Ming Tian
Chinese association football player
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Ming Tian (Chinese: 明天; pinyin: Míng Tiān; born 8 April 1995) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a right-back for Wuhan Three Towns and the China national team.
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Ming Tian in July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 April 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Wuhan Three Towns | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2022 | Wuhan Yangtze River | 149 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 41 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Shanghai Port | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Wuhan Three Towns | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | China U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | China | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:41, 11 June 2021 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Ming Tian would play for the Wuhan Zall youth team before being sent to France to study with the FC Sochaux-Montbéliard football team for three months.[1] On his return he would be promoted to the senior team and go on to establish himself as regular within the club.[2] He would go on to be an integral member of the team that gained promotion to the top tier for the club by winning the 2018 China League One division.[3] He would make his top tier debut on 1 March 2019 against Beijing Guoan in a league game that ended in a 1–0 defeat.[4] This would be followed by his first goal for the club on 1 June 2019 in a league game against Shenzhen FC that ended in 2–0 victory.[5]
At the end of the 2022 Chinese Super League season, Wuhan were relegated.[6] On 25 January 2023, the club announced that it had dissolved due to financial difficulties.[7] On 7 April 2023, Ming was free to transfer to fellow top tier club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.[8]
On 27 January 2025, Ming signed Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port. [9]
After the 2025 season, Ming returned to Wuhan and joined former Chinese Super League champion Wuhan Three Towns on 19 February 2026.[10]
International career
On 10 December 2019, Ming would make his senior international debut against Japan in a 2–1 defeat in the EAFF E-1 Football Championship.[11]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 31 December 2022.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wuhan Zall/ Wuhan FC/ Wuhan Yangtze River |
2014 | China League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | Chinese Super League | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 2 | |||
| 2020 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 149 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 3 | ||
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 149 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 3 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs
International
- As of matches played 11 June 2021.[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| China | 2019 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
Honours
Club
Wuhan Zall
Shanghai Port