Zheng Zhi
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 with China at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 August 1980 (aged 45) | ||
| Place of birth | Shenyang, Liaoning, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | 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) |
| 2007 | → Charlton 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 | 郑智 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄭智 | ||||||||
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Career statistics
Club
| 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 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in A3 Champions Cup
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 One appearance in Chinese FA Super Cup, three appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
International
| 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.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 January 2004 | Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou, China |  FYR 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
Shenzhen Jianlibao
Shandong Luneng Taishan
- Chinese Super League: 2006[3]
- Chinese FA Cup: 2006[3]
Guangzhou
- Chinese Super League: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019[3]
- China League One: 2010[4]
- AFC Champions League: 2013, 2015
- Chinese FA Cup: 2012,[5] 2016[6]
- Chinese FA Super Cup: 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018
Individual
- AFC Asian Cup All-Star Team: 2004
- Asian Footballer of the Year: 2013
- AFC Champions League Dream Team: 2013, 2015
- Chinese Football Association Player of the Year: 2002, 2006
- Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Zheng Zhi Media
Zheng playing for Guangzhou Evergrande in 2010
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "郑智". sodasoccer (in 中文). Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 足协杯-黄博文世界波救主 恒大总分3–3苏宁夺冠 (in 中文). Sports.sina.com.cn. 27 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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