Zhao Mingjian

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhao.

Zhao Mingjian
Personal information
Full name Zhao Mingjian
Date of birth (1987-11-22) 22 November 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right-back, right midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dalian Young Boy
Number 34
Youth career
Dalian Shide
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2012 Dalian Shide 147 (3)
2013–2016 Shandong Luneng 53 (1)
2013 → Changchun Yatai (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2018 Hebei China Fortune 52 (0)
2019 Dalian Yifang 7 (0)
2020–2022 Shanghai Shenhua 31 (3)
2022 → Kunshan FC (loan) 15 (4)
2023 Shijiazhuang Gongfu 8 (1)
2023–2024 Foshan Nanshi 25 (1)
2024- Dalian Young Boy 0 (0)
International career‡
2016– China 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2017

Zhao Mingjian (Chinese: 赵明剑; pinyin: Zhào Míngjiàn; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂâʊ mǐŋ.tɕjɛ̂n]; born 22 November 1987) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a right-back or right midfielder for China League One club Dalian Young Boy.

Club career

Zhao Mingjian broke into the senior team of Dalian Shide at the beginning of the 2005 Chinese Super League season after graduating from their youth team. He would make his debut senior appearance for Dalian on 22 May 2005 against Shanghai Shenhua in a 2–1 defeat.[1] As a promising midfielder Zhao Mingjian would play in several further games during the season and go on to win the league title and Chinese FA Cup with Dalian at the end of the league season.[2] The following seasons he would gradually establish himself as a squad regular within the team, however it was during the 2008 Chinese Super League season when Zhao confirmed himself as a vital member within the club by playing in the majority of the season and also scoring his first league goal against Changchun Yatai on November 9, 2008, in a 3–2 defeat.[3] He became one of the few constants within the team that went through a transitional period where several managers and many youth players came in during a very disappointing season which saw the team flirt with relegation.[4] The following season saw him continue his role as the team's first choice right-midfielder and with a young squad saw the team finish in a more respectable eighth within the league.[5] At the end of the 2012 Chinese Super League season Dalian Shide was sold off to rival football club Dalian Aerbin F.C. after the club's owner Xu Ming was arrested for bribery.[6]

On 6 January 2013, Zhao joined fellow top-tier club Shandong Luneng for a reported 15 million Yuan.[7] He would make his debut for the club in a league game on 14 May 2013, against Qingdao Jonoon F.C. in a 3–0 victory.[8] Despite this victory Zhao struggled to gain a regular place within the team and he was loaned out to another Super League team in Changchun Yatai.[9] At Changchun, Zhao would make his debut in a league game on 31 July 2013 against Qingdao Jonoon F.C. in a 1–1 draw.[10] In his loan period Zhao would immediately establish himself as an integral member of the team that avoided relegation at the end of the season.[11] On his return from his loan, Zhao would go on to establish himself within the Shandong team and go on to win the 2014 Chinese FA Cup with them.[12]

On 23 February 2017, Zhao transferred to fellow Super League side Hebei China Fortune.[13] He made his debut for Hebei on 5 March 2017 in the first match of the season which Hebei tied with Henan Jianye 0–0.[14] After two season, Zhao joined his hometown club Dalian Yifang on 13 February 2019.[15] He made his debut on 3 March 2019 in a league game against Henan Jianye F.C. in a 1–1 draw.[16] At the end of the season he would only make a handful of games for the club and he was allowed to join Shanghai Shenhua on 24 January 2020.[17] On 4 August 2022 he would be loaned out to second-tier club Kunshan where he established himself as regular within the team that won the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One campaign.[18]

International career

Zhao made his debut for the Chinese national team on 24 March 2016 in a 4–0 win against Maldives.[19]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 22 October 2023.[20]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dalian Shide 2004 Chinese Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
2005 5 0 4 0 1 0 – – 10 0
2006 14 0 – – – – 14 0
2007 18 0 – – – – 18 0
2008 27 1 – – – – 27 1
2009 20 2 – – – – 20 2
2010 28 0 – – – – 28 0
2011 8 0 0 0 – – – 8 0
2012 27 0 1 0 – – – 28 0
Total 147 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 153 3
Shandong Luneng 2013 Chinese Super League 2 0 2 0 – – – 4 0
2014 14 0 3 0 – 4 0 – 21 0
2015 17 1 1 0 – 4 0 1[a] 0 23 1
2016 20 0 2 0 – 8 1 – 30 1
Total 53 1 8 0 0 0 16 1 1 0 78 2
Changchun Yatai (Loan) 2013 Chinese Super League 13 0 0 0 – – – 13 0
Hebei China Fortune 2017 26 0 1 0 – – – 27 0
2018 26 0 1 0 – – – 27 0
Total 52 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 0
Dalian Yifang 2019 Chinese Super League 7 0 0 0 – – – 7 0
Shanghai Shenhua 2020 12 1 1 0 – 0 0 – 13 1
2021 16 2 6 1 – – – 22 3
2022 3 0 0 0 – – – 3 0
Total 31 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 4
Kunshan (Loan) 2022 China League One 15 4 0 0 – – – 13 1
Shijiazhuang Gongfu 2023 8 1 0 0 – – – 8 1
Dongguan United 15 0 0 0 – – – 15 0
Total 341 12 22 1 1 0 16 1 1 0 381 14
  1. ^ Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

Club

Dalian Shide[20]

Shandong Luneng

Kunshan

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