Long Cheng (footballer)

Long Cheng
龙成

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Yueyang, Hunan, China
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Zhejiang Pro
Youth career
	Qingdao Inter Campus
	Luneng Taishan Football School
2008–2013	Wuhan Zall
2011–2012	→ Liverpool (loan)
2013	→ Paços de Ferreira (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	Wuhan Zall	1	(0)
2015–2019	Henan Jianye	66	(0)
2019	Jiangsu Suning	1	(0)
2020–	Zhejiang Pro	13	(0)
2021	Sichuan Jiuniu (Loan)	3	(0)
International career^‡
2014	China U-19	4	(0)
2016–2018	China U-23	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 August 2018

Long Cheng (Chinese: 龙成; born 22 March 1995 in Yueyang) is a Chinese professional football player who currently plays as a defender for Zhejiang Greentown.

Club career

In 2014, Long Cheng started his professional footballer career with Wuhan Zall in the China League One.[1] On 10 July 2015, Long transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[2] On 11 July 2015, Long made his debut for Henan in the 2015 Chinese Super League against Chongqing Lifan, coming on as a substitute for Yin Hongbo in the 90th minute.[3] He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the squad until the emergence of Han Xuan and Chen Hao saw him allowed to leave the club for Jiangsu Suning on 27 July 2019.[4]

On 27 February 2020, Long transferred to second tier football club Zhejiang Greentown.[5] He would go on to make his debut for the club on 12 September 2020 in a league game against Guizhou Hengfeng that ended in a 1-1 draw.[6] After only one season he would loaned out to another second tier club in Sichuan Jiuniu on 31 July 2021.[7] On his return to Zhejiang he would be moved to the reserve squad.

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 January 2023.[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wuhan Zall	2014	China League One	1	0	1	0	-		-		2	0
	2015		0	0	1	0	-		-		1	0
	Total		1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Henan Jianye	2015	Chinese Super League	13	0	1	0	-		-		14	0
	2016		8	0	3	0	-		-		11	0
	2017		27	0	2	0	-		-		29	0
	2018		18	0	1	0	-		-		19	0
	Total		66	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	73	0
Jiangsu Suning	2019	Chinese Super League	1	0	0	0	-		-		1	0
Zhejiang Greentown	2020	China League One	13	0	1	0	-		2[a]	0	16	0
	2021		0	0	0	0	-		0[a]	0	0	0
	Total		13	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	16	0
Sichuan Jiuniu (Loan)	2021	China League One	3	0	2	0	-		-		5	0
Career total			84	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	98	0

1. Appearances in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

References

1. 2014赛季中甲联赛武汉卓尔队球员完全名单 at sports.sohu.com 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2015-07-13
2. 建业官方宣布签约两小将 国青后卫+前国少队长 at sports.sina.com 2015-07-11 Retrieved 2015-07-13
3. 吉利奥蒂点球救主 力帆1-1建业四场不胜 at sports.sohu.com 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2015-07-13
4. "官宣丨龙成加盟江苏苏宁足球俱乐部". m.dongqiudi.net. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
5. "德转确认李微、魏敬宗、龙成加盟绿城 明日俱乐部官宣". k.sina.com.cn. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
6. "China » League One 2020 » 1. Round » Guizhou Hengfeng - Zheijiang Greentown 1:1". worldfootball.net. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
7. "官方：浙江队球员龙成、魏敬宗租借到四川九牛". m.dongqiudi.net. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
8. 龙成 at sodasoccer.com. 2019-03-01 Retrieved 2019-03-01 Archived 2019-05-24 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Long Cheng at Soccerway