Qin Sheng (; born 2 November 1986 in

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) is a Chinese footballer.

Club career

Qingdao Jonoon

While Qin Sheng was born and raised in

, he would move to

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

in 1999 to play for the various

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 ...

youth teams. After rising through the club's various youth teams, Qin could not break into the senior team and did not make any senior level appearance for Shandong Luneng. At the beginning of the 2005 season, Qin joined top-tier side

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their curren ...

as part of a deal that saw Shandong Luneng buy Gao Ming from Qingdao Jonoon. At Qingdao, he was given his chance to break into the senior team and made his league debut against

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on 2 April 2005 in a 2–0 defeat where he came on as a second-half substitute. At Qingdao, he would gradually start to establish himself as a regular within the team until the 2007 season when he had a dispute with the manager Yin Tiesheng after a 2–1 defeat against

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on 7 April 2007 and lost favor in the team. The following season, Qin was given another chance within the team when his former Shandong youth manager Guo Kanfeng came in to coach the team, however Qin was unable to take this chance and only played in eight league games throughout the league campaign.

Jiangsu Sainty

In September 2008, Qin transferred to second-tier club Jiangsu Sainty for a fee of ¥1 million and would go on to make his debut against

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on 27 September 2008 in a 2–1 victory where he came on as substitute. Throughout the league campaign, Qin would gain significant playing time and go on to score his first goal on 31 October 2008 against

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in a 4–1 victory. By the end of the season, Qin would have played in seven league games and scored one goal as Jiangsu won the division title and promotion to the top tier.

Liaoning Whowin

Qin moved to

Liaoning Whowin Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...

on a free transfer in January 2011. Qin played one season at the club and had a decent 2011 season, playing 28 games and scoring no goals during his time with Liaoning.

Guangzhou Evergrande

Qin transferred to

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on 10 January 2012. On 3 February 2012, he scored his first goal for Guangzhou in a 1–0 preseason victory against

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in the 2012 Marbella Cup. On 25 February 2012, he made his official debut for Guangzhou in the 2–1

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victory against Tianjin Teda, coming on as a substitute for Zhao Xuri in 59th minute. Qin made his league debut in the third round of the season in a 3–0 home win against Henan Construction on 25 March 2012 and scored his first league goal for Guangzhou in his seventh league appearance on 11 May 2012 in a 3–1 away defeat against

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. Qin was sent to the reserves after falling out with the team manager

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at the beginning of the 2014 season, after he had an argument with a member of the coaching staff, which Lippi viewed as unprofessional. He was released by Guangzhou and signed a half-year contract with

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side Meizhou Kejia in July 2014.

Back to Liaoning

After an unsuccessful trial with

, Qin returned to

on 27 February 2015. He made his first appearance since returning to the club on 7 March 2015 in a 1–0 away win against Guizhou Renhe which he assisted Chuka's winning goal in the 4th minute. He scored his first goal for Liaoning on 21 March 2015 in a 1–1 away draw against Shijiazhuang Ever Bright. On 24 May 2015, Qin took a free kick quickly and assisted Ding Haifeng scoring the equalizer when

's goalkeeper

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left his goal unguarded to take a water break. He made 24 league appearances with one goal and three assistances in the 2015 season.

Shanghai Shenhua

On 15 January 2016, Qin transferred to

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side

. He made his debut for Shanghai on 5 March 2016 in a 1–1 home draw against Yanbian Funde. He received 13 yellow cards in the 2016 season including 11 in the league and two in the FA Cup, which was the highest in the league. On 11 March 2017, Qin was sent off by stamping

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deliberately in a league match against Tianjin Quanjian. Qin was fined ¥300,000 and degraded to the reserve team by the club on the next day. Shanghai Shenhua announced a chase penalty on 13 March 2017 that the club decided to pay the minimum wage and refuse all transfer request on Qin when Qin was in the reserve team. On 24 March 2017, Qin received a ban of six months for the Chinese Super League matches and was fined ¥120,000 by the

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Dalian Yifang

On 21 June 2018, Qin was loaned to his hometown club Dalian Yifang for the rest of the season. On 7 July 2018, he made his home debut in a 3–0 home win over against Sichuan Jiuniu in the first leg of quarter-finals of 2018 Chinese FA Cup. He made his league debut for the club on 18 July 2018 in a 0–0 home draw against Hebei China Fortune, coming on as a substitute for Zhou Ting in the 75th minute. On 24 July 2018, he scored his first goal, a penalty, to beat Sichuan Jiuniu 2–0 in the second leg of quarter-finals of 2018 Chinese FA Cup. Qin made a permanent transfer to Dalian Yifang on 13 February 2019.

International career

Qin made his senior international debut for the Chinese national team on 22 February 2012 in a 2–0 win against

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. On 11 June 2013, he was sent off by roughly tackling

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in an international friendly against

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. Qin received his last international call on 15 June 2013 in a disgraceful 5–1 home defeat against

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, which he was substituted off by Zhao Xuri in the 28th minute.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 5 December 2022''.

Honours

Club

Jiangsu Sainty *

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References

External links

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