Cong Zhen (simplified Chinese: 丛震; traditional Chinese: 叢震; pinyin: Cóng Zhèn; born 9 February 1997) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger on loan from Shanghai Shenhua.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Cong Zhen | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-02-09) 9 February 1997 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Dalian, Liaoning, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua) | ||
| Number | 39 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dalian Shide | |||
| 2016 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Dalian Transcendence | 9 | (1) |
| 2017– | Shanghai Shenhua | 39 | (1) |
| 2020– | → Wuhan Zall (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Tianjin Jinmen Tiger (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 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 22 April 2021 ‡ 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]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1 | ||
| Wuhan Zall (loan) | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Career total | 55 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 2 | ||
Shanghai Shenhua
Wuhan F.C. – current squad | |
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