Zhao Ming (footballer, born 1987)

Zhao Ming (simplified Chinese: 赵铭; traditional Chinese: 趙銘; pinyin: Zhào Míng; born 3 October 1987 in Zhaozhou) is a Chinese football player.

Zhao Ming
赵铭
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-10-03) October 3, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Zhaozhou, Heilongjiang, China
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Yanbian FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Yanbian FC 30 (1)
2007–2014 Guangzhou R&F 38 (0)
2015–2016 Yanbian FC 21 (0)
2017–2018 R&F Hong Kong 6 (0)
2021 Xi'an Wolves
International career
2005–2006 China U-20
2007–2008 China U-23
Managerial career
2022- Guangxi Pingguo Haliao (Assistant Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2018

Club career

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Zhao was born in Zhaozhou County, Heilongjiang and moved to Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture's capital city Yanji with his family when he was still a boy. He began to play organized football in 1998 and was promoted to Yanbian FC first team squad in 2003. He was one of the few Han Chinese in the club and promoted to China League One with the club in the 2004 league season.

In December 2006, Zhao transferred to Chinese Super League side Shenyang Ginde with a fee of ¥3 million.[1] Then he followed the club to move to Changsha in early 2007. On 4 March 2007, he made his Super League debut in the first round of the 2007 league season which Changsha Ginde lost to Dalian Shide 1–0.[2] He remained as club's regular starter after this match and eventually made 13 league appearances in the first half of the year. However, on 1 July, he suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee when he played with China U-23 against Cameroon U-23 in South Africa, ruling him out for the rest of the season.[3] He returned to the field in December and still acted as the regular starter in the 2008 league season. In July 2008, he suffered a recurrence of the knee injury in the U-23s' training, meaning he would be dropped from the team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[4]

Zhao was excluded from the first team squad in the 2010 league season as Changsha Ginde finished bottom and were relegated to China League One. In February 2011, the club moved to Shenzhen as the club's name changed to Shenzhen Phoenix. The club offered a new contract to Zhao whom was still recovering from injury. On 5 May 2011, after three years out, Zhao started and played the full ninety minutes against Shenyang Dongjin in the first round of the 2011 Chinese FA Cup.[5] The club were then bought by Chinese property developers Guangzhou R&F and moved to Guangzhou in June and won promotion back to the Super League at the first attempt. Zhao made 6 league appearances in the 2011 season. Zhao played as a bench player after Guangzhou R&F returned to the Super League.

Zhao returned to Yanbian FC in February 2015.[6] He played 21 matches in the 2015 season as Yanbian won the champions of the league and promoted to the first tier. Zhao terminated his contract with Yanbian in September 2016 after his daughter was born.[7]

In late June 2017, Zhao was transferred to R&F's Hong Kong based satellite club.[8]

International career

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Zhao was called up for China U-20 in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship held by Netherlands and acted as starter in center back position with Feng Xiaoting. He was expected to play for Chinese Olympic team in the 2008 Summer Olympics; however, he was dropped from the team due to knee injury.

Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of match played 13 May 2018 [9]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Total
2003 Yanbian FC China League Two - - -
2004 - - -
2005 China League One 14 0 1 0 - - 15 0
2006 16 1 0 0 - - 16 1
2007 Guangzhou R&F Chinese Super League 13 0 - - - 13 0
2008 8 0 - - - 8 0
2009 0 0 - - - 0 0
2011 China League One 6 0 2 0 - - 8 0
2012 Chinese Super League 10 0 2 0 - - 12 0
2013 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2014 1 0 1 0 - - 2 0
2015 Yanbian FC China League One 21 0 1 0 - - 22 0
2016 Chinese Super League 0 0 - - - 0 0
Hong Kong League HKFA Cup League Cups1 Asia Total
2017-18 R&F FC Hong Kong Premier League 6 0 0 0 1 0 - 7 0
Total China PR 89 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 96 1
Hong Kong 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Career total 95 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 103 1

1League Cups include Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield and Hong Kong Sapling Cup.

Honours

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Yanbian FC

References

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  1. ^ 延边打折出售国奥主力 沈阳金德300万买下赵铭 at sports.163.com 2006-12-30 Retrieved 2012-10-18 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 昔日延足偶像迎中超首秀 国奥后防中坚难耐廉颇诡刀 at sports.sina.com.cn 2007-03-04 Retrieved 2012-10-18 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ 国奥南非连遭沉重打击 赵铭左膝重伤休战三月 at sports.163.com 2007-07-03 Retrieved 2012-10-18 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ 赵铭因伤退出国奥队 于海确诊右膝十字韧带断裂 at sports.sohu.com 2008-07-06 Retrieved 2012-10-18 (in Chinese)
  5. ^ 足协杯-梁岩峰任意球定胜局 凤凰3-0沈阳晋级 at sports.163.com 2012-05-05 Retrieved 2012-10-18 (in Chinese)
  6. ^ 延边宣布连签4将:两故人回归 两小将加盟 at sports.sina.com 2015-02-28 Retrieved 2015-02-28 (in Chinese)
  7. ^ 朴泰夏宣布正式清洗延边4将 高层:本土主力一个不放 at sports.sina.com 2016-11-24 Retrieved 2016-11-24 (in Chinese)
  8. ^ "R&F富力簽自由人四小將 陣容添中超腳趙銘般連奴". Upower. (in Chinese)
  9. ^ 赵铭 at sodasoccer.com 2015-11-01 Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese)
  10. ^ "2015赛季中甲积分榜". sports.sina.com.cn. 2015-11-01. Retrieved 2019-08-06.