Ming Tian

Ming Tian
Ming Tian in July 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth Wuhan, Hubei, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Wuhan Three Towns
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2022 Wuhan Yangtze River 149 (3)
2023–2024 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 41 (0)
2025 Shanghai Port 14 (0)
2026– Wuhan Three Towns 0 (0)
International career‡
2014 China U19 3 (0)
2019– China 5 (0)
Medal record
Representing  China
Men's football
EAFF Championship
Bronze medal – third place2019 South KoreaTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:41, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Ming Tian (Chinese: 明天; pinyin: Míng Tiān; born 8 April 1995) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a right-back for Wuhan Three Towns and the China national team.

Club career

Ming Tian would play for the Wuhan Zall youth team before being sent to France to study with the FC Sochaux-Montbéliard football team for three months. On his return he would be promoted to the senior team and go on to establish himself as regular within the club. He would go on to be an integral member of the team that gained promotion to the top tier for the club by winning the 2018 China League One division. He would make his top tier debut on 1 March 2019 against Beijing Guoan in a league game that ended in a 1–0 defeat. This would be followed by his first goal for the club on 1 June 2019 in a league game against Shenzhen FC that ended in 2–0 victory.

At the end of the 2022 Chinese Super League season, Wuhan were relegated. On 25 January 2023, the club announced that it had dissolved due to financial difficulties. On 7 April 2023, Ming was free to transfer to fellow top tier club Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.

On 27 January 2025, Ming signed Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port.

After the 2025 season, Ming returned to Wuhan and joined former Chinese Super League champion Wuhan Three Towns on 19 February 2026.

International career

On 10 December 2019, Ming would make his senior international debut against Japan in a 2–1 defeat in the EAFF E-1 Football Championship.

Career statistics

Club

As of 31 December 2022.
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wuhan Zall/
Wuhan FC/
Wuhan Yangtze River		 2014 China League One 0000––00
2015 10000––100
2016 27000––270
2017 15000––150
2018 27000––270
2019 Chinese Super League 28200––282
2020 19000–20210
2021 4000––40
2022 19100––191
Total 14930000201513
Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 2023 Chinese Super League 0000––00
Career total 14930000201513
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

International

As of matches played 11 June 2021.
National teamYearAppsGoals
China 201920
202000
202130
Total50

Honours

Club

Wuhan Zall

Shanghai Port

References

  1. ↑ "卓尔牵手法甲索肖俱乐部 两希望之星将赴法"镀金"". sports.sina.cn. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "拒绝挖角！武汉卓尔续约中甲最佳新人明天". sohu.com. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "2018中甲联赛积分榜". sports.sina.cn. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "WUHAN ZALL VS. BEIJING GUOAN 0 - 1". soccerway.com. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "WUHAN ZALL VS. SHENZHEN 2 - 0". soccerway.com. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "China 2022". rsssf.org. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "官方：武汉长江俱乐部宣布解散". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "27岁武汉长江球员明天加盟天津津门虎". sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "上海海港官宣明天、艾菲尔丁、刘若钒3人加盟！". baijiahao.baidu.com (in Chinese). 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "官方：上海海港球员明天转会加盟武汉三镇". dongqiudi.com (in Chinese). 19 February 2026. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Match Report China PR 1-2 Japan". eaff.com. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Ming Tian at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  13. ↑ Ming Tian at National-Football-Teams.com