Zeng Cheng

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Zeng Cheng
曾诚
Personal information
Full name Zeng Cheng
Date of birth (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Guangzhou Evergrande
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Wuhan Guanggu 21 (0)
2005 → Persebaya (loan) 32 (0)
2009–2012 Henan Jianye 100 (0)
2013– Guangzhou Evergrande 78 (0)
International career‡
2009– China 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 October 2015

Zeng Cheng (simplified Chinese: 曾诚; traditional Chinese: 曾誠; pinyin: Zēng Chéng; born 8 January 1987) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Zeng Cheng started his football career at top tier side Wuhan Guanggu; however, he was soon loaned out to Indonesia Super League side Persebaya for more playing time at the beginning of the 2005 season. On his return to Wuhan, he would be allowed to make his league debut at the end of the league season on 5 November 2005 in a 1-1 draw against Shanghai Shenhua.[1] For several seasons, Zeng would play understudy to Deng Xiaofei until Wuhan quit the league and were subsequently relegated in the 2008 season after the club's management did not accept the punishment given to them by the Chinese Football Association after a scuffle broke out during a league game against Beijing Guoan on 27 September 2008.[2]

At the beginning of the 2009 season, Zeng transferred to another top tier side Henan Jianye where he established himself as the first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Zhou Yajun.[3] The move turned out to be a big success and the club would finish in it highest ever position of third place in the league and qualify for the AFC Champions League for the first time in the club's history.[4]

On 1 January 2013, along with Zhao Peng and Yi Teng, Zeng successfully transferred to two-time, back-to-back Chinese Super League champions Guangzhou Evergrande on a free transfer.[5] During the 2013 season, Zeng established himself as Guangzhou's first-choice goalkeeper due to impressive displays which impressed manager Marcello Lippi. At the end of the season, Lippi credited Zeng as "one of Guangzhou's best buys." Zeng finished the 2013 season only conceding 16 goals and kept 13 clean sheets in 27 matches in the league. He was an important cog in what was considered absolute dominance by Guangzhou during the group and knockout stages of the AFC Champions League that season. On 9 November 2013, Zeng won the continental title with the club, winning the finals against FC Seoul in a two-legged tie which ended with them winning on away goals.

International career

Due to his impressive performances at the beginning of the 2009 season, Zeng was called up to the Chinese national team by then manager Gao Hongbo. He made his debut against Iran in a friendly which China won 1-0 on 1 June 2009.[6] After that game, he would become the national team's second choice goalkeeper behind Yang Zhi and be included in the squad that won the 2010 East Asian Football Championship before being included in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup squad. On 3 June 2012, Zeng was the goalkeeper between the posts against the world and European champions Spain. Even though they lost 1-0, he still made exceptional saves to prevent an even worse defeat. On 11 June 2013, Zeng played against the Netherlands and only conceded two goals, one from a penalty, which saw him perform many important saves.

Career statistics

As of 21 November 2015
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Others Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Others Total
2005 Wuhan Guanggu Chinese Super League 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - 1 0
Indonesia League Piala Indonesia League Cup Asia Others Total
2005 Persebaya Indonesia Super League 32 0 0 0 - 3 0 - 35 0
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Others1 Total
2006 Wuhan Guanggu Chinese Super League 12 0 0 0 - - - 12 0
2007 7 0 - - - - 7 0
2008 1 0 - - - - 1 0
2009 Henan Jianye 24 0 - - - - 24 0
2010 23 0 - - 6 0 - 29 0
2011 26 0 0 0 - - - 26 0
2012 27 0 0 0 - - - 27 0
2013 Guangzhou Evergrande 27 0 4 0 - 14 0 3 0 48 0
2014 26 0 0 0 - 10 0 0 0 36 0
2015 25 0 0 0 - 11 0 1 0 37 0
Total China PR 199 0 4 0 0 0 41 0 4 0 248 0
Indonesia 32 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 35 0
Career total 231 0 4 0 0 0 44 0 4 0 283 0

1Other tournaments include Chinese FA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

Honours

Club

Wuhan Guanggu

Guangzhou Evergrande

International

China PR national football team

Individual

References

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