Du Zhenyu

Du Zhenyu
杜震宇
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-02-10) February 10, 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
2000 Canyi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2012 Changchun Yatai 229 (76)
2012Tianjin Teda (loan) 12 (2)
2013–2014 Tianjin Teda 43 (4)
2015–2018 Changchun Yatai 75 (7)
Total 359 (89)
International career
2006–2009 China 24 (2)
Managerial career
2023 China U-20 (Assistant Coach)
2023- Guangxi Pingguo Haliao (Assistant Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Du Zhenyu (Chinese: 杜震宇; pinyin: Dù Zhènyǔ; born February 10, 1983, in Shenyang) is a retired Chinese international footballer.

Club career

Du Zhenyu started his career in 2001 with Changchun Yatai, where in his first season he made eighteen appearances, scoring five goals.[1] He gradually became a team regular for Changchun Yatai beginning in 2003. He established himself as a first-team regular in 2005 when he played a significant role in the promotion of Changchun Yatai to the Chinese Super League by helping Changchun place second in the China League.[2] With Changchun now in the top tier, Du Zhenyu found it relatively easy to translate his prolific goalscoring record from midfield by scoring seven league goals to help Changchun place fourth in the league.[3]

The 2007 league season was to prove the most successful for Du Zhenyu, as he played a significant part in the title-winning Changchun Yatai team, subsequently winning the Footballer of the Year award in the process.[4] The following season saw Changchun play in the AFC Champions League; however, despite scoring several goals and a winning start against Bình Dương F.C., Changchun were unable to get out of the group stages.[5] The 2008 league season wasn't to prove much more successful as Changchun ended the season in sixth; however, Du Zhenyu still continued his prolific goalscoring form by scoring ten league goals.[6]

At the beginning of the 2012 Chinese Super League season, Du lost favour within the team to Liu Weidong, which soon saw him decide to move to Tianjin Teda on loan, where he made his debut on July 14, 2012, against Qingdao Jonoon in a league game that ended in a 0-0 draw.[7] After that game, he quickly established himself as a regular within the team and on July 28, 2012, he scored his first goal for the club in a league game against Beijing Guoan in a 2–1 victory.[8] His productive time at Tianjin was, however, halted when he was fined 35,000 yuan and banned for 7 games for pushing and abusing a referee after being sent off for two bookable offences on October 27, 2012, in a league game against Guizhou Renhe.[9] Despite his suspension carrying on to the following season, Tianjin decided to make his move permanent before the start of the 2013 Chinese Super League.[10]

After the 2014 season he was released by Tianjin. At the age of 32, he decided to return to his former club, Changchun Yatai, and signed a two-year deal with the side.

International career

Du would be called up to the Chinese national team for the first time by the team's manager Zhu Guanghu.[1] He would make his debut in a friendly match against Thailand on August 10, 2006, in a 4–0 win where he also scored his first goal.[11]

International goals

National team

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 August 2006 Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China  Thailand 3–0 4–0 Friendly
2. 21 October 2007 Century Lotus Stadium, Foshan, China  Myanmar 2–0 7–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Changchun Yatai

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 March 2008 Changchun City Stadium, Changchun, China Vietnam Bình Dương F.C. 1–0 2–1 2008 AFC Champions League
2. 23 April 2008 Steelyard Stadium, Pohang, South Korea South Korea Pohang Steelers 1–2 2–2 2008 AFC Champions League
3. 24 March 2010 Changchun City Stadium, Changchun, China South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 1–2 2010 AFC Champions League

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 November 2018.[12]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Total
2001 Changchun Yatai Jia B League / China League One 18 5 3 0 - - 21 5
2002 12 3 0 0 - - 12 3
2003 26 10 1 - - 26 11
2004 15 10 0 0 - - 15 10
2005 21 10 0 0 - - 21 10
2006 Chinese Super League 26 8 0 0 - - 26 8
2007 22 9 - - - 22 9
2008 25 10 - - 5 2 30 12
2009 13 1 - - - 13 1
2010 25 7 - - 3 1 28 8
2011 16 3 2 1 - - 18 4
2012 10 0 0 0 - - 10 0
Tianjin Teda (Loan) 12 2 1 0 - - 13 2
2013 Tianjin Teda 15 0 2 0 - - 17 0
2014 28 4 1 0 - - 29 4
2015 Changchun Yatai 26 3 0 0 - - 26 3
2016 22 0 0 0 - - 22 0
2017 21 3 0 0 - - 21 3
2018 6 1 0 0 - - 6 1
Total China PR 359 89 9 2 0 0 8 3 376 94

Honours

Changchun Yatai

References

  1. ^ a b "Dù, Zhènyǔ". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  2. ^ "China 2005". RSSSF. 26 Oct 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  3. ^ "杜震宇 2006赛季表现". csldata.sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  4. ^ "CSL All Star Game 2007 : Le Nord s'impose aux tirs au but". asianreddragons. 17 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  5. ^ "MATCH SUMMARY Changchun Yatai 2-1 Bình Dương F.C." (PDF). the-afc.com. 12 Mar 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  6. ^ "杜震宇 2008赛季表现". csldata.sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  7. ^ "Tianjin Teda vs. Qingdao Jonoon 0-0". soccerway.com. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  8. ^ "Tianjin Teda vs. Beijing Guoan 2-1". soccerway.com. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  9. ^ "足协重罚杜震宇:停7场罚3万5 明年回亚泰先停5场". sports.sina.com.cn. 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  10. ^ "亚泰宣布杜震宇宗垒转会天津 张文钊将铁定留队". sports.sohu.com. 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  11. ^ "China 4-0 Thailand". teamchina.freehostia.com. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  12. ^ 杜震宇 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29