{{short description|Chinese footballer and manager}} {{family name hatnote|[[Cheng (surname)|Cheng]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Cheng Yaodong<br>成耀东 | fullname = Cheng Yaodong | image = | height = {{height|m=1.74}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|6|6}} | birth_place = [[Shanghai]], [[China]] |currentclub = [[Shanghai Port F.C.|Shanghai Port B]] (head coach) |position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1987–2000 | years2 = 2001–2003 | clubs1 = [[Shanghai Shenhua]] | clubs2 = [[Shanghai COSCO Huili]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 1989–1994 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 2003–2009 | managerclubs1 = [[Shanghai COSCO Huili]] | manageryears2 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs2 = [[Shanghai Zobon]] | manageryears3 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs3 = [[Shanghai Shenxin]] | manageryears4 = 2018–2024 | managerclubs4 = [[China national under-23 football team|China U22]] | manageryears5 = 2025- | managerclubs5 = [[Shanghai Port F.C.|Shanghai Port B]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992 Japan]]|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Cheng Yaodong''' ({{lang-zh|s=成耀东|t=成耀東|p=Chéng Yàodōng}}; born June 6, 1967, in [[Shanghai]]) is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] football manager and a former international football player.
As a player, he won the Chinese league and [[Chinese FA Cup|Cup]] with [[Shanghai Shenhua]] before ending his career with [[Shanghai COSCO Huili]]. After retiring, he would immediately go into management with Shanghai COSCO Huili who he coached for seven seasons before joining [[China League Two|Chinese League Two]] club [[Shanghai Zobon]] followed by [[Shanghai Shenxin]].
==Playing career==
===Club career=== Cheng Yaodong started his football career with Shanghai in 1987 when they were originally a semi-professional football team. Predominantly used as a defender he would gradually establish himself within the Shanghai team for several seasons and would also see Shanghai become a professional football team in 1994 when they renamed themselves as [[Shanghai Shenhua]]. In the 1995 league season Cheng Yaodong would help Shanghai win the second fully professional league title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china95.html |title=China League 1995 |date=19 Jun 2003 |website=[[RSSSF]] |accessdate=2012-07-17}}</ref> His loyalty to Shanghai would see him named as their captain by the 1998 league season and would win the 1998 [[Chinese FA Cup]], however despite playing for Shenhua through the majority of his football career Cheng could not win more honours with the club. Nearing the end of his football career he would play for second-tier team [[Shanghai COSCO Huili]] and help them win the division title and promotion to the top tier in the 2001 league season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china01.html |title=China 2001 |date=19 Jun 2003 |website=[[RSSSF]] |accessdate=2012-07-17}}</ref>
===International career=== Cheng Yaodong's greatest international achievement came when he would be called into the [[China national football team|Chinese squad]] to play in the [[1992 AFC Asian Cup]], which saw China come third in the tournament. Though he was squad player throughout his international career he did play in the tournament against [[Japan national football team|Japan]] on November 6, 1992, in a 3–2 defeat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/match.php?date=1992-11-06 |title=中国 2-3 日本|publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=1992-11-06 |accessdate=2012-07-17}}</ref>
==Management career== Nearing the end of his football career, Cheng was offered the chance to manage [[Shanghai COSCO Huili]] during the [[Chinese Jia-A League 2003|2003 league season]] where he replaced [[Claude Le Roy]] and surprised many when he was able to steer them second in the league in his debut season and only one point off from the league title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china03.html |title=China 2003 |date=18 Apr 2004 |website=[[RSSSF]] |accessdate=2012-07-17}}</ref> The following season would see the club finish third within the league, however despite this the club could not continue to financially compete with local rivals Shanghai Shenhua and by the 2006 league season the club would move to [[Xi'an]], [[Shaanxi]] and eventually change their name to [[Shaanxi Chanba]]. While Cheng would move with the club he was unable to replicate the same success he initially had and with the club being prudent in their spending he was only able to guide the club into mid-table positions for the next several seasons. This was halted for a short time when he guided the club to fifth in the [[2008 Chinese Super League|2008 league season]], however on 28 August 2009, he surprisingly resigned after a 1–0 away win against the past [[local derby#China|Shanghai derby]] rivals [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]], citing health problem and desire of studying abroad as reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chanba.hsw.cn/system/2009/08/30/050290087.shtml|title=宫磊首秀难见神奇处 主场五轮不胜陕西前景堪忧|publisher=chanba.hsw.cn|date=2009-08-30|accessdate=2012-07-17|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220164530/http://chanba.hsw.cn/system/2009/08/30/050290087.shtml|archivedate=2012-02-20}}</ref> While many among the public and media believed that due to his ties towards Shenhua, Cheng was seeking the possibility of replacing their coach [[Jia Xiuquan]], however Shenhua decided to go with the experienced manager [[Miroslav Blažević]] and Cheng would return to Shanghai with third-tier club [[Shanghai Zobon]] at the beginning of the 2011 league season.
==Honours==
===Player=== '''[[Shanghai Shenhua]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/28656/Yaodong_Cheng.html|title=Cheng, Yaodong|publisher=National-football-teams.com|date=2019-08-29|accessdate=2019-08-29}}</ref> *[[Chinese Jia-A League]]: [[Chinese Jia-A League 1995|1995]] *[[Chinese FA Cup]]: 1991, 1998 '''Shanghai COSCO Huili''' *Chinese Jia-B League: 2001
===Manager=== *[[Chinese Jia-A League]]: 2003 (2nd Place)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://sports.sina.com.cn/star/chengyaodong/ Biography] at Sina.com (Chinese) * {{NFT}}
{{China Squad 1992 AFC Asian Cup}}
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