Dong Fangzhuo
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Dong with Hunan Billows in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dong Fangzhuo | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Dalian, Liaoning, China | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002 | Dalian Saidelong | 18 | (2) |
| 2002–2004 | Dalian Shide | 8 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Manchester United | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | → Royal Antwerp (loan) | 71 | (34) |
| 2008–2010 | Dalian Shide | 26 | (0) |
| 2010 | Legia Warsaw | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Portimonense | 3 | (0) |
| 2011 | Mika | 21 | (4) |
| 2012–2013 | Hunan Billows | 43 | (9) |
| 2014 | Hebei Zhongji | 7 | (2) |
| 2016 | Changsha Meiluodi | ？ | (？) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | China U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | China | 13 | (1) |
| 2008 | China U23 | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 November 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 November 2013 |
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Dong Fangzhuo (Chinese: 董芳卓; pinyin: Dǒng Fāngzhuó; born 23 January 1985) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Dong first came to prominence in 2000 when he was named the most valuable player in an under-17 tournament. He then signed for Dalian Saidelong and helped them finish as runners-up in the Chinese Jia-B league in 2002. This then earned him a move to Dalian Shide, the most successful club team in China. Dong scored his first goal for Dalian in the second match of the qualifying stages of the 2002–03 AFC Champions League.
Dong left Dalian for Manchester United on 12 January 2004 for an initial fee of £500,000, which could have risen to £3.5 million, depending upon appearances. He thus became the first East Asian player to sign for Manchester United.
After signing for Manchester United, he was unable to play for the senior team immediately because he was ineligible for a work permit. Due to these legal issues, Dong was loaned out to get first-team experience with Belgian First Division side Royal Antwerp where the employment laws were less strict. In his first season, he scored one goal in nine appearances as he began to get used to his new environment. His second season began more promisingly, finding the net in six of his first seven appearances of the season, all as a substitute off the bench. However, disrupted by injury and international duty, his form fell away in the latter half of the season as he finished with seven goals in 22 appearances in all competitions. At the beginning of the 2005–06 season, he was called up to join Manchester United on their pre-season tour and made his unofficial debut for the club in a friendly match in Hong Kong, scoring a goal in a 2–0 win.
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