Cheng Yuan

Cheng Yuan
成源
Personal information
Full name Cheng Yuan
Date of birth (1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Jinan, Shandong, China
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2007–2013 Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Shandong Youth 32 (9)
2013–2014 → Covilhã (loan) 3 (0)
2014–2021 Shandong Luneng 12 (0)
2019 → Zibo Cuju (loan) 11 (9)
2020 → Taizhou Yuanda (loan) 11 (2)
2022 Jinan Xingzhou 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2022
In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Yuan (Chinese: 成源; pinyin: Chéng Yuán; born 8 October 1993) is a Chinese footballer.

Club career

Cheng Yuan began his football career in 2011 when he was promoted to Shandong Youth's squad for the 2011 China League Two campaign. He spent two season in Shandong Youth, scoring nines goals in thirty-two appearances. In September 2013, he was loaned to Segunda Liga side S.C. Covilhã until the end of 2013/14 season.[1] On 23 October 2013, he made his debut for Covilhã in a league match against Sporting CP B where he coming on as a substitute for Tiago Lopes in the 86th minute.[2]

Cheng returned to Shandong and was promoted to first team squad by Cuca in the summer of 2014. On 13 May 2015, he made his debut for Shandong in a 2015 Chinese FA Cup against amateur team Wuhan New Era, coming on as a substitute for Zheng Zheng in the 65th minute.[3] He made his Chinese Super League debut on 20 June 2015 in a 2–1 home defeat against Guangzhou Evergrande, coming on for Zheng Zheng in the 82nd minute.[4] Although failing to establish himself within the senior team, Cheng was the highest goalscorer with a new record of 23 goals in the 2015 Chinese Super League reserve league.[5] He was demoted to the reserve squad in July 2016 after Felix Magath became the manager of the club. He defended the title of highest goalscorer in the 2016 Chinese Super League reserve league with 20 goals.[6] On 2 May 2017, he scored his first and second goal for the club in the 2017 Chinese FA Cup as Shandong Luneng beat China League Two club Jilin Baijia 4–1.[7][8] He won the top goalscorer of Chinese Super League reserve league for the third time in 2017, scoring 24 goals in the season.[9]

Career statistics

As of 31 December 2020.[10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shandong Youth 2011 China League Two 11 2 - - - 11 2
2012 21 7 1 0 - - 22 7
Total 32 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 9
Covilhã (loan) 2013/14 Segunda Liga 3 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 0
Shandong Luneng 2014 Chinese Super League 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
2015 1 0 2 0 - 0 0 3 0
2016 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 5 0
2017 5 0 1 2 - - 6 2
2018 4 0 2 3 - - 6 3
2019 1 0 1 0 - 0 0 2 0
Total 13 0 7 5 0 0 2 0 22 5
Zibo Cuju (loan) 2019 China League Two 11 9 0 0 - - 11 9
Taizhou Yuanda (loan) 2020 China League One 11 2 0 0 - - 11 2
Career total 70 20 8 5 1 0 2 0 81 25

Honours

Club

Shandong Luneng

References

  1. ^ "Mercado: OFICIAL - Avançado e médio chineses reforçam plantel do Covilhã". futebol365.net. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. ^ "SPORTING COVILHÃ VS. SPORTING CP II 0 - 2". soccerway. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ^ "足协杯-杨旭2球韩鹏破门 鲁能6-1胜业余队进16强". netease. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  4. ^ "中超-郑龙传射 斯帅开门红恒大2-1鲁能登榜首". Sina. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  5. ^ "鲁能预备队射手王或离队 高准翼有望租借赴延边". Sohu. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  6. ^ "鲁能预备队2-4不敌恒大 成源轰20球荣膺射手王". Sohu. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  7. ^ "足协杯-成源2球李松益崔巍破门 鲁能4-1轻松晋级". Sina. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  8. ^ "别再管他叫小将成源 24岁的前锋这称谓就是讽刺". Sina. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  9. ^ "2017中超预备队联赛总结 各队空前重视竞争激烈". Sina. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  10. ^ Cheng Yuan at Soccerway
  11. ^ 成源 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2016-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-12-04 at the Wayback Machine