Web Clubs

Where to watch LALIGA

LALIGA
INSTITUTIONAL

LALIGA WITH
SPORT

LALIGA
GROUP

highlight_image
bg-up
bg-down

News

VIE 07.08.2015 | News

Zhang Chengdong: "Be first Chinese player of LaLiga is a dream come true"

The Asian footballer was presented as new Rayo Vallecano player and said that for him "the main thing is to work".

News

VIE 07.08.2015

The Chinese player, Zhang Chengdong, already wears Rayo Vallecano shirt after being presented as the new player of Madrid team. The Asian, who will be the first player from China to play in LaLiga, said that fulfills a dream with his arrival to the Spanish competition.

"I am the first Chinese player to reach Spain and LaLiga is a dream for me. I am very happy, really happy to come here. I want to learn from the Spanish League, play and help the team," the footballer asserted after having had the chance to play some minutes in the friendly that Rayo Vallecano played against CD Leganés.

Chengdong Zhang recognized that "the main thing" for him is "to work" and hoped "to contribute with goals, assists and defensive work." "I want to learn, play and help the team. The most important thing for me is to work. In the National Chinese team I play as a right back, although with Gregorio Manzano I played as an inside right. The important thing for me is to play and I will do it where the manager, Paco Jemez, decides "he added.

© LALIGA - 2015