Lang Zheng
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Lang Zheng is a professional Chinese
People's Republic of China
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 footballer currently playing as a defender
Defender (football)
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 for Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan Football Club Beijing Guoan Football Club Beijing Guoan Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 北京国安 is part of CITIC Group (China International Trust and Investment Corporation). Their current home stadium is Workers Stadium and the Fengtai stadium for less popular games. The current head...

 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...

.

Club career

Lang Zheng began his football career with Hebei in 2005 yet he quickly caught the attention of 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...

 teams Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan Football Club Beijing Guoan Football Club Beijing Guoan Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 北京国安 is part of CITIC Group (China International Trust and Investment Corporation). Their current home stadium is Workers Stadium and the Fengtai stadium for less popular games. The current head...

 and Tianjin Teda. He ultimately joined Beijing Guoan and would eventually make his league debut coming on as late substitute against Changchun Yatai
Changchun Yatai
Changchun Yatai is a Chinese football team. It was founded on June 6, 1996 by Jilin Yatai Group at Changchun, Jilin. Their manager is Shen Xiangfu....

 on October 15, 2006 in a 1-0 win. This was followed by another substitute appearance on the final day of the 2006 league season in a game against Xiamen Lanshi
Xiamen Lanshi
Xiamen Lanshi is a defunct Chinese football club, which was located in Xiamen, Fujian. They were founded in the 1996 league season and their nickname was the "Blue Lions" while they played in the Xiamen Stadium. Throughout their history they would twice win promotion to the top tier of Chinese...

, which Beijing lost 2-0. The 2007 league season would see Lang Zheng continue to further establish himself within the Beijing team when he started his first league game on June 16, 2007 against Tianjin Teda that Beijing lost 1-0. He would remain a squad regular until the 2009 league season when he would eventually break into the first team and help Beijing win the league title as well as also scoring his first goal against Qingdao Jonoon on September 26, 2009 in a 1-0 victory.

International career

On March 26, 2011 Lang Zheng would make his senior international debut in a friendly against Costa Rica
Costa Rica national football team
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 in an experimental team that also saw Jin Jingdao
Jin Jingdao
Jin Jingdao is a Korean-Chinese football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Yanbian FC.-Club career:Jin was promoted to Yanbian FC's first team squad in the 2010 league season and would go on to make his debut for Yanbian in a league game for them on 17 April 2010 with a new player of...

, Lü Peng
Lü Peng
Lü Peng is a professional Chinese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dalian Shide F.C. in the Chinese Super League.- Biography :At the beginning of the 2008 Chinese Super League season Lü would break into the senior team of Dalian Shide F.C. after graduating from their youth team...

, Ma Chongchong
Ma Chongchong
Ma Chongchong is a professional Chinese football player who currently plays as a defender for Sichuan Dujiangyan Sampo F.C...

, Ye Weichao
Ye Weichao
Ye Weichao is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:...

 and Zhang Xizhe
Zhang Xizhe
Zhang Xizhe is a professional Chinese football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:...

 make their first appearance in a game that ended in 2-2 draw.

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