Cheng Jin
{{short description|Chinese association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cheng Jin
| image = File:Cheng Jin 2025-04-20 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Cheng Jin in April 2025
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|2|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Xinxiang, Henan, China
| height = 1.75 m
| currentclub = Zhejiang FC
| clubnumber = 22
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2015
| youthclubs1 = Hangzhou Greentown
| years1 = 2015–
| clubs1 = Zhejiang FC
| caps1 = 183
| goals1 = 16
| years2 = 2015
| clubs2 = → Wuhan Zall (loan)
| caps2 = 12
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2016
| clubs3 = → Wuhan Zall (loan)
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 1
| nationalyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014
| nationalteam1 = China U19
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2024–
| nationalteam2 = China
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 13:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 12:06, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
}}
Cheng Jin ({{lang-zh|s=程进|t=程進|p=Chéng Jìn}}; born 18 January 1995) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Zhejiang FC and the China national team.
Club career
Cheng Jin was born in Xinxiang in Henan where he played for his local primary school before moving to Zhejiang to continue his football development and work his way through the Zhejiang Professional youth team.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2017-03-15/doc-ifychhuq4621150.shtml|title=专访中甲U23球员首球制造者 最难熬时曾被练吐|website=Sports.sina.com.cn|date=2017-03-15|access-date=2022-10-08}} He would be promoted to the senior team and go on to make his senior debut on 8 July 2015 in a Chinese FA Cup game against Henan Jianye in a 3-1 defeat.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/fa-cup-2015-achtelfinale-henan-jianye-zheijiang-greentown/|title=China » Cup 2015 » Round of 16 » Henan Jianye - Hangzhou Greentown 3:1|website=Worldfootball.net|date=2015-07-08|access-date=2022-10-08}} Soon after the game on 16 July 2015, Cheng would be loaned out to second tier club Wuhan Zall for six months.{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/b/2015-07-16/doc-ifxfccux2739888.shtml|title=卓尔官方宣布租借前国青中场 曾任绿城U17队长|website=Sports.sina.com.cn|date=2015-07-16|access-date=2022-10-08}}
At Wuhan he would make his debut on 25 July 2015 in a league game against Beijing Enterprises Group where he also scored his first professional goal in a 1-0 victory.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/league-one-2015-wuhan-zall-fc-beijing-bg/|title=China » League One 2015 » 19. Round » Wuhan Zall FC - Beijing BG 1:0|website=Worldfootball.net|date=2015-07-25|access-date=2022-10-08}} After gaining significant playing time at Wuhan he would join them again the following season before returning to Zhejiang. At Zhejiang would make his league debut for them on 12 March 2017 against Neo Mongol Zhongyou in a 3-2 victory where he also scored his first goal for the club.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/league-one-2017-zheijiang-greentown-nei-mongol-zhongyou/|title=China » League One 2017 » 1. Round » Hangzhou Greentown - Nei Mongol Zhongyou 3:2|website=Worldfootball.net|date=2017-03-12|access-date=2022-10-08}} He would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team as they gained promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2021 China League One season through a play-off victory against Qingdao.{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2022/01/12/china-pr/play-offs-12/zhejiang-lucheng/qingdao-hainiu/3717763/|title=ZHEJIANG PROFESSIONAL VS. QINGDAO FC 0 - 0|website=Soccerway.com|date=2022-01-12|access-date=2022-10-08}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 25 May 2024}}.{{Soccerway|jin-cheng/332477}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="11"|Zhejiang
|2015 |rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017
|rowspan="5"|China League One |28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2018
|27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2019
|22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 22 | 4 | ||
| 2020
|14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2{{efn|name=P/R Play-offs|Appearances in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs}} | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2021
|33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2{{efn|name=P/R Play-offs}} | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
| 2022
|rowspan="3"|Chinese Super League |29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2023
|16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 3 | |
| 2024
|14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 1 | ||
| colspan=2 | Total
!183 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 198 | 17 |
| rowspan="3"|Wuhan Zall (loan)
|2015 |rowspan="2"|China League One |12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 12 | 2 | ||
| 2016
|15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 15 | 1 | ||
| colspan=2 | Total
!27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| colspan=3 | Career total
!210 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 225 | 20 |
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References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|jin-cheng}}
{{Zhejiang Professional F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheng, Jin}}
Category:Footballers from Henan
Category:Chinese men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:China League One players
Category:Zhejiang Professional F.C. players
Category:Wuhan Yangtze River F.C. players
Category:China men's under-20 international footballers
Category:China men's youth international footballers
Category:China men's international footballers
Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen
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