Zheng Zhi

Chinese footballer

Zheng Zhi (Chinese: 郑智; pinyin: Zhèng Zhì; born 20 August 1980) is a Chinese professional football manager and former player. As a player, Zheng played most of his career for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou, becoming their captain and serving also as their caretaker manager in two stints.

Zheng Zhi
郑智
Zheng with China at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-08-20) 20 August 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–2000 Liaoning F.C.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Liaoning Liaoqing 4 (0)
2001–2004 Shenzhen Jianlibao 82 (13)
2005–2007 Shandong Luneng Taishan 45 (31)
2007Charlton Athletic (loan) 12 (1)
2007–2009 Charlton Athletic 55 (8)
2009–2010 Celtic 16 (1)
2010–2022 Guangzhou FC 215 (15)
Total 429 (69)
National team
2008 China U23 2 (0)
2002–2019 China 108 (15)
Teams managed
2019 Guangzhou Evergrande (Caretaker)
2021 Guangzhou FC (Caretaker)
2022–2023 Guangzhou FC
2023– China (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Zheng Zhi
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liaoning Liaoqing 1998 China League Two
1999 4 0 4 0
2000 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Shenzhen Jianlibao 2001 Chinese Jia-A League 23 2 3 0 26 2
2002 27 6 2 0 29 6
2003 16 3 3 0 19 3
2004 Chinese Super League 16 2 4 4 2 1 22 7
Total 82 13 12 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 96 18
Shandong Luneng Taishan 2005 Chinese Super League 18 10 4 2 4 4 6 5 32 21
2006 26 21 6 1 32 22
2007 1 0 3[a] 2 4 2
Total 45 31 10 3 4 4 6 5 3 2 68 45
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2006–07 Premier League 12 1 0 0 0 0 12 1
Charlton Athletic 2007–08 Championship 42 7 2 1 1 1 45 9
2008–09 13 1 0 0 0 0 13 1
Total 55 8 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 58 10
Celtic 2009–10 Scottish Premier League 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 1
Guangzhou 2010 China League One 11 5 11 5
2011 Chinese Super League 25 5 2 0 27 5
2012 24 1 3 1 9 0 0[b] 0 36 2
2013 24 2 4 0 14 1 4[c] 0 46 3
2014 20 0 0 0 8 0 0[b] 0 28 0
2015 22 1 0 0 13 1 4[c] 0 39 2
2016 26 1 8 0 5 0 1[b] 0 40 1
2017 17 0 1 1 10 0 1[b] 0 29 1
2018 17 0 0 0 4 0 0[b] 0 21 0
2019 16 0 1 0 8 0 25 0
2020 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Total 215 15 19 2 0 0 71 2 10 0 317 19
Career total 429 69 45 10 8 6 77 7 13 2 572 94
  1. Appearances in A3 Champions Cup
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 One appearance in Chinese FA Super Cup, three appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
China 2002 3 0
2003 4 0
2004 21 9
2005 3 1
2006 5 1
2007 3 0
2008 6 1
2009 4 0
2010 0 0
2011 10 1
2012 5 0
2013 11 0
2014 5 2
2015 12 0
2016 2 0
2017 4 0
2018 6 0
2019 4 0
Total 108 15
Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zhang goal.
List of international goals scored by Zhang Linpeng
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 January 2004 Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou, China   Macedonia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
2 7 February 2004 Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China   Finland 2–1 2–1 Friendly
3 17 March 2004 Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou, China   Myanmar 1–0 2–0 Friendly
4 1 June 2004 TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin, China   Hungary 2–1 2–1 Friendly
5 10 July 2004 Hohhot People's Stadium, Hohhot, China   United Arab Emirates 1–2 2–2 Friendly
6 2–2
7 17 July 2004 Workers Stadium, Beijing, China   Bahrain 1–1 2–2 2004 AFC Asian Cup
8 30 July 2004 Workers Stadium, Beijing, China   Iraq 2–0 3–0 2004 AFC Asian Cup
9 3–0
10 22 June 2005 Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China   Costa Rica 1–0 2–0 Friendly
11 7 June 2006 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France   France 1–1 1–3 Friendly
12 6 February 2008 Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates   Iraq 1–1 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
13 2 September 2011 Tuodong Stadium, Kunming, China   Singapore 1–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
14 14 October 2014 Helong Stadium, Changsha, China   Paraguay 1–0 2–1 Friendly
15 14 November 2014 Jiangxi Olympic Sports Center, Nanchang, China   New Zealand 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours

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Shenzhen Jianlibao

Shandong Luneng Taishan

Guangzhou

Individual

References

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  1. "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 11 December 2013. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
  2. "郑智". sodasoccer (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Zheng, Zhi". National-football-teams.com. 22 August 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. "中甲最新积分榜:恒大稳胜摘联赛桂冠 南京有有降级". sports.sina.com.cn. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. "足协杯-张琳芃传射8024两球 恒大总分5–3贵州夺冠". Sports.sina.com.cn. 18 November 2012. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. 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. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.