Ming Tian
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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) | |||||||||||||||||
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.
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]