Cheng Yaodong

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Cheng Yaodong
成耀东
Personal information
Full name Cheng Yaodong
Date of birth (1967-06-06) June 6, 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth
China
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–2000
Shanghai Shenhua
2001–2003
Shanghai COSCO Huili
International career
1989–1994 China
Managerial career
2003–2009
Shanghai COSCO Huili
2011–2012
Shanghai Zobon
2013–2014
Shanghai Shenxin
2018– China U-20/China U-22
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cheng Yaodong (simplified Chinese: 成耀东; traditional Chinese: 成耀東; pinyin: Chéng Yàodōng; born June 6, 1967, in Shanghai) is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player.

As a player, he won the Chinese league and

Shanghai Shenxin
.

Playing career

Club career

Cheng Yaodong started his football career with Shanghai in 1987 when they were originally a semi-professional football team. Predominantly used as a defender he would gradually establish himself within the Shanghai team for several seasons and would also see Shanghai become a professional football team in 1994 when they renamed themselves as

Shanghai COSCO Huili and help them win the division title and promotion to the top tier in the 2001 league season.[2]

International career

Cheng Yaodong's greatest international achievement came when he would be called into the Chinese squad to play in the 1992 AFC Asian Cup, which saw China come third in the tournament. Though he was squad player throughout his international career he did play in the tournament against Japan on November 6, 1992, in a 3–2 defeat.[3]

Management career

Nearing the end of his football career, Cheng was offered the chance to manage

Shanghai Zobon
at the beginning of the 2011 league season.

Honours

Player

Shanghai Shenhua[6]

Shanghai COSCO Huili

  • Chinese Jia-B League: 2001

Manager

References

  1. ^ "China League 1995". RSSSF. 19 Jun 2003. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  2. ^ "China 2001". RSSSF. 19 Jun 2003. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  3. ^ "中国 2-3 日本". teamchina.freehostia.com. 1992-11-06. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  4. ^ "China 2003". RSSSF. 18 Apr 2004. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  5. ^ "宫磊首秀难见神奇处 主场五轮不胜陕西前景堪忧". chanba.hsw.cn. 2009-08-30. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
  6. ^ "Cheng, Yaodong". National-football-teams.com. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2019-08-29.

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