Mirahmetjan Muzepper

Maitijiang
买提江

Personal information
Full name	Mirahmetjan Muzepper 木热合买提江·莫扎帕
Date of birth	January 14, 1991 (1991-01-14) (age 20)
Place of birth	Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Left back / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Shandong Luneng
Number	14
Youth career
2004-2009	Shandong Luneng
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2010-	Shandong Luneng	1	(0)
2010	→ Henan Construction (loan)	20	(0)
National team
2009-2010	China U-20	7	(0)
2010-	China U-23	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mirahmetjan Muzepper (Chinese: 木热合买提江·莫扎帕; pinyin: Mòrèhémǎitíjiāng Mòzhāpà; Uyghur: مىراكھمادژون مۇزاففار‎; born 14 January 1991 in Kashgar, Xinjiang) is a Chinese professional association football player who currently plays for Shandong Luneng Taishan in the Chinese Super League. He is also the first Uyghur player to be called up into Chinese national football team. He is also called as Maitijiang (Chinese: 买提江) in Chinese media.

Club career

Mirahmetjan grew up from a football family with his father and grandfather both playing within the Xinjiang region.^[1] At a young age he would quickly draw the attentions of Shandong Luneng and join their youth team where he would win several youth championships, which attracted the interests of Henan Construction who took him on loan at the beginning of the 2010 Chinese Super League season where he would make his senior debut in a league game against Jiangsu Sainty on April 18, 2010 that was a 0-0 draw.^[2]

After a productive season where Mirahmetjan established himself as a regular for Henan he would return to Shandong at the beginning of the 2011 Chinese Super League and would go on to make his first senior appearance for the club in a league game against Chengdu Blades on April 1, 2011 as a substitute Wang Yongpo in a 3-3 draw.^[3]

International career

Mirahmetjan was called up into China U-20's squad in 2009 where he would take part in the teams 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. After China's successful qualification he would draw significant attention when he became the first Uyghur player to ever be called up to the senior team.^[4] The Chinese Head coach Gao Hongbo called him up for several training sessions in preparation for 2010 East Asian Football Championship on the basis of his youth performances, however he did not feature within the tournament. Mirahmetjan would return to the Chinese U-20 squad and take part in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship where he would play in three games and saw China knocked out quarter-finals. After that tournament he was immediately premoted to the Chinese U-23 squad and included in the team that played in the Football at the 2010 Asian Games where he would once more play in three games and see China knocked out in the last sixteen.

References

1. ^ http://sports.163.com/09/0811/20/5GFCSP1S00051C8M.html
2. ^ http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/gameinfo.php?season=2010&gameid=A04030
3. ^ http://csldata.sports.sohu.com/gameinfo.php?season=2011&gameid=A01001
4. ^ http://sports.sina.com.cn/n/2010-01-21/16054801849.shtml

External links

• Player stats at Sohu.com

Persondata
Name	Muzepper, Mirahmetjan
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Date of birth	1991-01-14
Place of birth	Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
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