Dong Xuesheng

Dong Xuesheng
董学升

Personal information
Date of birth	May 22, 1989 (1989-05-22) (age 22)
Place of birth	Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Shenzhen Ruby
Number	40
Youth career
2006	Shanghai United F.C.
2007-2008	Shanghai Shenhua
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009-present	Shanghai Shenhua	27	(2)
2011-	→Shenzhen Ruby(loan)	16	(5)
National team‡
2011-	China U-23	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 July 2011

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Dong.

Dong Xuesheng (simplified Chinese: 董学升; traditional Chinese: 董學升; pinyin: Dǒng Xuéshēng) (born 22 May 1989) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shenzhen Ruby as a striker in the Chinese Super League.

Club career

Dong Xuesheng graduated from the Shanghai Shenhua youth team at the end of the 2008 football league season. He made his debut on the 7th of April 2009 for Shanghai Shenhua against Suwon Samsung Bluewings in an AFC Champions League game as a substitute for Mao Jianqing in which Shanghai won 2-1.^[1] He made his league debut against Shenzhen Asia Travel F.C. on the 17th April 2009 in a 4-1 win.^[2] For the rest of the season he became a squad regular where he was used mainly as substitute and eventually scored his first goal on October 31, 2009 in a 2-1 league victory against Changsha Ginde.^[3] Miroslav Blažević became the new team manager in the following season and Dong got more playing time. However, after Xi Zhikang was selected as the new coach in the 2011 league season, Dong spent most of his time on bench, and later was loan to Shenzhen Ruby for the second-half season. In Shenzhen he made debut in a league game on the July 10, 2011 in a 2-1 defeat against Tianjin Teda F.C. where he came on as a substitute for Liu Chao.^[4] He scored his first hat-trick on 21 August 2011, in a 4-2 home victory against Dalian Shide.^[5]

International career

Dong Xuesheng was called-up to the Chinese U-23 football team in 2011 where he was re-united with his previous manager Miroslav Blažević. He made his debut on June 6, 2011 in a friendly against the Saudi Arabia U-23 team in a 0-0 draw.^[6] He was then part of the squad which took part in the 2012 Olympic qualification process. China was knocked-out by the Oman U-23 team.^[7]

References

1. ^ http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/367-2120.pdf
2. ^ http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2009-04-17/21394330677.shtml
3. ^ http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/gameinfo.php?season=2009&gameid=A30238
4. ^ http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2011/07/10/china-pr/super-league/shenzhen-shangqingyin/tianjin-teda/1097761/
5. ^ http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2011-08-21/21325712739.shtml
6. ^ http://www.cfateamchina.com/en/press/all/56/
7. ^ http://www.cfateamchina.com/en/press/all/86/

External links

• Player profile at Shanghai Shenhua website
• Player stats at sohu.com

Persondata
Name	Dong, Xuesheng
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Date of birth	1989-05-22
Place of birth	Dalian, Liaoning, China
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