Ma Zhen

Chinese association football player
Ma Zhen
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Shanghai Shenhua
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Tianjin Tianhai 1 (0)
2020– Shanghai Shenhua 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023

Ma Zhen (simplified Chinese: 马镇; traditional Chinese: 馬鎮; pinyin: Mǎ Zhèn; born 1 June 1998) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.

Club career

Ma Zhen would be promoted to the senior team of top tier club Tianjin Tianhai in the 2019 Chinese Super League season to act as cover for first choice goalkeeper Zhang Lu. He would make his debut in a league game on 12 May 2019 against Guangzhou R&F F.C. where the Head coach Shen Xiangfu brought him on to replace outfield player Wu Wei and played him as an attacker for the final few minutes of the game that ended in a 2-1 defeat.[1] The following season Ma Zhen would join another top tier club in Shanghai Shenhua for the start of the 2020 Chinese Super League campaign.[2] He would make his debut as a goalkeeper for the club on 27 October 2020 in a league game against Chongqing Dangdai Lifan F.C. that ended in a 3–1 victory.[3]

In the 2023 Chinese Super League, Ma Zhen was the first-choice keeper for Shanghai Shenhua. He performed well at first, making 14 saves out of 15 shots on target in April, a performance that won him the Goalkeeper of the Month Award. [4] However, in the away game against Chengdu Rongcheng on May 23rd, he was booked for punching opposition players, an action that earned him a five-match ban.[5]

Career statistics

As of 31 January 2023.[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tianjin Tianhai 2019 Chinese Super League 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
Shanghai Shenhua 2020 4 0 0 0 0 0 – 4 0
2021 5 0 0 0 - - 5 0
2022 21 0 0 0 - - 21 0
Total 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
Career total 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0

Honours

Shanghai Shenhua

References

  1. ^ "China » Super League 2019 » 9. Round » Tianjin Tianhai – Guangzhou R&F 1:2". worldfootball.net. 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  2. ^ "官方！申花宣布连签三人 杨旭+马丁斯+潜力门将加盟". sports.sina.cn. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  3. ^ "SHANGHAI SHENHUA VS. CHONGQING DANGDAI LIFAN 3 – 1". soccerway.com. 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  4. ^ "官方：申花门将马镇当选中超4月最佳门将，扑救成功率达93.3% (Official: The goalkeeper of Shanghai Shenhua Ma Zhen has been chosen as the April goalkeeper of the month with a save percentage of 93.3%)". 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  5. ^ "马镇拳击！至少5场禁赛？申花毁掉争冠希望，全队要控制情绪 (Ma Zhen punches! Five-game ban at least? The championship hopes of Shanghai Shenhua are destroyed, the club must control its emotions)". 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  6. ^ Ma Zhen at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 May 2019.

External links

  • Ma Zhen at WorldFootball.net
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