Ma Zhen (; born 1 June 1998) is a Chinese professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who currently plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in ...

Club career

Ma Zhen would be promoted to the senior team of top tier club Tianjin Tianhai in the

2019 Chinese Super League The 2019 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 16th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. The season began on 1 March and ended on 1 December. Shanghai SI ...

season to act as cover for first choice goalkeeper Zhang Lu. He would make his debut in a league game on 12 May 2019 against Guangzhou R&F F.C. where the Head coach

Shen Xiangfu Shen Xiangfu (; ; born May 27, 1957 in Beijing) is a Chinese football coach who is the joint manager of The Regional Preferente de la Comunitat Valenciana side Atlético Museros as well as also being a former international football player. As ...

brought him on to replace outfield player

Wu Wei ''Wu wei'' () is an ancient Chinese concept literally meaning "inexertion", "inaction", or "effortless action". ''Wu wei'' emerged in the Spring and Autumn period, and from Confucianism, to become an important concept in Chinese statecraft and Ta ...

and played him as an attacker for the final few minutes of the game that ended in a 2-1 defeat. The following season Ma Zhen would join another top tier club in

for the start of the

2020 Chinese Super League The 2020 Chinese Super League, officially known as the 2020 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An ...

campaign. He would make his debut as a goalkeeper for the club on 27 October 2020 in a league game against

Chongqing Dangdai Lifan F.C. Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic () is a defunct Chinese football club. The team was based in Chongqing. The club was founded in 1995 as Wuhan Qianwei before making their debut in the newly developed fully professional Chinese football league syst ...

that ended in a 3-1 victory.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ma, Zhen 1998 births Living people Chinese footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Chinese Super League players Tianjin Tianhai F.C. players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players