Zheng Long
郑龙
Personal information
Full name Zheng Long
Date of birth (1988-04-15) 15 April 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Qingdao, Shandong, China
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Qingdao Hainiu
Number 27
Youth career
2001–2005 Qingdao Jonoon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2013 Qingdao Jonoon 174 (26)
2013 → Guangzhou Evergrande (loan) 7 (2)
2014–2019 Guangzhou Evergrande 76 (14)
2019 → Dalian Professional (loan) 16 (1)
2019–2021 Dalian Professional 27 (2)
2022- Qingdao Hainiu 35 (3)
International career‡
2009–2015 China 10 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 October 2019

Zheng Long (Chinese: 郑龙; pinyin: Zhèng Lóng; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂə̂ŋ lʊ̌ŋ]; born 15 April 1988) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Chinese Super League club Qingdao Hainiu.

Club career

Zheng Long started his football career after he graduated from top tier Qingdao Jonoon's youth academy in 2006. Throughout the 2007 season, he would start to gain significant playing time and go on to score his first goal of his career, which was a free kick in a league game on 7 April 2007 against Changchun Yatai in a 2-1 defeat.[1] He would go on to start to establish himself as a regular for the team, however it was during the 2008 season that saw Zheng established himself as the clubs prominent left-sided player and an expert free kick specialist with five goals in 27 appearances.[2]

On 19 July 2013, Zheng was loaned to fellow Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande until 31 December 2013.[3] He made his debut for the club in a league game on 31 July 2013 in a 3–0 win against Beijing Guoan.[4] Zheng would go on to win his first league title with Guangzhou and permanently transferred to them before the start of the 2014 season after Qingdao was relegated from the top tier in the 2013 Chinese Super League season.[5] He would not play any matches during the 2014 season due to a serious fractured toe, however the following season on his return he would become a vital member of the team that that win the league title and 2015 AFC Champions League.[6]

On 26 February 2019, Zheng was loaned to fellow top tier side Dalian Professional for the 2019 season.[7] On 31 July 2019, Zheng permanently transferred to the club. After three seasons with Dalian, Zheng returned to Qingdao, with the renamed Qingdao Hainiu on 29 April 2022.[8] He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 30 June 2022 against Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic in a 2-1 victory, where he also scored.[9] He would go on to establish himself as regular within the team that gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One campaign.[10]

International career

Zheng made his debut for the Chinese national team on 18 July 2009 in a 3–1 win against Palestine.[11] He scored his first goal for the national team on 8 November 2009 in a 2–2 draw against Kuwait.[12]

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 7 November 2023.[13][14]
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
Qingdao Jonoon 2006 Chinese Super League 4 0 0 0 - - 4 0
2007 20 1 - - - 20 1
2008 27 5 - - - 27 5
2009 30 5 - - - 30 5
2010 24 3 - - - 24 3
2011 29 5 0 0 - - 29 5
2012 24 4 0 0 - - 24 4
2013 16 3 0 0 - - 16 3
Total 174 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 174 26
Guangzhou Evergrande (loan) 2013 Chinese Super League 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 2
Guangzhou Evergrande 2014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015 27 7 0 0 10 0 3[a] 1 40 8
2016 19 4 6 0 4 0 1[b] 0 30 4
2017 18 0 2 1 6 0 1[b] 0 27 1
2018 12 3 1 0 5 1 0 0 18 4
Total 83 16 10 1 26 1 5 1 124 19
Dalian Professional 2019 Chinese Super League 19 2 3 1 - - 22 3
2020 9 0 1 0 - - 10 0
2021 15 1 3 0 - 0[c] 0 18 1
Total 43 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 50 4
Qingdao Hainiu 2022 China League One 22 3 0 0 - - 22 3
2023 Chinese Super League 13 0 4 2 - - 17 2
Total 35 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 39 5
Career total 335 48 21 4 26 1 5 1 387 54
  1. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs

International statistics

National team
Year Apps Goals
2009 4 1
2010 0 0
2011 0 0
2012 0 0
2013 3 3
2014 0 0
2015 3 0
Total 10 4

International goals

Scores and results list China's goal tally first.[15]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 November 2009 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait  Kuwait 1–1 2–2 Friendly
2. 6 September 2013 Olympic Stadium, Tianjin, China  Singapore 5–1 6–1 Friendly international
3. 6–1
4. 10 September 2013 Olympic Stadium, Tianjin, China  Malaysia 1–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

Club

Guangzhou Evergrande

References

  1. ^ "青岛中能VS长春亚泰 郑龙奔跑释放激情". Sina. 7 April 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Zhèng, Lóng". nationalfootballteams.com. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. ^ "传郑龙赴恒大获高层领导授意 收购报价仅500万". sohu. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ^ "GUANGZHOU FC VS. BEIJING GUOAN 3 - 0". soccerway.com. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  5. ^ "China 2013". RSSSF. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  6. ^ "AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015". the-afc.com. 21 November 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ^ "一方官宣郑龙租借加盟 已为国家队出场11次进4球". sohu. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  8. ^ "青岛海牛官方：郑龙、刘军帅等人加盟球队，奥努埃布穿10号". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 3 May 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  9. ^ "SHAANXI CHANG'AN VS. QINGDAO MANATEE 1 - 2". Soccerway.com. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  10. ^ "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). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  11. ^ "国足3-1巴勒斯坦 曲波郜林进球杨智红牌". sports.sohu.com. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  12. ^ "国足2-2惜平科威特 郑龙韩鹏5分钟内连入两球". sports.qq.com. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  13. ^ "郑龙". sodasoccer (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 April 2018. Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "ZHENG LONG". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Zheng, Long". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  16. ^ 足协杯-黄博文世界波救主 恒大总分3-3苏宁夺冠 (in Chinese). Sports.sina.com.cn. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

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Qingdao Hainiu F.C. – current squad
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