Zhang Mengqi (; born 10 October 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Zibo Cuju.

Club career

Zhang Mengqi joined Genbao Football Academy in 2000 and graduated to

China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football As ...

side

Shanghai East Asia Shanghai Port FC (), previously named Shanghai SIPG, is a professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Pudong, Shanghai, and their home sta ...

's first team at the beginning of the 2006 league season. He moved to Shanghai Shenhua's youth academy in 2007 and returned to Shanghai East Asia in 2008 for the

2008 China League One The 2008 China League One title was won by Jiangsu Sainty. Promotion and Relegation Teams promoted from Yi League 2007 * Shanghai East Asia * Sichuan F.C. * Anhui Jiufang Teams promoted to Super League 2009 * Jiangsu Sainty * Chongqing Lifan ...

season. He scored his first senior goal on 15 November 2008 in a 2–1 away loss against Wuxi Zobon. He scored his second goal on 29 August 2009 in a 6–1 home victory against

Sichuan F.C. Sichuan Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 四川足球俱乐部) was a professional China, Chinese Association football, football club under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. H ...

Zhang transferred to fellow League One side Shanghai Zobon in December 2009. He was linked with Shanghai East Asia and

Chongqing Lifan 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 system ...

at the end of 2010 season. He failed to pass the trial and joined China League Two side

Hubei CTGU Kangtian Hubei (; ; Postal romanization, alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring t ...

in March 2011. Zhang transferred to another League Two club

Hubei China-Kyle Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. () is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Ürümqi, Xinjiang and their home stadium ...

in 2012 and followed the club promote to the second tier in the 2012 season. Zhang transferred to China League Two side

Guizhou Zhicheng Guizhou FC (; ) was a professional Chinese football club. The team was based in Guiyang, Guizhou and their home stadium was the 51,636 seater Guiyang Olympic Sports Center. Their majority shareholders were Hengfeng Real Estate, Guizhou Zhicheng ...

in 2014. He was the key player of Guizhou to win promotion to China League One in 2014 season and promotion to

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...

in 2016 season. He extended his contract with the club on 14 January 2017. On 11 March 2017, Zhang made his Super League debut in a 1–1 home draw against Beijing Guoan.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Mengqi 1989 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Shanghai Association football midfielders Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Shanghai Port F.C. players Pudong Zobon players Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. players Guizhou F.C. players