Chinese footballer
Deng Zhuoxiang
(
simplified Chinese
:
?卓翔
;
traditional Chinese
:
鄧卓翔
;
pinyin
:
Deng Zhu?xiang
, born 24 October 1988) is a former Chinese
footballer
who plays as a
midfielder
.
Club career
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Deng Zhuoxiang started his football career in the
2005 league season
playing for
Wuhan Optics Valley
; however, he would have to wait until the
2006 league season
to make his debut against
Tianjin Teda
on 12 July 2006 in a 4?3 loss.
[1]
Throughout the season, he would steadily establish himself within the squad by playing in 10 league games, though this was often as a substitute.
[2]
By the
2007 league season
, Deng would establish himself within the team and even score his first goal against
Qingdao Jonoon
in a 1?0 win on 27 March 2007.
[3]
While now a regular starter for Wuhan, he found that they were controversially relegated then subsequently disbanded during the
2008 season
after the club's management did not accept the punishment given to them by the
Chinese Football Association
after a scuffle broke out during a match against
Beijing Guoan
on 27 September 2008.
[4]
Without a club, Deng would be loaned to the newly promoted
Jiangsu Sainty
by Hubei F.A. at the beginning of the
2009 league season
. He would go on to play in 29 league games in the season, scoring five goals and providing six assists. On 4 December 2009, he was named as the Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year and would then transfer to
Shandong Luneng
shortly after. He would go on to make his debut on 24 February 2010 against
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
in an
AFC Champions League
game that Shandong won 1?0.
[5]
In his debut season for Shandong, he would have to fight for his position against
Wang Yongpo
; however, he quickly established himself as an integral member of the team and aid the club to the 2010 league title by the end of his first season.
Deng transferred back to Jiangsu on 6 February 2012.
[6]
However, Deng did not play during the
2012 season
, missing out after doctors found fractured bone fragments in his knee. He was flown to Germany to get surgery and recover for most of the season. Deng finally made his debut for Jiangsu in the final game of the season, coming off the bench in a 1?1 draw against
Guangzhou R&F
. He would miss the beginning of the 2013 season with a fear of a possible leg inflammation. Deng returned in his first appearance of the season on 22 June 2013 in a 2?1 win against Shandong Luneng. He scored his first goal for Jiangsu on 19 October 2013 against Shandong in a 1?1 draw.
On 16 February 2015, Deng transferred to fellow
Chinese Super League
side
Shanghai Shenhua
.
[7]
He made his debut for the club on 8 March 2015 in a 6?2 win against
Shanghai Shenxin
. Throughout the season Deng was limited to only three games after his 2012 knee injury made a recurrence. It was discovered that there was fragments of cartilage causing him discomfort and he needed more surgery on his knee.
[8]
On 22 February 2017, Deng was loaned to
China League One
side
Qingdao Huanghai
until 31 December 2017.
[9]
On 28 February 2018, Deng transferred to
China League One
side
Beijing Enterprises Group
.
[10]
On 5 August 2020,
Wuhan Three Towns
announced his joining.
[11]
In his first season with the club he would go on to aid them in winning the division title and promotion into the second tier.
[12]
This would be followed by another division title win and promotion as the club entered the top tier for the first tine in their history.
[13]
The following campaign he would be part of the squad that won the
2022 Chinese Super League
title.
[14]
International career
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Deng made his international debut on 18 July 2009 in a 3?1 win against
Palestine
.
[15]
He would go on to be mainly used in friendlies until he was given a run of games in the
2010 East Asian Football Championship
. On 10 February 2010, he scored his first goal in a 3?0 win against
South Korea
and help China beat them for the first time, ending the team's
Koreaphobia
.
[16]
On 4 June 2010, Deng scored from a direct free kick in a 1?0 win against
France
, condemning the latter to a shock defeat.
Career statistics
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Club statistics
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Statistics accurate as of match played 11 January 2023.
[17]
International goals
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- Results list China's goal tally first.
#
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Opponent
|
Score
|
Result
|
Competition
|
1
|
10 February 2010
|
Ajinomoto Stadium
,
Tokyo
,
Japan
|
South Korea
|
3
?0
|
3?0
|
2010 East Asian Football Championship
|
2
|
4 June 2010
|
Stade Michel Volnay
,
Saint-Pierre
,
Reunion
|
France
|
1
?0
|
1?0
|
Friendly
|
3
|
22 December 2010
|
Yuexiushan Stadium
,
Guangzhou
,
China
|
North Macedonia
|
1
?0
|
1?0
|
Friendly
|
|
2 January 2011
|
Qatar SC Stadium
,
Doha
,
Qatar
|
Iraq
|
3
?2
|
3?2
|
Friendly
1
|
4
|
8 January 2011
|
Thani bin Jassim Stadium
,
Doha
,
Qatar
|
Kuwait
|
2
?0
|
2?0
|
2011 AFC Asian Cup
|
5
|
8 June 2011
|
Guiyang Olympic Sports Center
,
Guiyang
,
China
|
North Korea
|
1
?0
|
2?0
|
Friendly
|
6
|
28 July 2011
|
New Laos National Stadium
,
Vientiane
,
Laos
|
Laos
|
3
?1
|
6?1
|
2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
|
7
|
28 July 2011
|
New Laos National Stadium
,
Vientiane
,
Laos
|
Laos
|
4
?1
|
6?1
|
2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
|
Honours
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Shandong Luneng
Wuhan Three Towns
China U17
China
Individual
References
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