{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Xin Feng <br> 忻峰 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|5|27}} | birth_place = Shanghai, China | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|1|abbr=on}} | position = Defender | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 1996–1997 | years2 = 1998–2003 | years3 = 2003–2007 | years4 = 2008–2010 | years5 = 2011 | years6 = 2012–2013 | years7 = 2014–2015 | years8 = 2016–2017 | clubs1 = Shanghai Pudong | clubs2 = Shanghai Shenhua | clubs3 = Shenzhen Jianlibao | clubs4 = Shaanxi Chanba | clubs5 = Shanghai Shenhua | clubs6 = Wuhan Zall | clubs7 = Jiangxi Liansheng | clubs8 = Suzhou Dongwu | caps1 = 0 | caps2 = 80 | caps3 = 101 | caps4 = 85 | caps5 = 6 | caps6 = 37 | caps7 = 27 | caps8 = 23 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 7 | goals4 = 5 | goals5 = 0 | goals6 = 2 | goals7 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2007–2008 | nationalteam1 = China | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 13 October 2017 | ntupdate = 16 March 2011 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's football}} {{MedalCompetition|AFC Youth Championship}} {{MedalSilver|1996 َ South Korea|Team}} | manageryears1 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs1 = Suzhou Dongwu (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2018–2020 | managerclubs2 = Wuhan Zall (assistant) }}
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'''Xin Feng''' ({{zh|c=忻峰|p=Xīn Fēng}}; born 27 May 1978 in Shanghai) is a Chinese former football player as a defender.
==Club career== Xin Feng started his professional football career for second tier side Shanghai Pudong before he switched to top tier side Shanghai Shenhua and broke into their team during the 1998 league season when he made four league appearances in his debut season.<ref name="Xīn, Fēng">{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/20807.html |title=Xīn, Fēng |website=National-Football-Teams.com |access-date=2012-09-11}}</ref> Xin would also be included in the squad that won the 1998 Chinese FA Cup and by the following season he would start to establish himself as a regular within the team by making thirteen league appearances. After several seasons he would move to Shenzhen Jianlibao where he rose to prominence as a defender and would win the 2004 China Super League title with an unfancied Shenzhen team. During the ACL 2005 game against Suwon Samsung Bluewings he would achieve his personal highlight when he scored with a fierce close shot from a cross to seal Shenzhen's place in the quarter-finals. After five seasons with Shenzhen he would transfer back to his first team Shanghai Pudong, who had moved to Xi'an, Shaanxi and renamed themselves Shaanxi Chanba). For the next several seasons he would go on to be a vital member of the team, however nearing the end of his career the club would allow Xin to leave for free to Shanghai Shenhua.
==International career== Xin Feng would have to wait until February 7, 2007 before he made his international debut against Kazakhstan in a 2-1 victory in preparation for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-lineups.com/match/5595/|title=Friendlies 2007|publisher=football-lineups.com|date=7 February 2007|access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref> Unable to make the squad he was given another chance to prove himself by the new Chinese Head coach Vladimir Petrović in a friendly against Mexico in a 1-0 defeat on April 16, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=2008-04-16|title=China PR 0-1 Mexico|publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=2008-04-16|access-date=2012-09-11}}</ref> Unable to recapture his club form for his country, Xin would only play once more for the senior team.
==End of football career== On 29 January 2026, Xing was given a lifetime ban for match-fixing by the Chinese Football Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/5638159.html|title=足协公布禁足名单，杜兆才、陈戌源、王小平、李铁等73人在列|work=dongqiudi|date=2026-01-29|access-date=2026-01-30}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Shanghai Shenhua'''<ref name="Xīn, Fēng"/> *Chinese FA Cup: 1998
'''Shenzhen Shangqingyin'''<ref name="Xīn, Fēng"/> *Chinese Super League: 2004
'''Jiangxi Liansheng''' * China League Two: 2014
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{NFT}} * {{Soccerway}} * [http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/player.php?regnum=MP0270 Player stats] at sohu.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Xin, Feng}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Shanghai Category:China men's international footballers Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen Category:Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Category:Shenzhen F.C. players Category:Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Category:Wuhan Yangtze River F.C. players Category:Jiangxi Lushan F.C. players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:China League One players Category:Men's association football defenders