Qu Cheng (; born February 8, 1989) is a Chinese

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who currently plays as a striker for

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side Wuhan Three Towns.

Club career

Qu Cheng started his football career playing for the Jiangsu Sainty F.C. youth team before being promoted to their senior squad in the

2009 Chinese Super League The 2009 Chinese Super League season was the sixth season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League, the sixteenth season of a professional football league and the 48th top-tier league season in China. Beijing Guoan won their first ev ...

season and would go on to make his debut in a league game on 16 May 2009 against

Hangzhou Greentown Zhejiang Professional Football Club (), commonly referred to as Zhejiang FC or simply Zhejiang, is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association ( ...

in a 4-0 defeat. Qu would be loaned out to

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side

Persipura Jayapura Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Jayapura, or Persipura, is an Indonesian football club based in Jayapura, Papua. The club was founded in 1963 and currently competes in the Liga 2. Persipura used to always use the Mandala Stadium as their ho ...

halfway through their 2009–10 league season and would go on to make his debut on 13 March 2010 in a league game on against

PSPS Pekanbaru Persatuan Sepakbola Pekanbaru dan Sekitarnya (commonly known as PSPS) is an Indonesian football team based in Pekanbaru, Riau. They currently play in Liga 2. They play at the Riau Main Stadium. Players Current squad ...

where he came on as a substitute for

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in a 1–0 victory. As the season progressed Qu would make several further appearances and would soon score his first goal on April 3, 2010 in a league game against

Bontang FC Bontang Football Club (formerly known as PKT Bontang or Pupuk Kaltim) is an Indonesian professional football team located in Bontang, East Kalimantan in the island of Borneo. The homebase is Mulawarman Stadium. Bontang FC prides itself as the ...

in 5–1 victory. By the end of the season Qu scored three goals in eight appearances in the league as well as two goals in three appearances within the

2010 Piala Indonesia The 2010 Piala Indonesia was the fifth edition of '' Piala Indonesia'', the nationwide football cup tournament in Indonesia, involving professional clubs from Indonesia Super League, Premier Division and First Division. Sriwijaya FC was the tou ...

before returning to China. On 8 July 2014, Qu was loaned to

China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football A ...

side Jiangxi Liansheng until 31 December 2014. He would be loaned out again on 23 June 2016, to

side Sichuan Longfor until 31 December 2016. He made a permanent transfer to Sichuan Longfor on 14 February 2017. He would go on to win the

2018 China League Two The 2018 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season was the 29th season since its establishment in 1989. The league is expanded to 28 teams, with 14 teams in North Group and 14 teams in South Group. On 11 July 2018, Anhui Hefei Guig ...

season with them and promotion to the second tier. On August 8, 2020, Qu transferred to Wuhan Three Towns. In his first season with the club he would go on to aid them in winning the division title and promotion into the second tier.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.''Qu Cheng
at soccerway.com Retrieved 2020-12-31

Honours

Club

Jiangsu Sainty *

Chinese FA Super Cup The Chinese FA Super Cup (), formerly named Chinese Football Super Cup (), is a pre-season football competition held before the season begins in China. It is a Chinese football championship contested by the winners of top division of Professional ...

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Sichuan Longfor *

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Wuhan Three Towns *

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* 1989 births Association football forwards Chinese expatriate footballers Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Chinese footballers Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Living people Persipura Jayapura players Chinese Super League players China League One players Jiangxi Beidamen F.C. players Jiangsu F.C. players Sichuan Longfor F.C. players Sportspeople from Nanjing Footballers from Jiangsu {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub