Cao Sheng
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cao Sheng | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Wuhan, Hubei, China | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Shandong Luneng | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | Shandong Youth | 6 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Sintrense (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Real Massamá (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | → União Torreense (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2023 | Shandong Luneng | 5 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Zibo Cuju (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Qingdao Hainiu (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Taian Tiankuang (loan) | 21 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2023 | |||
Cao Sheng (Chinese: 曹盛; pinyin: Cáo Shèng; born 26 February 1995) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Cao Sheng started his professional football career in 2012 when he was sent out to Shandong Youth for the 2012 China League Two.[1] He went to Portugal for further training in January 2014,[2] and played for Sintrense, Real Massamá and União Torreense between 2014 and 2016.
Cao was promoted to Shandong Luneng's first team squad by Felix Magath in June 2017.[3] He made his debut for the club on 21 June 2017, playing the whole match in the 2017 Chinese FA Cup against Tianjin Teda, which Shandong won 1–0.[4] On 9 July 2017, he made his Chinese Super League debut in a 2–0 away win against Tianjin Teda, coming on as a substitute for Jin Jingdao in the 89th minute.[5]
Cao would struggle to gain much more playing time before being dropped to the reserves and then loaned out to third tier club Zibo Cuju on 14 October 2020.[6] He would be loaned out once more to another third tier club in Qingdao Hainiu on 1 July 2021.[7] He would go on to play a vital part as the club won the third tier title and promotion at the end of the 2021 China League Two season.[8] His loan would be extended and he would go on to achieve successive promotions as he helped guide the club to second in the 2022 China League One season and promotion back into the top tier.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 31 December 2022.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shandong Youth | 2012 | China League Two | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 1 | ||
| Sintrense (loan) | 2014–15 | Campeonato de Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Real Massamá (loan) | 2014–15 | Lisbon FA Pró-National Division | 4 | 1 | 2[a] | 1 | - | - | 6 | 2 | ||
| União Torreense (loan) | 2015–16 | Campeonato de Portugal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 0 | ||
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 2017 | Chinese Super League | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zibo Cuju (loan) | 2020 | China League Two | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | 12 | 1 | |||
| Qingdao Hainiu (loan) | 2021 | China League Two | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | China League One | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 62 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 5 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Taça da A.F.Lisboa
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2012中国足协杯中乙山东青年队完全大名单一览". Sohu (in Chinese). 21 May 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "鲁能再送6小将出国锻炼 另一小将刘洋转会武汉". Sohu (in Chinese). 31 December 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "驰援足协杯新人预备队出彩 曹盛曾在葡萄牙留洋". Netease (in Chinese). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "马加特:我们没给对方太多机会 曹盛表现非常出色". Sina (in Chinese). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "中超-金敬道破僵塔神巧射 鲁能2-0赛季三杀亿利". Sina (in Chinese). 9 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "2020淄博蹴鞠引援公告，欢迎十骁将加盟！". m.dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 20 October 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "德转：山东泰山队球员曹盛租借加盟中乙青岛海牛". sohu.com (in Chinese). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ a b "青岛海牛队拿下2021年中乙联赛冠军！市体育局贺信祝贺青岛海牛队夺冠". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "青岛海牛时隔9年重返中超，这3312天他们经历了什么？". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "曹盛". sodasoccer.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
External links
[edit]- Cao Sheng at Soccerway
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Chinese men's footballers
- Footballers from Wuhan
- S.C.U. Torreense players
- Shandong Taishan F.C. players
- Segunda Divisão players
- Chinese Super League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chinese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- S.U. Sintrense players