Cong_Zhen
Cong Zhen
Chinese footballer
Cong Zhen (simplified Chinese: 丛震; traditional Chinese: 叢震; pinyin: Cóng Zhèn; born 9 February 1997) is a Chinese footballer who plays for China League Two club Dalian Kun City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cong Zhen | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-02-09) 9 February 1997 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Dalian, Liaoning, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dalian Kun City | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dalian Shide | |||
| 2016 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Dalian Transcendence | 9 | (1) |
| 2017–2022 | Shanghai Shenhua | 40 | (1) |
| 2020 | → Wuhan Zall (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Tianjin Jinmen Tiger (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2023 | Dalian Zhixing | 12 | (2) |
| 2024- | Dalian Kun City | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | China U-20 | 6 | (1) |
| 2018– | China U-23 | 12 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2018 | |||
Cong Zhen started his professional football career in 2014 when he joined China League Two side Dalian Transcendence. On 25 April 2015, he scored his first senior goal by shooting the winner in the injury time against Yinchuan Helanshan, which gave Transcendence a 4–3 away win.[1] He transferred to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua's youth academy on 25 February 2016.[2] Cong was promoted to Shanghai Shenhua's first team squad in 2017.[3] On 13 May 2017, he made his first-tier debut in a 0–0 away draw against Henan Jianye as the benefactor of the league's new rule that at least one Under-23 player must be in the starting line-up and was substituted off for Tao Jin in the 37th minute.[4]
On 17 July 2020, Cong was loaned out to fellow top tier club Wuhan Zall for the 2020 Chinese Super League campaign.[5] The following season he would be loaned out again to another top tier club in Tianjin Jinmen Tiger for the 2021 Chinese Super League campaign.[6] On his return to his parent club he would only make a single appearance before his contract expired on 1 February 2023.[7] On 3 April 2023 Cong would join third tier club Dalian Zhixing on a free transfer.[8]
- As of 31 January 2023.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dalian Transcendence | 2014 | China League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Shanghai Shenhua | 2017 | Chinese Super League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 11 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| Wuhan Zall (loan) | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tianjin Jinmen Tiger (loan) | 2021 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 64 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 2 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Chinese FA Super Cup
Club
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- "国安官宣李运秋转会申花 国青19岁小将一同加盟". Sina (in Chinese). 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- "申花新赛季再冲亚冠资格 报名注册五名U25队员". Sohu (in Chinese). 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- "中超-李帅阻巴索戈马丁斯失机 申花客场0-0建业". Sina (in Chinese). 2017-05-13. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- "卓尔官方：张成林、丛震、刘尚坤加盟". Sina (in Chinese). 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- "天津津门虎官方：维基诺维奇伊洛基等17名球员离队". Sina (in Chinese). 2022-05-12. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- "申花调整教练组班子 日籍教练与郑科伟加入一线队". sports.sina.com.cn. 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- "官方：中乙新军大连智行官宣孙珀、赵学斌等5名新援正式加盟". sohu.com. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- "丛震". sodasoccer (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- "足协杯-马丁斯轰世界波 申花总分3-3上港夺冠". sports.sina.com.cn. 2017-11-26. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- "申花打破足协杯先主后客夺冠魔咒 并终结尴尬纪录". sports.sina.com.cn. 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- Cong Zhen at Soccerway