Zhu Ting - Club Career

Club Career

Originally starting his career with Dalian Shide in the 2002 league season, he was unable to play in any league games and he was given the chance to start his professional career with second tier side Dalian Changbo on a loan move in 2004 where in his first season he played seventeen games and scored one goal. Moving back to Dalian Shide the following season, he was given the chance to prove himself by the Dalian manager Vladimir Petrović and despite only playing in a handful of games he would still be part of the squad that won the league and cup double at the end of the season. The next season saw him go on to establish himself as the teams regular striker, however despite not being a prolific scorer, Zhu won praise for his speed, determination and high work rate until the end of the 2008 league season when Dalian struggled within the league and there were question marks with his future even in July 2009, Dalian was rumoured to have accepted a deal from Croatian club HNK Hajduk Split to loan Zhu for a rumoured fee of €120,000 with a view for a permanent deal in the future. The deal never materialized and Zhu had to fight for his place within Dalian the team once again.

Failed to establish himself as a striker in the club, Zhu was made a position transition to right midfielder and later to right back by Portuguese manager Nelo Vingada during the 2011 league season. Zhu had an outstanding performance in the new position and eventually returned to the Chinese national team as defender in August 2012.