Zhang Cheng (footballer)
Chinese footballer
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Zhang Cheng (simplified Chinese: 张诚; traditional Chinese: 張誠; pinyin: Zhāng Chéng; born 28 June 1989) is a Chinese professional footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zhang Cheng | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Tianjin, China | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hedong Sports School | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2019 | Tianjin Quanjian | 245 | (7) |
| 2020 | Jiangsu Suning | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | Suzhou Dongwu | 25 | (3) |
| 2022 | Tianjin Fusheng | ||
| 2023 | Xi'an Chongde Ronghai | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 April 2022 | |||
Club career
Zhang Cheng joined China League Two side Tianjin Songjiang in 2008 after failing his trial at Tianjin TEDA and Tianjin Huochetou.[1] He kept his start position in the 2016 season when Quanjian Nature Medicine took over the club. He made 27 league appearances and scored two goals as Tianjin Quanjian won the title and promoted to the Chinese Super League. He made his Super League debut on 4 March 2017 in a 2–0 away loss against Guangzhou R&F.[2]
At thee beginning of the 2020 Chinese Super League, Zhang was allowed to join Jiangsu Suning and would go on to make his debut in a league game against Henan Jianye on 26 July 2020 in a 4-3 victory.[3] In his debut season he would be a squad player as the team would win the title for the first time within their history.[4]
Career statistics
- As of 31 December 2020.[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tianjin Quanjian | 2008 | China League Two | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 14 | 0 | - | - | - | 14 | 0 | |||||
| 2010 | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | 17 | 1 | |||||
| 2011 | China League One | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2012 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 2 | ||||
| 2013 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 2 | ||||
| 2015 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | Chinese Super League | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | - | 38 | 2 | |||
| 2019 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 245 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 9 | ||
| Jiangsu Suning | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 252 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 278 | 11 | ||