Zeng Cheng
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Zeng Cheng is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
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professional association football player who currently plays for Henan Construction in the Chinese Super League
Chinese Super League
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Club career
Zeng Cheng started his professional football career at Wuhan GuangguWuhan Guanggu
Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. is a defunct Football Club, which was located in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The club's home stadium was Xinhua Road Sports Center, while the important matches were played at the more modern stadium Wuhan Sports Center in China. The clubs predecessor was the...
at the beginning of the 2004 Chinese Super League season. He was loaned out the following season to Indonesia
Indonesia
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football team Persebaya Surabaya
Persebaya Surabaya
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for more playing time at the beginning of the 2005 league season, and playing regularly. On his return to Wuhan Guanggu
Wuhan Guanggu
Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. is a defunct Football Club, which was located in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The club's home stadium was Xinhua Road Sports Center, while the important matches were played at the more modern stadium Wuhan Sports Center in China. The clubs predecessor was the...
he would be allowed to make his league debut at the end of the league season on November 5, 2005 in a 1-1 draw against Shanghai Shenhua
Shanghai Shenhua
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. For several seasons Zeng Cheng would play understudy to Deng Xiaofei
Deng Xiaofei
Deng Xiaofei is a Chinese football goalkeeper, who plays for Jiangsu Sainty in the China Super League.-Shandong Luneng:A product of the Shandong Luneng youth team he would graduate to the senior team in 2001 and eventually established himself as the teams first choice goalkeepr in the 2003 league...
until Wuhan were relegated at the end of the 2008 Chinese Super League season.
At the beginning of the 2009 league season Zeng Cheng transferred to another Chinese Super league team Henan Construction, where he was immediately chosen as first choice goalkeeper ahead of existing goalkeeper Zhou Yajun
Zhou Yajun
Zhou Yajun is a Chinese association football goalkeeper who currently plays for Henan Construction in the Chinese Super League.-Shanghai Shenhua and Education:...
. The move turned out to be a big success and the club would finish in it highest ever position of third within the league and qualify for the AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League
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for the first time in the clubs history.
International career
Due to his impressive performances at the beginning of the 2009 Chinese Super League season he was called into Gao HongboGao Hongbo
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's first squad for the National Team. Zeng Cheng made his debut against Iran
Iran national football team
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in a friendly international, which China PR won 1-0 on 1 June 2009. After that game he would become the national teams second choice goalkeeper behind Yang Zhi
Yang Zhi (footballer)
Yang Zhi ) is a Chinese international football player who currently plays for Beijing Guoan as a goalkeeper in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:...
and be included in the squad that won the 2010 East Asian Football Championship before being included in the 2011 Asian Cup squad.
Honours
China PR national football team- East Asian Football Championship: 2010