Sun Zheng'ao (

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: 孙正傲;

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: ''Sūn Zhèng'ào; ''born 8 March 1994 in

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Zhejiang Pro.

Club career

Sun joined

Hangzhou Greentown Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (C ...

youth team system from Qingdao Hainiu Football School when he was a teenager. He started his professional football career in 2011 when he was sent to

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club Wenzhou Provenza (

youth team) for one year. He played 10 times in the 2011 league season. Sun was promoted to Hangzhou Greentown's first team squad by

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in 2012. On 26 June 2012, he made his debut in the third round of

2012 Chinese FA Cup The TOSHIBA 2012 Chinese FA Cup ( Chinese: 东芝2012中国足球协会杯) was the 14th edition of the Chinese FA Cup. The first round matches began on 26 May 2012, and the finals took place on 10 November and 18 November 2012. The cup title spo ...

which Hangzhou beat Shanghai Dongya 3–0. In 2012 season, he mainly played in the reserve league and made just two appearances in the FA Cup. In July 2014, Sun moved to

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side

Beijing BIT Beijing Institute of Technology Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 北京理工大学足球俱乐部) or simply BIT is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chine ...

on a six-month loan deal. In February 2015, Sun was loaned to League One side

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for one season. He made his Super League debut on 13 August 2016 in a 3–0 home victory against

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. Unfortunately he would be part of the squad that was relegated at the end of the season. He would remain with the club and go on to establish himself as a regular member within the team as they renamed themselves Zhejiang Professional. He would then play a vital part as the club gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 campaign.

International career

Sun played for Chinese under-17 national team in the

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. He played two matches in the group stage and was sent off in the second match against

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. In October 2011, he was called up into China U-20 squad for

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. Although China U-20 qualified into the

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, he was sent off in the last match against

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with a flagrant foul, which team manager

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considered it as a disgraceful action and said he would never call up Sun for the U-20s squad in the future. However, Riekerink took back his words and Sun received another called up for the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship. He played two matches in the championship as China were eliminated in the group stage after losing all three matches.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 12 December 2022.''孙正傲
at sodasoccer.com 2019-10-31 Retrieved 2019-10-31

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Zheng'ao 1994 births Living people Footballers from Qingdao Chinese footballers Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Shenzhen F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Association football defenders