Guan Zhen (; born February 6, 1985, in Tianjin) is a Chinese football coach and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Shandong Luneng Taishan Guan would make his senior club debut on March 16, 2003, for Shandong Luneng Taishan in a league game versus Yunnan Hongta. His appearance was to make him the youngest goalkeeper to ever appear in the top tier in the Chinese league system, however this record was later broken by Wang Dalei. After his debut he would play understudy to Zong Lei and Deng Xiaofei for several seasons, however Shandong Luneng would bring in Li Leilei in the 2006 league season and Guan was loaned out to Chengdu F.C.
Chengdu Wuniu Guan would join second tier club Chengdu F.C. on loan in 2006 to gain more playing time but failed to make it as their first choice goalkeeper. He would return to Shandong Luneng where he would once more be used as a third choice goalkeeper. Unable to improve upon his position Shandong Luneng Taishan were willing to let Guan leave at the end of the 2007 league season.
Jiangsu Sainty He transferred to second tier club Jiangsu Sainty at the beginning of the 2008 league season and was immediately placed as their first-choice goalkeeper within the team. He played extremely well enough to immediately help the club in their push for promotion to the Chinese Super League by aiding them to win the 2008 Chinese League One title. The following season Guan's former team mate Deng Xiaofei was brought into the club and for a short period replaced Guan as the team's first choice goalkeeper, however he would eventually go on to win back his place within the team and help establish Jiangsu within the top tier.
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright In January 2015, Guan transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.关震： 曾以为能挺过七年之痒 at goalchina.net 2015-01-12 Retrieved 2015-01-12
Guan scored his first ever goal in his 100th top-tier match on May 8, 2016, converting a penalty in a 2–1 loss against Shanghai SIPG.关震迎百场顶级联赛点球破门 复刻南昌门将神迹 at sohu.com 2016-05-08 Retrieved 2016-05-09 Yasen Petrov, manager of Shijiazhuang, expressed that Guan would be the first penalty kicker of the club until he missed.永昌主帅钦点关震任第一点球手：直至罚失换人 at sohu.com 2016-05-08 Retrieved 2016-05-23 He scored his second penalty on May 22, 2016, in a 1–1 home draw against Beijing Guoan.关震争议点球破门奥古救主 国安1-1永昌 at sohu.com 2016-05-22 Retrieved 2016-05-23 On June 19, 2016, Guan missed a penalty in a 1–0 victory against Henan Jianye before his teammate Rúben Micael took the other penalty of the match.鲁本破门+2人失点 永昌1-0建业近7轮首胜 at sohu.com 2016-06-19 Retrieved 2016-06-20
Shenzhen FC On February 8, 2017, Guan transferred to China League One side Shenzhen FC永昌官方宣布关震转会深圳 两进点球成经典时刻 at sina.com 2017-02-08 Retrieved 2017-02-08 He would make his debut appearance on 12 March 2017 against Dalian Transcendence in a league game that ended in a 6–0 victory. He would establish himself as a regular within the team and go on to gain promotion with the club at the end of the 2018 China League One campaign.
Guan Zhen retired in December 2020, and joined the backroom staff as an assistant goalkeeping coach.
International career Guan was the first choice keeper for the Chinese U-20 team before the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship that was managed by Eckhard Krautzun, however he was ruled out after suffering an injury before the tournament by his own teammate Wang Yongpo. He would go on to be promoted to the Chinese U-23 and was part of the squad that played in the Football at the 2006 Asian Games, however it was only after an impressive start to the 2009 Chinese Super League season with Jiangsu Sainty before Guan would be called up into Gao Hongbo's squad to face Kyrgyzstan in a 3–0 win on July 25, 2009, where he came on as a substitute for Zeng Cheng. His performance was good enough for him to be tried out in the 2010 East Asian Football Championship and then later included in the squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.
Career statistics Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.关震 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2015-11-01 + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsShandong Luneng Taishan2003Chinese Jia-A League4000---402004Chinese Super League0000 0--0020050000 000-00 Total400000000000Chengdu F.C. (Loan)2006China League One1000---10Shandong Luneng Taishan2007Chinese Super League00--000000Jiangsu Sainty2008China League One240----2402009Chinese Super League150----1502010170----17020119000---9020120000---00201311020-0010130201413000---130 Total89020000010920Shijiazhuang Ever Bright2015Chinese Super League23010---240201629200---292 Total52210000000532Shenzhen F.C.2017China League One26000---260201822000---2202019Chinese Super League0010---1020200000---00 Total48010000000490 Career total1942400000101992
Honours
Club Shandong Luneng Taishan Chinese FA Cup: 2004
Jiangsu Sainty China League One: 2008 Chinese FA Super Cup: 2013
Country China PR national football team East Asian Football Championship: 2010
See also List of goalscoring goalkeepers
References
External links Official Jiangsu Sainty website
Player profile at Sodasoccer.com Player stats at Sohu.com