Wang Zhenpeng (footballer)

Wang Zhenpeng

Personal information
Full name	Wang Zhenpeng
Date of birth	(1984-05-05) 5 May 1984
Place of birth	Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Kitchee
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	Dalian Shide	0	(0)
2005–	Kitchee	208	(0)
International career‡
2016–	Hong Kong	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2022

Wang Zhenpeng
Traditional Chinese	王振鵬
Simplified Chinese	王振鹏
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Zhènpéng IPA [wǎŋ ʈʂə̂n pʰə̌ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wong4 Zan3paang4 IPA [wɔŋ˩ tsɐn˧ pʰaŋ˩]

Wang Zhenpeng (traditional Chinese: 王振鵬; simplified Chinese: 王振鹏, born 5 May 1984) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee.

Club career

Dalian Shide

Wang Zhenpeng started his professional football career in 2002 when he was promoted to the senior team of top tier Chinese side Dalian Shide. Throughout the season he was used as a third choice goalkeeper and did not see any playing time, however he did see his side win the 2002 league title that season and did pick up a medal. His time at Dalian, however would see him struggle to receive any playing time and he would even struggle to even maintain his third choice position within the team by the 2005 league season, which saw him dropped from the first team squad.

Kitchee

This would see Wang move to Hong Kong-based club Kitchee during 2005 and make his league debut on 18 September 2005 against Sun Hei in a 2–0 victory. As the season progressed he will go on to become the club's first choice goalkeeper and play in twelve games at the end of the 2005–06 league campaign that saw Kitchee win the Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield, while also coming fourth within the league.

The following season would see Wang face stiff competition from Hong Kong U-23 goalkeeper Li Jian and only play in ten league games, however he was able to regain his place within the team and play in the final of the Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield on 23 December 2007, but Wang did not have a good game and saw himself commit two goalkeeping mistakes that led to Kitchee losing 2–0 to Eastern. Despite the disappointment Wang would still remain the club's main goalkeeper and play in the final that won the 2006–07 Hong Kong League Cup as well as starting the following season as the first choice where he played in fifteen league games throughout the 2007–08 league campaign. By finishing in a disappointing sixth the club's manager Julio César Moreno would decide to drop Wang during the 2008–09 season and replace him with Song Tao and Luciano, which saw Wang only play in six league games at the end of the season.

Kitchee would bring in Josep Gombau as their new manager in the 2009–10 league season and he would make Sergio Aure his first choice goalkeeper. Wang would only play in five league games throughout the season and sat on the bench while the club won the 2009 Hong Kong Community Shield, however he would win back his position as the club's main goalkeeper in the 2010–11 league season when he played in all but one game throughout the league season as Kitchee won the league title for the first time since 1964.

International career

Zhenpeng has been called up several times to the Hong Kong national football team, without making an appearance. On 3 June 2016, he made his international debut against Vietnam during the 2016 AYA Bank Cup.

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 22 May 2021

Club	Season	League			FA Cup & Shield		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dalian Shide	2002	Chinese Jia-A League	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
	2003		0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
	2004	Chinese Super League	0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
	2005		0	0	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	0
Kitchee	2005–06	Hong Kong First Division League	12	0	4	0	5	0	—	—	21	0
	2006–07		10	0	2	0	1	0	—	—	13	0
	2007–08		16	0	3	0	6	0	6	0	31	0
	2008–09		6	0	1	0	0	0	—	—	7	0
	2009–10		6	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	6	0
	2010–11		17	0	2	0	1	0	—	—	20	0
	2011–12		18	0	2	0	3	0	7	0	30	0
	2012–13		14	0	2	0	—	—	5	0	21	0
	2013–14		16	0	1	0	—	—	8	0	28	0
	2014–15	Hong Kong Premier League	11	0	2	0	2	0	9	0	24	0
	2015–16		13	0	3	0	5	0	7	0	28	0
	2016–17		17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	21	0
	2017–18		16	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	24	0
	2018–19		15	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	22	0
	2019–20		8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2020–21		13	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	0
	2021-22		1	0							1	0
	2022-23		1	0							1	0
Total			210	0	33	0	23	0	51	0	317	0

International

As of matches played 14 June 2022

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong	2016	2	0
	2017	2	0
	2018	1	0
	2019	0	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	0	0
	2022	1	0
Total		6	0

Honours

Dalian Shide

• Chinese Jia-A League/Chinese Super League: 2002, 2005
• Chinese FA Cup: 2005

Kitchee

• Hong Kong Premier League: 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23
• Hong Kong First Division: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2005–06, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2022–23
• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
• Hong Kong Sapling Cup: 2017–18, 2019–20
• Hong Kong League Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16
• Hong Kong Community Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18
• AFC Cup Play-off: 2015–16

External links

• Wang Zhenpeng at Soccerway
• Player profile at Kitchee.com
• Player profile at Sohu.com