Rong Zhixing

In this Chinese name, the family name is Rong.

Rong Zhixing or Rong Zhihang (Chinese: 容志行; born 30 July 1948) is a retired Chinese footballer who played for Guangdong. He represented China PR in the 1976 Asian Cup and qualifying for the 1982 FIFA World Cup .

Rong Zhixing
容志行

Personal information
Full name	Rong Zhixing
Date of birth	(1948-07-30) 30 July 1948 (age 77)
Place of birth	A ship on the journey from China to India
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1964	Guangzhou Youth
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1966	Guangzhou Worker
1966	Guangzhou
1969–1982	Guangdong
International career
1972–1982	China	34	(10)
Managerial career
	Guangdong Youth
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Rong was born in a ship on the journey from China to India, his family came from Taishan, Guangdong. His family lived in India until 1953, when they returned to China and settled in Guangzhou. Rong started his career playing for the Guangzhou youth football team, after that he was elected to the Guangzhou worker football team. In 1966 Rong join Guangzhou football team. In 1969, Rong was elected to the Guangdong football team, he was called up to the Chinese national team and played in the 1976 Asian Cup, with China earning third place. Rong was still called up to represent China as he played within the 1980 Asian Cup and qualifying for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. After China lost to New Zealand in qualifying for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, Rong retired.^[1]

In 1982, Rong retired and studied in university, he worked as the coach of Guangdong youth football team for a short time. After that Rong worked as the vice secretary of party committee of Guangdong province sports technical college. In 1991, Rong worked as the director of the Shenzhen sports committee.

On January 21,2014, Rong was elected vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association.^[2]

Career statistics

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
China	1973	1	1
	1974	0	0
	1975	5	2
	1976	4	0
	1977	2	2
	1978	8	2
	1979	0	0
	1980	4	2
	1981	7	1
	1982	3	0
Total		34	10

International goals

Scores and results list China's goal tally first.^[3]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 August 1973	China	Guinea	—	5–2	Friendly
2.	19 June 1975	Government Stadium, Hong Kong	Brunei	—	10–1	1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.	21 June 1975		Hong Kong	1–0	1–0
4.	19 July 1977	China	Zaire	—	3–2	Friendly
5.	27 July 1977		Hong Kong	—	1–2
6.	14 December 1978	Thailand	Qatar	—	3–0
7.	19 December 1978		Malaysia	—	7–1
8.	24 December 1980	Government Stadium, Hong Kong	Macau	3–0	3–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	26 December 1980		Japan	1–0	1–0
10.	18 October 1981	Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China	Kuwait	1–0	3–0

Honours

Guangdong

• China national league: 1979^[4]