Cui Peng
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Cui Peng is a Chinese
Chinese people
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 football player who currently plays for Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng Taishan is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shandong Luneng Group, the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province. They play at the Shandong Stadium in Jinan, Shandong. The predecessor of Shandong Luneng Taishan was the Shandong Provincial team organised...

 as a midfielder
Midfielder
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 in the Chinese Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...

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Shandong Luneng

Cui Peng started his professional football career with Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng Taishan is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shandong Luneng Group, the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province. They play at the Shandong Stadium in Jinan, Shandong. The predecessor of Shandong Luneng Taishan was the Shandong Provincial team organised...

 in 2005 when he earned his first senior team appearance on March 9, 2005 in a AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League
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 game against Yokohama Marinos. After several further appearances with the team he would score his first goal for Shandong against Al-Ittihad (Jeddah) in the second leg 2005 Asian Champions League game where he scored the second goal with a volley from 30 meters, however Shandong lost the game 7-2. By the 2006 Chinese Super League
Chinese Super League 2006
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 season Cui Peng had established himself as Shandong's first choice right-midfielder and would help them win the league title ans the Chinese FA Cup
Chinese FA Cup
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National Team

After an impressive start to the 2006 league season Cui Peng would be called up to the senior team to make his debut in a friendly against Thailand
Thailand national football team
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 on August 10, 2006 in a 4-0 win. While he was called up by the national team for training in 2007 he did not make the squad in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup
2007 AFC Asian Cup
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. He was, however young enough to participate in the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament and was part of the Chinese U-23
China national under-23 football team
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 squad that took part in the tournament where he played in all three group games.

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