Zheng Bin

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.
Zheng Bin
郑斌
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-07-04) July 4, 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Wuhan, China
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Youth career
1996–1998
Jianlibao Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Wuhan Hongjinlong 65 (2)
2003–2004
Shenzhen Jianlibao
 40 (2)
2005–2008
Wuhan Huanghelou
 92 (14)
2009
Shenzhen Shangqingyin
 19 (1)
2010–2011
Wuhan Zall
 23 (2)
International career‡
2003–2008 China 35 (1)
Managerial career
2012–2014
Wuhan Zall
(assistant)
2014–2015
Wuhan Zall
2015–2017
Hebei CFFC
(assistant)
2018–2019
Wuhan Zall
(assistant)
2020-2021 China (assistant)
2022 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger (Technical Director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2012

Zheng Bin (

striker
.

As a player he represented

Wuhan Zall while internationally he played for the Chinese national team that participated in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup
. Since retiring he moved into management, and gained his first head coaching position with Wuhan Zall.

Club career

Early career

As with all the most promising young Chinese players Zheng Bin would quickly be included in the short-lived Chinese national youth team program to study football abroad in a training programme sponsored by

Jianlibao and called the Chinese Jianlibao Youth Football Team. After graduating through the Jianlibao Youth Team he would return to his hometown to play for Wuhan Hongjinlong to start his professional football career. In his debut season he would play six games in his debut season.[1]
He would then go on to play in the majority of Wuhan's games throughout the 1999 league season that saw the team relegated.

Shenzhen Jianlibao

The following seasons would see him remain with Wuhan in their attempts to return to the top tier until

2004 Chinese Super League title.[2]

Return to Wuhan

Despite just winning the league title with Shenzhen Jianlibao the club had many financial difficulties and when his previous club just having won promotion and offering 3,500,000

Beijing Guoan on September 27, 2008.[3]

Return to Shenzhen

Without a club Zheng Bin would return to Shenzhen Jianlibao (who had renamed themselves

Shenzhen Shangqingyin
) at the beginning of the 2009 league season. While he was not an immediate first choice player at the start of the season, once he was given his chance to play he would quickly show his experience within the team and would quickly become a regular within the team.

Join Hubei Oriental

At 2010 season, the new Wuhan club

Hubei Oriental had successfully promotion to China League One
. Zheng returned to Wuhan again and joined the team to play the new season.

International career

Zheng Bin would be included in the Chinese squad and go on to make his debut in a friendly against Costa Rica on September 7, 2003 in a 2-0 defeat.[4] Despite the result he would go on to become a regular within the team and his versatility within midfield would see him go on to be included in the squad that went to the 2004 AFC Asian Cup that came runners-up. He would go on to play in several FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, however once the tournament ended he would lose favour within the team.

Honours

Shenzhen Jianlibao

  • 2004

Wuhan Huanghelou

  • Chinese Super League Cup: 2005

References

  1. ^ "Zhèng, Bīn". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  2. ^ "姓名：郑斌". sports.sina.com.cn. 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  3. ^ "Wuhan ejected from soccer league". english.people.com.cn. 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  4. ^ "China PR 0-2 Costa Rica". teamchina.freehostia.com. 2003-09-07. Retrieved 2012-09-19.

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