was promoted to the senior team and go on to make his senior debut on 8 July 2015 in a Chinese FA Cup game against Henan Jianye in a 3–1 defeat.[2] Soon after the game on 16 July 2015, Cheng was loaned out to second tier club Wuhan Zall for six months.[3]
At Wuhan he made his debut on 25 July 2015 in a league game against Beijing Enterprises Group where he also scored his first professional goal in a 1–0 victory.[4] After gaining significant playing time at Wuhan he joined the club again the following season before returning to Zhejiang. At Zhejiang he made his league debut on 12 March 2017 against Neo Mongol Zhongyou in a 3–2 victory where he also scored his first goal for the club.[5] He went on to establish himself as a vital member of the team as they gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 China League One season through a play-off victory against Qingdao.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 25 May 2024[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zhejiang FC | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | China League One | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 2 | |||
| 2018 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 2 | ||||
| 2019 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 4 | ||||
| 2020 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 35 | 3 | |||
| 2022 | Chinese Super League | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | |||
| 2024 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 183 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 198 | 17 | ||
| Wuhan Zall (loan) | 2015 | China League One | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2016 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 210 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 225 | 20 | ||
- Appearances in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
