Zheng Zheng (; born 11 July 1989) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for

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club

Shandong Taishan Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is th ...

Club career

Zheng Zheng started his football career playing with

Shandong Luneng Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is th ...

'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. 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. 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

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. Zheng would have such a breakthrough season that he would not only win the league title with Shandong, but also personally win the

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Young Player of the Year award to cap off an extremely successful season. On 23 June 2016, Zheng suffered a rupture of ligament in his left knee in the training, ruling him out for the rest of the season.. He made his return on 2 May 2017 in a 2017 Chinese FA Cup match against

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. On 30 October 2022, Zheng made his 275 league appearance for Shandong in a 3-1 home win against Shanghai Port, becoming record league appearance maker for the club, surpassing former captain Shu Chang.

International career

Zheng would play for the Chinese under-20 national team that took part in the

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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

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. Zheng scored his first two international goals on 15 November 2011 in a 4–0 win against

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during

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Career statistics

Club

''Statistics accurate as of match played 9 January 2022.''

International statistics

International goals

Honours

Club

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, 2010,

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: 2015

Individual

Young Player of the Year: 2010 *

Team of the Year:

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References

External links

Player stats
at Sohu.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zheng, Zheng 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Jinan Chinese footballers Footballers from Shandong Shandong Taishan F.C. players Chinese Super League players China international footballers Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Association football defenders Asian Games competitors for China