{{short description|Chinese association football player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Ming|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Ming Tian |image = File:Ming Tian 2024-07-21.jpg | caption = Ming Tian in July 2024 |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|04|08|df=y}} |birth_place = Wuhan, Hubei, China |height = 1.80 m |currentclub = Wuhan Three Towns |clubnumber = 23 |position = Right-back |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 2014–2022 |clubs1 = Wuhan Yangtze River |caps1 = 149 |goals1 = 3 |years2 = 2023–2024 |clubs2 = Tianjin Jinmen Tiger |caps2 = 41 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2025 |clubs3 = Shanghai Port |caps3 = 14 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2026– |clubs4 = Wuhan Three Towns |caps4 = 0 |goals4 = 0 |nationalyears1 = 2014 |nationalteam1 = China U19 |nationalcaps1 = 3 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 2019– |nationalteam2 = China |nationalcaps2 = 5 |nationalgoals2 = 0 |club-update = 25 August 2025 |nationalteam-update = 16:41, 11 June 2021 (UTC) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's football}} {{MedalCompetition | EAFF Championship}} {{MedalBronze | 2019 South Korea | Team}} }}
'''Ming Tian''' ({{zh|s=明天|t=明天|p=Míng Tiān}}; born 8 April 1995) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a right-back for Wuhan Three Towns and the China national team.
==Club career== Ming Tian would play for the Wuhan Zall youth team before being sent to France to study with the FC Sochaux-Montbéliard football team for three months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2013-11-28/13436907876.shtml|title=卓尔牵手法甲索肖俱乐部 两希望之星将赴法"镀金"|publisher=sports.sina.cn|date=2013-11-28|accessdate=2020-04-25}}</ref> On his return he would be promoted to the senior team and go on to establish himself as regular within the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/124105826_515187|title=拒绝挖角！武汉卓尔续约中甲最佳新人明天 |publisher=sohu.com|date=2017-01-12|accessdate=2020-04-25}}</ref> He would go on to be an integral member of the team that gained promotion to the top tier for the club by winning the 2018 China League One division.<ref name="2018 League One">{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.cn/china/2018-03-10/detail-ifxpwyhw7624379.d.html?&cid=69436|title=2018中甲联赛积分榜|publisher=sports.sina.cn|date=2018-11-03|accessdate=2019-08-03}}</ref> He would make his top tier debut on 1 March 2019 against Beijing Guoan in a league game that ended in a 1–0 defeat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/03/01/china-pr/csl/hubei-luyin-fc/beijing-guoan-football-club/2979874/|title=WUHAN ZALL VS. BEIJING GUOAN 0 - 1|publisher=soccerway.com|date=2019-03-01|access-date=2021-01-31}}</ref> This would be followed by his first goal for the club on 1 June 2019 in a league game against Shenzhen FC that ended in 2–0 victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/06/01/china-pr/csl/hubei-luyin-fc/shenzhen-shangqingyin/2979963/|title=WUHAN ZALL VS. SHENZHEN 2 - 0|publisher=soccerway.com|date=2019-06-01|access-date=2021-01-31}}</ref>
At the end of the 2022 Chinese Super League season, Wuhan were relegated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china2022.html|title=China 2022|publisher=rsssf.org|date=2022-12-31|access-date=2022-12-31}}</ref> On 25 January 2023, the club announced that it had dissolved due to financial difficulties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/3239462.html|title=官方：武汉长江俱乐部宣布解散|work=Dongqiudi|date=2023-01-25|access-date=2023-01-25|language=zh}}</ref> On 7 April 2023, Ming was free to transfer to fellow top tier club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://k.sina.com.cn/article_2018499075_784fda0302001mnf9.html|title=27岁武汉长江球员明天加盟天津津门虎|work=sina.com.cn|date=2023-04-07|access-date=2023-04-07|language=zh}}</ref>
On 27 January 2025, Ming signed Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1822374907244422303&wfr=spider&for=pc|title=上海海港官宣明天、艾菲尔丁、刘若钒3人加盟！|date=27 January 2025|accessdate=27 January 2025|website=baijiahao.baidu.com|language=Chinese}}</ref>
After the 2025 season, Ming returned to Wuhan and joined former Chinese Super League champion Wuhan Three Towns on 19 February 2026.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/5674275.html|title=官方：上海海港球员明天转会加盟武汉三镇|date=19 February 2026|accessdate=19 February 2026|website=dongqiudi.com|language=Chinese}}</ref>
==International career== On 10 December 2019, Ming would make his senior international debut against Japan in a 2–1 defeat in the EAFF E-1 Football Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eaff.com/competitions/eaff2019/result772_c.html|title=Match Report China PR 1-2 Japan|publisher=eaff.com|date=2019-12-10|accessdate=2020-04-25}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|31 December 2022.}}<ref>{{Soccerway|tian-ming/382839|accessdate=1 March 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan=10|Wuhan Zall/<br>Wuhan FC/<br>Wuhan Yangtze River |2014 |rowspan=5|China League One |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- |2015 |10||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||10||0 |- |2016 |27||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||27||0 |- |2017 |15||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||15||0 |- |2018 |27||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||27||0 |- |2019 |rowspan=4|Chinese Super League |28||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||2 |- |2020 |19||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||2{{efn|name=P/R Play-offs|Appearance(s) in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs}}||0||21||0 |- |2021 |4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||4||0 |- |2022 |19||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||19||1 |- !colspan=2| Total !149||3||0||0||0||0||2||0||151||3 |- |Tianjin Jinmen Tiger |2023 |Chinese Super League |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !149||3||0||0||0||0||2||0||151||3 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== <!-- NOTE: when updating stats, update the infobox too! --> {{updated|matches played 11 June 2021.}}<ref>{{NFT player|id=76437|accessdate=}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="3"|China |2019||2||0 |- |2020||0||0 |- |2021||3||0 |- ! colspan=2|Total!!5!!0 |}
==Honours== ===Club=== '''Wuhan Zall''' * China League One: 2018<ref name="2018 League One"/>
'''Shanghai Port''' *Chinese Super League: 2025
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{WorldFootball.net|tian-ming}}
{{Wuhan Three Towns F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ming, Tian}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:China League One players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:Wuhan Yangtze River F.C. players Category:Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Category:Shanghai Port F.C. players Category:Wuhan Three Towns F.C. players Category:China men's international footballers Category:China men's youth international footballers Category:China men's under-20 international footballers Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen