Zheng Tao (footballer)

Zheng Tao (simplified Chinese: 郑涛; traditional Chinese: 鄭濤; pinyin: Zhèng Tāo) is a Chinese football player who plays as a full-back.

Zheng Tao
郑涛
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-20) 20 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 Shaanxi Chanba 114 (3)
2011–2016 Liaoning Whowin 136 (1)
2017–2019 Chongqing Lifan 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2019

Club career

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Zheng Tao started his professional career with Inter Shanghai (now known as Shaanxi Neo-China Chanba F.C.) after graduating from their youth team in 2004. In his debut season he impressed many by quickly establishing himself within the team, eventually playing in 16 league games[1] and seeing his team finish the league third.[2] The following season would see him further establish himself by playing in 10 more games throughout the 2005 league season.[1]

Inter Shanghai would move away from Shanghai to Xi'an City at the end of the 2005 league season and rename themselves Shaanxi Neo-China Chanba F.C. however their move to a new city brought about much instability towards the team and their results reflected this, even seeing them flirt with relegation in the 2007 league season.[3] Zheng Tao, has however been a consistent regular within the team and despite a 2008 league season which saw him miss the majority of the season he has remained loyal to Shaanxi. In 2011, he moved to Liaoning Whowin.

On 4 January 2017, Zheng moved to fellow Super League side Chongqing Lifan.[4]

Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2019.[5]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Inter Shanghai/ Shaanxi Chanba 2004 Chinese Super League 16 0 0 16 0
2005 11 0 0 - 11 0
2006 25 2 1 - - 25 3
2007 15 1 - - - 15 1
2008 4 0 - - - 4 0
2009 21 0 - - - 21 0
2010 22 0 - - - 22 0
Total 114 3 1 0 0 0 0 114 4
Liaoning Whowin 2011 Chinese Super League 28 0 0 0 - - 28 0
2012 25 0 3 0 - - 28 0
2013 29 1 2 0 - - 31 1
2014 13 0 1 0 - - 14 0
2015 16 0 0 0 - - 16 0
2016 25 0 0 0 - - 25 0
Total 136 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 142 1
Chongqing Lifan 2017 Chinese Super League 5 0 0 0 - - 5 0
2018 4 0 1 0 - - 5 0
Total 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Career total 259 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 266 5

References

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  1. ^ a b "郑涛". sodasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ "China 2004". RSSSF. 7 April 2005. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ^ "China 2007". RSSSF. 18 April 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. ^ 力帆官宣签约3人 辽足+超越后卫携湘涛中场加盟 at sohu.com 2017-01-04 Retrieved 2017-01-04
  5. ^ 郑涛 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01
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  • Zheng Tao at Soccerway
  • [1] Career player profile at sohu.com (Chinese)
  • [2] Player profile at Shaanxi Chanba website (Chinese)