Cao Sheng
曹盛
Personal information
Full name Cao Sheng
Date of birth (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2017 Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Shandong Youth 6 (1)
2014 → Sintrense (loan) 0 (0)
2015 → Real Massamá (loan) 4 (1)
2015–2016 → União Torreense (loan) 6 (0)
2017–2023 Shandong Luneng 5 (0)
2020 → Zibo Cuju (loan) 12 (1)
2021–2022 → Qingdao Hainiu (loan) 29 (0)
2023 → Taian Tiankuang (loan) 21 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2023

Cao Sheng (Chinese: 曹盛; pinyin: Cáo Shèng; born 26 February 1995) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

Cao Sheng started his professional football career in 2012 when he was sent out to Shandong Youth for the 2012 China League Two.[1] He went to Portugal for further training in January 2014,[2] and played for Sintrense, Real Massamá and União Torreense between 2014 and 2016.

Cao was promoted to Shandong Luneng's first team squad by Felix Magath in June 2017.[3] He made his debut for the club on 21 June 2017, playing the whole match in the 2017 Chinese FA Cup against Tianjin Teda, which Shandong won 1–0.[4] On 9 July 2017, he made his Chinese Super League debut in a 2–0 away win against Tianjin Teda, coming on as a substitute for Jin Jingdao in the 89th minute.[5]

Cao would struggle to gain much more playing time before being dropped to the reserves and then loaned out to third tier club Zibo Cuju on 14 October 2020.[6] He would be loaned out once more to another third tier club in Qingdao Hainiu on 1 July 2021.[7] He would go on to play a vital part as the club won the third tier title and promotion at the end of the 2021 China League Two season.[8] His loan would be extended and he would go on to achieve successive promotions as he helped guide the club to second in the 2022 China League One season and promotion back into the top tier.[9]

Career statistics

As of 31 December 2022.[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shandong Youth 2012 China League Two 6 1 0 0 - - 6 1
Sintrense (loan) 2014–15 Campeonato de Portugal 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Real Massamá (loan) 2014–15 Lisbon FA Pró-National Division 4 1 2[a] 1 - - 6 2
União Torreense (loan) 2015–16 Campeonato de Portugal 6 0 0 0 - - 6 0
Shandong Luneng Taishan 2017 Chinese Super League 5 0 2 0 - - 7 0
2018 Chinese Super League 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
Total 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Zibo Cuju (loan) 2020 China League Two 12 1 - - - 12 1
Qingdao Hainiu (loan) 2021 China League Two 19 0 1 0 - - 20 0
2022 China League One 10 0 2 1 - - 12 1
Total 29 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 32 1
Career total 62 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 70 5
  1. ^ Appearances in Taça da A.F.Lisboa

Honours

Club

Qingdao Hainiu

References

  1. ^ "2012中国足协杯中乙山东青年队完全大名单一览". Sohu (in Chinese). 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  2. ^ "鲁能再送6小将出国锻炼 另一小将刘洋转会武汉". Sohu (in Chinese). 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  3. ^ "驰援足协杯新人预备队出彩 曹盛曾在葡萄牙留洋". Netease (in Chinese). 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  4. ^ "马加特:我们没给对方太多机会 曹盛表现非常出色". Sina (in Chinese). 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  5. ^ "中超-金敬道破僵塔神巧射 鲁能2-0赛季三杀亿利". Sina (in Chinese). 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  6. ^ "2020淄博蹴鞠引援公告，欢迎十骁将加盟！". m.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  7. ^ "德转：山东泰山队球员曹盛租借加盟中乙青岛海牛". sohu.com (in Chinese). 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  8. ^ a b "青岛海牛队拿下2021年中乙联赛冠军！市体育局贺信祝贺青岛海牛队夺冠". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  9. ^ "青岛海牛时隔9年重返中超，这3312天他们经历了什么？". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  10. ^ "曹盛". sodasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2017-07-10.

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