Cong Zhen
Chinese footballer
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Cong Zhen (simplified Chinese: 丛震; traditional Chinese: 叢震; pinyin: Cóng Zhèn; born 9 February 1997) is a Chinese footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cong Zhen | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Dalian, Liaoning, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dalian Shide | |||
| 2016 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Dalian Transcendence | 9 | (1) |
| 2017–2022 | Shanghai Shenhua | 40 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Wuhan Zall (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Tianjin Jinmen Tiger (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | Dalian Zhixing | 12 | (2) |
| 2024 | Dalian Kun City | 13 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | China U-20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2018 | China U-23 | 12 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2018 | |||
Club career
Cong Zhen started his professional football career in 2014 when he joined China League Two side Dalian Transcendence. On 25 April 2015, he scored his first senior goal by shooting the winner in the injury time against Yinchuan Helanshan, which gave Transcendence a 4–3 away win.[1] He transferred to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua's youth academy on 25 February 2016.[2] Cong was promoted to Shanghai Shenhua's first team squad in 2017.[3] On 13 May 2017, he made his first-tier debut in a 0–0 away draw against Henan Jianye as the benefactor of the league's new rule that at least one Under-23 player must be in the starting line-up and was substituted off for Tao Jin in the 37th minute.[4]
On 17 July 2020, Cong was loaned out to fellow top tier club Wuhan Zall for the 2020 Chinese Super League campaign.[5] The following season he would be loaned out again to another top tier club in Tianjin Jinmen Tiger for the 2021 Chinese Super League campaign.[6] On his return to his parent club he would only make a single appearance before his contract expired on 1 February 2023.[7] On 3 April 2023 Cong would join third tier club Dalian Zhixing on a free transfer.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 31 January 2023.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dalian Transcendence | 2014 | China League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2017 | Chinese Super League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| Wuhan Zall (loan) | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 2[b] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger (loan) | 2021 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 64 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 2 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Chinese FA Super Cup
- Appearance(s) in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs