Feng Xiaoting

In this Chinese name, the family name is Feng.

Feng Xiaoting
冯潇霆
Feng with Guangzhou Evergrande in 2018
Personal information
Full name Feng Xiaoting
Date of birth (1985-10-22) 22 October 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Sichuan Guancheng 35 (2)
2005–2008 Dalian Shide 35 (0)
2009 Daegu FC 19 (0)
2010 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 11 (0)
2011–2020 Guangzhou Evergrande 209 (5)
2020 → Shanghai Shenhua (loan) 13 (0)
2021–2022 Shanghai Shenhua 20 (0)
2023 Dongguan United 12 (1)
Total 354 (8)
International career‡
2003–2005 China U-20
2005–2008 China U-23
2004–2019 China 76 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 October 2019
Feng Xiaoting
Simplified Chinese冯潇霆
Traditional Chinese馮瀟霆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFéng Xiāotíng
IPA[fə̌ŋ ɕjáʊ tʰǐŋ]

Feng Xiaoting (Chinese: 冯潇霆; pinyin: Féng Xiāotíng; born 22 October 1985) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.[2]

Club career

Feng Xiaoting started his football career with Sichuan Guancheng in the 2003 league season where he quickly established himself as a regular. Despite being only 17 years old, he captained them for several games, making him the youngest club captain in professional Chinese football.[3] In December 2003, Feng had a brief trial with Ligue 1 side FC Nantes but failed to join the club.[4] His second season was considerably less productive after he suffered a serious injury and subsequently missed most of the 2004 league season.

As a promising youngster with top tier experience, Feng quickly drew the attentions of top tier side Dalian Shide and transferred to them in the 2005 league season even though he was still injured and missed much of the early stages of the season. Nevertheless, during the latter half of the season, he started to play a vital part in Dalian's push for the league and cup double, where he saw them win both.[5] The following seasons though saw Feng play a smaller role within the club and it was only once then manager Ji Mingyi left before he started to establish himself as an integral member of the squad during the 2008 season.

Feng came close to signing with Serie A side A.C. Siena during the summer of 2008. Their sporting director Manuel Gerolin watched all of Chinese under-23 national team's matches during the 2008 Summer Olympics matches and was impressed by Feng, but problems with the player's registration delayed this possibility. With his contract about to end with Dalian, Feng received offers from K-League sides Chunnam Dragons, Jeju United and Daegu FC before the 2009 season. He eventually signed a two-year contract with Daegu FC on a free transfer.[6] Feng made his debut for the club on 22 March 2009 in a 2–2 draw against Pohang Steelers. On 29 January 2010, Feng signed for K-League champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on a free transfer.[7] Feng did not have a starting role in the backline for Jeonbuk that season and was soon released by the club.

Feng decided to sign for Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande right before the start of the 2011 season. That year, with a tight defense only conceding 23 goals the entire season, saw Guangzhou win their first ever top tier title. In the 2012 season, Feng helped the club to a domestic double, winning both the top tier title and the Chinese FA Cup. The following campaign he would be an integral member of the team that not only won the league title, but also gained continental success by winning the 2013 AFC Champions League.[8] More continued success would follow with another continental title with the 2015 AFC Champions League.[9]

On 3 February 2020, Feng was loaned out to fellow top tier club Shanghai Shenhua for the 2020 Chinese Super League campaign.[10] He would make his debut in a league game on 30 July 2020 against Shenzhen in a 3-2 victory.[11] He would go on to make his move to Shenhua permanent the following season where he would be a squad player for two seasons until his contract expired and he left the team on 1 February 2023.[12]

On 28 December 2024, Feng held the retirement game with his former teammates Li Xuepeng and Rong Hao in Shandong Linyi Olympic Park. [13]

International career

Feng was first called up to the Chinese national team by then manager Arie Haan who gave him his debut in a 2–0 win against Myanmar on 17 March 2004.[14] The following manager Zhu Guanghu decided that Feng was too inexperienced for the senior team and Feng was instead part of the Chinese under-23 national team that played in the 2008 Summer Olympics where he was the first-choice centre back and was paired with Li Weifeng as China were knocked out in the group stage.[15] After the tournament, Feng was promoted back to the national team once again when then manager Vladimir Petrović included him during 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.[16] He soon became a regular for the national team and went on to win the 2010 East Asian Football Championship. On 20 November 2018, Feng scored his first international goal in a 1–1 draw against Palestine.[17]

Personal life

Feng married Zhao Yingying, who works for China's national television network CCTV, on 16 February 2009.[18]

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 4 November 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sichuan Guancheng 2003 Chinese Jia-A League 25 2 2 0 - - - 27 2
2004 Chinese Super League 10 0 6 0 2 0 - - 18 0
Total 35 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 45 2
Dalian Shide 2005 Chinese Super League 6 0 2 0 0 0 - - 8 0
2006 4 0 2 0 - 6 0 0[a] 0 12 0
2007 4 0 - - - - 4 0
2008 21 0 - - - - 21 0
Total 35 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 45 0
Daegu FC 2009 K-League 19 0 2 0 1 0 - - 22 0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2010 11 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 - 20 0
Guangzhou Evergrande 2011 Chinese Super League 27 2 1 0 - - - 28 2
2012 19 0 3 0 - 9 0 1[b] 0 32 0
2013 25 0 4 0 - 13 1 4[c] 0 46 1
2014 23 0 0 0 - 9 0 0[b] 0 32 0
2015 27 1 0 0 - 13 0 3[d] 0 43 1
2016 22 0 5 0 - 5 0 1[b] 0 33 0
2017 24 1 2 0 - 10 0 1[b] 0 37 1
2018 26 0 0 0 - 7 0 1[b] 0 34 0
2019 16 1 0 0 - 4 0 - 20 1
Total 209 5 15 0 0 0 70 1 11 0 305 6
Shanghai Shenhua (loan) 2020 Chinese Super League 13 0 0 0 - 6 0 - 19 0
Shanghai Shenhua 2021 12 0 6 0 - - - 18 0
2022 8 0 0 0 - - - 8 0
Total 20 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Dongguan United 2023 China League One 12 1 0 0 - - - 12 1
Career total 354 8 36 0 4 0 89 1 11 0 494 9
  1. ^ Appearance in A3 Champions Cup
  2. ^ a b c d e Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
  3. ^ One appearance in Chinese FA Super Cup, Three appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  4. ^ One appearance in Chinese FA Super Cup, Two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

International statistics

National team
Year Apps Goals
2004 2 0
2005 0 0
2006 0 0
2007 0 0
2008 5 0
2009 6 0
2010 8 0
2011 5 0
2012 4 0
2013 7 0
2014 6 0
2015 5 0
2016 9 0
2017 7 0
2018 7 1
2019 5 0
Total 76 1

International goals

As of 20 November 2018
Scores and results list China's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 November 2018 Wuyuan River Stadium, Haikou, China  Palestine 1–0 1–1 Friendly

Honours

Club

Dalian Shide[20]

Guangzhou Evergrande[20]

International

China PR national football team

Individual

References

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