Geng Xiaofeng (; born 15 October 1987) is a

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footballer who currently plays for

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in the

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Club career

Geng Xiaofeng joined

Shandong Luneng Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Jinan, Shandong, that competes in . Shandong Taishan plays its home matches at the Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, located within Lixia District. Their c ...

's youth academy at the age of 14 in 2001 and would go on to join their first team when then manager

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promoted him to act as backup for

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and then later for Yang Cheng. After several seasons at the club, he did not make an appearance for Shandong until the 2012 league season when on 30 March 2012 in a 1-0 win against

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, then manager

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decided to replace Yang, who had made several mistakes in club's first two matches, with Geng whose debut for the club saw him have an outstanding performance. Geng remained as the club's first-choice goalkeeper for the rest of the 2012 season and the 2013 season. On 24 February 2014, Geng was loaned to fellow

side

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, that competes in . Shanghai Shenhua plays its home matches at the Shanghai Stadium, located within Xuhui District. The owner of Shanghai Shenhua is ...

until the end of 2014 season. He made his debut for the club on 9 March 2014 in a 2-0 win against

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. On 29 December 2014, Geng signed with Shanghai on a permanent transfer. He became the second choice goalkeeper in the 2016 season after Li Shuai joined the club. In February 2017, Geng moved to fellow Super League side

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on a five-year contract, but would spend 2017 season in reserve squad of Hebei club due to lack of transfer quota. On 27 October 2018, he made his debut for the club in a 3–2 home win over

Dalian Yifang Dalian Professional Football Club (), known as Dalian Pro, was a Chinese professional football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, which mostly competed in the Chinese Super League. Dalian Pro played its home matches at various grounds across Dalia ...

. Geng would struggle to establish himself as the clubs first choice goalkeeper within the team and would be loaned our to second tier clubs Inner Mongolia Zhongyou and then

Wuhan Three Towns Wuhan Three Towns Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Wuhan, Hubei, that competes in . Wuhan Three Towns plays its home matches at the Wuhan Sports Center, located within Caidian District. Wuhan Three Towns had remar ...

where he would actually win the division title as well as promotion for the club at the end of the

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campaign.

On 24 April 2022, Geng joined newly promoted club

Chengdu Rongcheng Chengdu Rongcheng Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Chengdu, Sichuan, that competes in . Chengdu Rongcheng plays its home matches at the Phoenix Hill Football Stadium, located within Jinniu District. The club's f ...

for the start of the

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season. He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 8 June 2022 against

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, where he came on as a substitute in a 3-2 defeat. On 04 February 2025, Geng left

and joined newly promoted club

International career

In June 2012, Geng received his first call-up to the Chinese national team for friendlies against

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and

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. On 15 August 2012, he made his debut for China in a 1-1 draw against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 74th minute.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 8 January 2023.''

Honours

Club

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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