Zhang Zhiqiang (, born 15 December 1978 in

Zibo Zibo (, ) is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, China. It borders the provincial capital Jinan to the west, Tai'an to the southwest, Linyi to the south, Weifang to the east, Dongying to the northeast, and Binzhou to the nor ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

) is a Chinese

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who plays at the fly-half position. Zhiqiang is considered the greatest Chinese Rugby player of all-time. He plays for the

China Agricultural University China Agricultural University (CAU, ; abbreviated as 农大) is a public research university in Beijing, People's Republic of China specializing in agriculture, biology, engineering, veterinary medicine, economics, management, humanities and soc ...

(CAU) club in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, and prior to this, he had a stint with the

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...

during the 2003-04 Premiership season. He plays with the China national team as well as with the China sevens national team.

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Zhiqiang blog

Zhang Zhiqiang's Sina Weibo
1974 births Living people Chinese rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Sportspeople from Zibo Chinese expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Australia Expatriate rugby union players in England Chinese expatriate sportspeople in England Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Australia Asian Games medalists in rugby union Rugby union players at the 2002 Asian Games Rugby union players at the 2006 Asian Games Rugby union players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China Leicester Tigers players {{rugbyunion-bio-stub