Piao Cheng (; ; born 21 August 1989) is a

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footballer of

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descent who currently plays for

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in the

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Club career

Piao Cheng started his football career with second tier side

Yanbian FC Yanbian Funde F.C. () was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin province where their home stadium is the Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,000. ...

and was promoted to their first team in 2007 where he would soon score his first goal for them on 18 August 2007 in a 2-1 win against

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and scored the winning goal which was his first for the club. He would then establish himself as a regular within the squad and soon received a call-up to the Chinese under-20 national team in July 2008. He then started to attract the interests of several top tier Chinese sides. On 25 February 2011, Piao transferred to

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for 3 million yuan after impressing many at Yanbian. At Beijing he would go on to make his debut in a league game on 03 April 2011 against Jiangsu Sainty in a 2-0 victory. Chi would establish himself as an integral member of the team and helped guide the club to a runners-up position at the end of the

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season. Another runners-up position would follow in the

2014 Chinese Super League The 2014 Chinese Super League was the eleventh season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the 21st season of a professional Association football league and the 53rd top-tier league season in China. Guangzhou Evergrande won thei ...

season before he won his first piece of silverware with the

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against

Shandong Luneng Taishan Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is ...

International career

Piao would be called up to the Chinese under-20 national team that took part in the

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. Throughout the tournament, he would play in three games and scored one goal as China were knocked out in the quarterfinals on 8 November 2008 by

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in a penalty shootout. Piao made his debut for the Chinese national team on 31 March 2015 in a 1-1 draw against

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Career statistics

Club statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 January 2023.''

International statistics

Honours

Club

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piao, Cheng 1989 births Living people People from Yanbian Chinese footballers Footballers from Jilin Chinese people of Korean descent Chinese Super League players China League One players Yanbian Funde F.C. players Beijing Guoan F.C. players Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for China China international footballers