Long Cheng (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 March 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Yueyang, Hunan, China | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Zhejiang FC | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Qingdao Inter Campus | |||
| Luneng Taishan Football School | |||
| 2008–2013 | Wuhan Zall | ||
| 2011–2012 | → Liverpool (loan) | ||
| 2013 | → Paços de Ferreira (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Henan Jianye | 66 | (0) |
| 2019 | Jiangsu Suning | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Zhejiang FC | 13 | (0) |
| 2021 | Sichuan Jiuniu (Loan) | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | China U-19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | China U-23 | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 August 2018 | |||
Long Cheng (Chinese: 龙成; born 22 March 1995 in Yueyang) is a Chinese professional football player who currently plays as a defender for Zhejiang FC.
In 2014, Long Cheng started his professional footballer career with Wuhan Zall in the China League One.[1] On 10 July 2015, Long transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[2] On 11 July 2015, Long made his debut for Henan in the 2015 Chinese Super League against Chongqing Lifan, coming on as a substitute for Yin Hongbo in the 90th minute.[3] He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the squad until the emergence of Han Xuan and Chen Hao saw him allowed to leave the club for Jiangsu Suning on 27 July 2019.[4]
On 27 February 2020, Long transferred to second tier football club Zhejiang Greentown.[5] He would go on to make his debut for the club on 12 September 2020 in a league game against Guizhou Hengfeng that ended in a 1-1 draw.[6] After only one season he would loaned out to another second tier club in Sichuan Jiuniu on 31 July 2021.[7] On his return to Zhejiang he would be moved to the reserve squad.
