Zheng Zheng

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zheng.
Zheng Zheng
郑铮
Personal information
Full name Zheng Zheng
Date of birth (1989-07-11) 11 July 1989
Place of birth Jinan, Shandong, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Shandong Luneng
Number 16
Youth career
1999–2007 Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Shandong Luneng 163 (7)
National team‡
2007–2008 China U-20
2009–2010 China U-23
2011– China 9 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 September 2015

Zheng Zheng (simplified Chinese: 郑铮; traditional Chinese: 鄭錚; pinyin: Zhèng Zhēng; born 11 July 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Zheng Zheng started his football career playing with Shandong Luneng's youth academy and was promoted to the first team during the 2008 season, where despite not making an appearance for the team he would still receive a league title medal from the club.[1] He received his promotion to the senior team in 2010 when he made his debut for the club in a 1-0 loss against Pohang Steelers on 24 March 2010.[2] Despite the defeat, Zheng would go on to become a vital member of the team and would go on to score his first goal for the club on 16 May 2010 in a 1-0 win against Shenzhen Ruby.[3] Zheng would have such a breakthrough season that he would not only win the league title with Shandong, but also personally win the Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year award to cap off an extremely successful season.[4]

International career

Zheng would play for the Chinese under-20 national team that took part in the 2008 AFC U-19 Championship where he played in all four games for China in a tournament where they were knocked out in the quarterfinals. Zheng would still move up to the Chinese under-23 national team where he played in the 2008 East Asian Games. He played in two games as China were knocked out in the group stage. Zheng would also make the squad that took part in the 2010 Asian Games; however, he was injured throughout the tournament and didn't make any appearances.

Zheng made his first appearance for the Chinese national team on 6 October 2011 in a friendly match against United Arab Emirates. Zheng scored his first two international goals on 15 November 2011 in a 4-0 win against Singapore during 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 November 2011 Singapore Singapore  Singapore 3–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2 15 November 2011 Singapore Singapore  Singapore 4–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Honours

Club

Shandong Luneng

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "郑铮". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  2. ↑ "AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010 MATCH SUMMARY". the-afc.com. 24 Mar 2010. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  3. ↑ "郑铮一击致命 鲁能客场1-0深圳登榜首 组图　评". sports.sohu.com. 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  4. ↑ "China 2010". rsssf.com. 21 Jun 2012. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
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