Cui Peng (footballer)

Cui Peng
崔鹏
Personal information
Full name Cui Peng
Date of birth (1987-05-31) 31 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2004 Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2015 Shandong Luneng 151 (10)
2014 → Chengdu Tiancheng (loan) 15 (2)
2016 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 12 (0)
2017–2019 Shandong Luneng 21 (0)
2020–2022 Kunshan FC 26 (2)
International career‡
2005–2007 China U-20
2007–2008 China U-23
2006–2013 China 7 (0)
Managerial career
2022-2023 Shandong Taishan (Assistant Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 November 2014
In this Chinese name, the family name is Cui.

Cui Peng (simplified Chinese: 崔鹏; traditional Chinese: 崔鵬; pinyin: Cuī Péng; born 31 May 1987) is a former Chinese international footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Cui Peng started his football career with Shandong Luneng in 2005 when he earned his first senior team appearance on 9 March 2005 in an AFC Champions League game against Yokohama Marinos. After several further appearances with the team, he would score his first goal for Shandong against Al-Ittihad in the second leg of a 2005 AFC Champions League game where he scored the second goal with a volley from 30 meters however Shandong lost the game 7–2.[1] By the 2006 season, Cui had established himself as Shandong's first choice right midfielder and would help them win the league title and the Chinese FA Cup.[2] On 8 July 2014, Cui was loaned out to China League One side Chengdu Tiancheng until 31 December 2014.[3]

On 19 December 2015, Cui transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.[4] He would make his debut on 13 March 2016 in a league game against Hangzhou Greentown that ended in a 1-0 victory.[5] Unfortunately he would sustain an injury during the season, and he was unable to aid the club from avoiding relegation, which saw him allowed to return to Shandong on 7 July 2017.[6] On his return to Shandong he was often used as squad player for three seasons before he was allowed to leave on a free transfer to second tier club Kunshan.

International career

Cui would be called up to the senior team to make his debut in a friendly against Thailand on 10 August 2006 in a 4–0 win.[7] While he was called up by the national team for training in 2007, he did not make the squad for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Cui was young enough to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics and was part of the Chinese under-23 national team squad that took part in the tournament, where he played in all three group games.[8]

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2022.[9]
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 Luneng 2004 Chinese Super League 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2005 10 1 4 1 0 1 1 15 3
2006 19 1 5 0 - - 24 1
2007 27 5 - - 6 0 33 5
2008 18 1 - - - 18 1
2009 24 0 - - 5 0 29 0
2010 19 0 - - 4 0 23 0
2011 7 0 0 0 - 5 0 12 0
2012 8 0 3 0 - - 11 0
2013 19 2 1 0 - - 20 2
2014 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 3 0
2015 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0
Total 151 10 13 1 0 0 24 1 181 11
Chengdu Tiancheng (Loan) 2014 China League One 15 2 0 0 - - 15 2
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 2016 Chinese Super League 12 0 1 0 - - 13 0
Shandong Luneng 2017 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
2018 16 0 4 0 - - 20 0
2019 5 0 2 0 - 4 0 11 0
Total 21 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 31 0
Kunshan 2020 China League One 13 1 2 0 - - 15 1
2021 13 1 0 0 - - 13 1
Total 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 2
Career total 225 14 20 1 0 0 28 1 275 16

Honours

Shandong Luneng[10]

References

  1. ^ "Asian Club Competitions 2005". RSSSF. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. ^ "China 2006". RSSSF. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  3. ^ 崔鹏决定加盟中甲天诚皆因李章洙 at sina.com 2014-07-10 Retrieved 2014-07-10 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ 永昌官方宣布鲁能旧将加盟 at sports.sohu.com 2015-12-19 Retrieved 2015-12-20 (in Chinese)
  5. ^ "CANGZHOU MIGHTY LIONS VS. ZHEJIANG GREENTOWN 1 - 0". soccerway.com. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  6. ^ "昔日拼命三郎崔鹏或重回鲁能 下半年出战预备队". sports.sohu.com. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  7. ^ "中国 4-0 泰国". teamchina.freehostia.com. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  8. ^ "China, PR: Olympic Games 2008". football-lineups.com. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  9. ^ 崔鹏 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-11-04 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Cui, Peng". National-football-teams.com. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.