Long Cheng (footballer)
Long Cheng (Chinese: 龙成; born 22 March 1995 in Yueyang) is a Chinese professional football player who currently plays for China League One side Zhejiang Greentown.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 March 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Yueyang, Hunan, China | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Zhejiang Greentown | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Qingdao Inter Campus | |||
| Luneng Taishan Football School | |||
| 2008–2013 | Wuhan Zall | ||
| 2011–2012 | → Liverpool (loan) | ||
| 2013 | → Paços de Ferreira (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Wuhan Zall | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Henan Jianye | 66 | (0) |
| 2019 | Jiangsu Suning | 1 | (0) |
| 2020– | Zhejiang Greentown | 13 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | China U-20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | China U-23 | 10 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 August 2018 | |||
Club career
In 2014, Long Cheng started his professional footballer career with Wuhan Zall in the China League One.[1] On 10 July 2015, Long transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[2] On 11 July 2015, Long made his debut for Henan in the 2015 Chinese Super League against Chongqing Lifan, coming on as a substitute for Yin Hongbo in the 90th minute.[3] He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the squad until the emergence of Han Xuan and Chen Hao saw him allowed to leave the club for Jiangsu Suning on 27 July 2019.[4]
On 27 February 2020, Long transferred to second tier football club Zhejiang Greentown.[5] He would go on to make his debut for the club on 12 September 2020 in a league game against Guizhou Hengfeng that ended in a 1-1 draw.[6]
Career statistics
Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wuhan Zall | 2014 | China League One | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Henan Jianye | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 66 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
| Jiangsu Suning | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zhejiang Greentown | 2020 | China League One | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Career total | 81 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 0 | ||
- Appearance(s) in CSL Relegation play-offs
References
- 2014赛季中甲联赛武汉卓尔队球员完全名单 at sports.sohu.com 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2015-07-13
- 建业官方宣布签约两小将 国青后卫+前国少队长 at sports.sina.com 2015-07-11 Retrieved 2015-07-13
- 吉利奥蒂点球救主 力帆1-1建业四场不胜 at sports.sohu.com 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2015-07-13
- "官宣丨龙成加盟江苏苏宁足球俱乐部". m.dongqiudi.net. 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- "德转确认李微、魏敬宗、龙成加盟绿城 明日俱乐部官宣". k.sina.com.cn. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- "China » League One 2020 » 1. Round » Guizhou Hengfeng - Zheijiang Greentown 1:1". worldfootball.net. 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- 龙成 at sodasoccer.com. 2019-03-01 Retrieved 2019-03-01 Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine