Rong Zhixing or Rong Zhihang (; born 30 July 1948) is a retired Chinese footballer who played for

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. He represented

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in the

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and qualifying for the 1982 FIFA World Cup .

Biography

Rong was born in a ship on the journey from China to India, his family came from

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. His family lived in India until 1953, when they returned to China and settled in

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. Rong started his career playing for the Guangzhou youth football team, after that he was elected to the Guangzhou worker football team. In 1966 Rong join

football team. In 1969, Rong was elected to the

football team, he was called up to the Chinese national team and played in the

, with China earning third place. Rong was still called up to represent China as he played within the

1980 Asian Cup The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The fi ...

and qualifying for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. After China lost to

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in qualifying for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, Rong retired. In 1982, Rong retired and studied in university, he worked as the coach of Guangdong youth football team for a short time. After that Rong worked as the vice secretary of

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committee of Guangdong province sports technical college. In 1991, Rong worked as the director of the

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sports committee. On January 21,2014, Rong was elected vice chairman of the

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Career statistics

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

Guangdong FC *China national league: 1979

References

External links

Team China Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rong, Zhixing 1948 births Living people Chinese footballers Association football midfielders Guangdong Winnerway F.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players 1976 AFC Asian Cup players China international footballers Footballers from Jiangmen People from Taishan, Guangdong Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for China Asian Games medalists in football