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Cheng Yuelei

{{short description|Chinese footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Cheng|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cheng Yuelei
程月磊

| fullname = Cheng Yuelei

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Beijing, China

| height = 1.88 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Shenzhen Juniors

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2001–2004

| youthclubs1 = Sichuan Guancheng

| years1 = 2005

| years2 = 2006

| years3 = 2007–2008

| years4 = 2009–2011

| years5 = 2012–2022

| years6 = 2023–2024

| years7 = 2025-

| clubs1 = Sichuan Guancheng

| clubs2 = Dalian Shide

| clubs3 = Beijing Guoan

| clubs4 = Shenzhen Ruby

| clubs5 = Guangzhou City

| clubs6 = Meizhou Hakka

| clubs7 = Shenzhen Juniors

| caps1 = 0

| caps2 = 0

| caps3 = 0

| caps4 = 64

| caps5 = 208

| caps6 = 56

| caps7 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2011

| nationalteam1 = China

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 20 December 2023

| ntupdate = 26 October 2014

}}

Cheng Yuelei ({{zh|s=程月磊|p=Chéng Yuèlěi}}; {{small|Mandarin pronunciation:}} {{IPAc-cmn|ch|eng|2|-|yue|4|-|l|ei|3|}}; born 28 October 1987 in Beijing) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shenzhen Juniors in the China League One.

Club career

Cheng Yuelei began his football career at Sichuan Guancheng in 2001 when he joined their youth team and he would eventually progress to the senior team in 2005. He was included in several first team squads, however before he was given a chance to establish himself within the club, the team disbanded. Nevertheless, Cheng moved to the league champions Dalian Shide the following season, yet he saw his development digress when he was excluded from their first team squad and dropped to the reserves. He then transferred to Beijing Guoan and saw himself fight for the second choice goalkeeping position with Zhang Sipeng throughout much of the 2008 season.{{Cite web|url=http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MA40642&season=2008 |title=球员资料 程月磊 |publisher=csldata.sports.sohu.com|date= |accessdate=2012-07-13}}

At the beginning of the 2009 season, Cheng transferred to Shenzhen Ruby and after several games, he was chosen as their first choice goalkeeper when he made his debut against Shaanxi Chanba on 4 April 2009 in a 2-1 win{{Cite web|url=http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/gameinfo.php?season=2009&gameid=A03017 |title=比赛结果-中超数据库-搜狐 |publisher=csldata.sports.sohu.com|date= |accessdate=2012-07-13}} For the next two seasons, Cheng would go on to be vital member at the club where they were midtable regulars until Philippe Troussier became their manager and after a series of defeats, he decided to drop Cheng for Zhang Xunwei during the 2011 season as the club was relegated from the first tier.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/china-pr/csl/2011/regular-season/ |title= CSL 2011|publisher=soccerway.com|date= |accessdate=2012-07-13}} Because Cheng was still considered a promising goalkeeper, he would join recently promoted Guangzhou R&F on a five-year contract at the beginning of the 2012 season.{{Cite web |url=http://sports.163.com/12/0107/15/7N672NS800051C89.html |title=前国门程月磊正式转会富力 转会费500万签约五年 |publisher=sports.163.com |date=2012-01-07 |accessdate=2012-07-13 |archive-date=2018-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924145232/http://sports.163.com/12/0107/15/7N672NS800051C89.html |url-status=dead }}

Cheng was Guangzhou R&F's main keeper over the 2012-2019 seasons with the exception of 2015 when Liu Dianzuo played more games. By the end of the 2019 season, Cheng had played 200 games for Guangzhou R&F.{{Cite web|last=于静|date=2019-11-27|title=富力门神迎200场纪念 程月磊：今年不好明年再来|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2019-11-27/doc-iihnzahi3798735.shtml|access-date=2020-11-22|website=sports.sina.com.cn}} However, he didn't play a single league minute in 2020 as U21 player Han Jiaqi became first choice goalkeeper.{{Cite web|last=新快报|date=2020-11-10|title=富力赛季最大发现有望夺中超大奖 斯托早就夸过他|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2020-11-10/doc-iiznctke0568100.shtml|access-date=2020-11-22|website=sports.sina.com.cn}}

On 08 January 2025, Cheng joined China League One club Shenzhen Juniors. {{Cite web|last=懂球帝|date=2025-01-08|title=官方：梅州客家37岁门将程月磊加盟深圳青年人|url=https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1820661190175227693&wfr=spider&for=pc|access-date=2025-01-08|website=baijiahao.baidu.com}}

International career

Cheng was called up to the Chinese national team to play against New Zealand on 25 March 2011 and he made his debut by coming on as an early substitute for injured goalkeeper Zeng Cheng in a 1-1 draw.{{Cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/match.php?date=2011-03-25 |title=中国 1-1 新西兰 |publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=2011-03-25 |accessdate=2012-07-13}} Cheng would then go on to make his first start for the team soon afterwards by starting in a friendly against Honduras on 29 March 2011 in a 3-0 victory.{{Cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/match.php?date=2011-03-29 |title=中国 3-0 洪都拉斯 |publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=2011-03-29 |accessdate=2012-07-13}}

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 2 November 2024.{{cite web|url=http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/77/153475/1697C4A7B6F1C22C.shtml|title=程月磊|publisher=sodasoccer.com|date=|accessdate=2018-11-02|archive-date=2018-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181658/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/77/153475/1697C4A7B6F1C22C.shtml|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sichuan Guancheng

|2005

|Chinese Super League

|0

00000colspan="2"
|00
rowspan="3"|Beijing Guoan

|2007

|rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League

|0

0colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|00
2008

|0

0colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|0000
colspan="2"|Total

!0

000000000
rowspan="4"|Shenzhen Ruby

|2009

|rowspan="3"|Chinese Super League

|23

0colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|230
2010

|29

0colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|290
2011

|12

010colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|130
colspan="2"|Total

!64

0100000650
rowspan="12"|Guangzhou R&F

|2012

|rowspan="11"|Chinese Super League

|30

020colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|320
2013

|19

010colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|200
2014

|23

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|230
2015

|12

000colspan="2"
|00120
2016

|24

020colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|260
2017

|30

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|300
2018

|30

010colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|310
2019

|29

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|290
2020

|0

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|00
2021

|1

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|10
2022

|10

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|100
colspan="2"|Total

!208

06000002140
rowspan="3"|Meizhou Hakka

|2023

|rowspan="2"|Chinese Super League

|28

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|280
2024

|28

000colspan="2"
|colspan="2"
|280
colspan="2"|Total

!56

0000000560
colspan=3 | Career total

!328||0||7||0||0||0||0||0||335||0

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{NFT player|id=42751}}
  • {{Soccerway|29101}}
  • [http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MA40642 Player stats at sohu.com]
  • [http://bundesliga.weltfussball.at/spieler_profil/yuelei-cheng/ Profile at weltfussball.at]

{{Shenzhen Juniors F.C. squad}}

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Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:Chinese men's footballers

Category:Footballers from Beijing

Category:Sichuan First City F.C. players

Category:Dalian Shide F.C. players

Category:Beijing Guoan F.C. players

Category:Shenzhen F.C. players

Category:Guangzhou City F.C. players

Category:Meizhou Hakka F.C. players

Category:Shenzhen Juniors F.C. players

Category:Chinese Super League players

Category:China League One players

Category:Men's association football goalkeepers

Category:China men's international footballers

Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen