Yuan Mincheng was born on August 8, 1995 in Yanji City, Jilin Province. He is a Korean, a professional football player in China and serves as a center defender. He currently plays for the Chengdu Football Club of the Super League and wears the No. 26 jersey. His contract runs until the end of 2026.

- Height/weight: 187cm/72kg (official data)

-Age: 30 years old (2025 season)

-Technical characteristics: tough defense, strong competition, accurate passing, and knife attribute

-Career trajectory: Yanbian Youth Training → Nantong Zhiyun → Chongqing Lifan (2017)→ Shenzhen Team (2021)→ Chengdu Rongcheng (2025)

-Transfer story: It was once the target pursued by Guoan and Luneng, and finally joined Chengdu in early 2025, ushering in the peak of his career

- Average steals per game: 3.4 times (top of the league)

-Average clearances per game: 2.7 times (solid defense line)

-Ground competition success rate: 75%(average of 4 times per game and 3 times per game)

-1v1 confrontation success rate: 83%("bee-sting" close fighting)

-High-altitude ball dominance: 78% success rate in header competition (core of corner attack and defense)

-interception ability: up to 3 times in a single game, first in the team (against Beijing Guoan)

- 2025 season: 2 goals and 1 assist, and has achieved many extraordinary achievements in key games

-Against Shandong Taishan: A burst shot scored in the fifth minute, helping the team win 3-0 (2025.4)

-Against Yatai: After scoring, pointing both hands to the sky, paying tribute to the late grandma (2025.4)

-Accurate long pass: pass success rate is as high as 91.2%, 70-meter long pass is accurately guided

-Offensive participation: Frequent backinsertion to participate in the attack, cleverly coordinated before scoring against Taishan, demonstrating comprehensive skills

Tactical positioning: Xu Zhengyuan is the absolute core of the three-central defender system, defending in the center, responsible for commanding the defense line and participating in offensive organization

Data highlights:

-24 league appearances, 19 starts, and an average of 77.2 minutes per game

-804 passes, 732 successes, and a success rate of 91%

-All key battles started, helping Chengdu become one of the teams with the fewest goals in the Super League

-The score is stable at 7.5-7.6 points, and has been rated as the best defensive player in the team many times

AFC Champions League Performance: Playing with the team in the AFC Champions League, starting against Hiroshima Three Arrows, forming a steel defense line with Lecchett and Li Yang

Before joining Chengdu: Although the team performed well in Shenzhen, it has never been able to join the main lineup of the first-line giants

Transformation of Chengdu: Xu Zhengyuan's tactical system completely activated Yuan Mincheng, making him an all-round central defender who "integrates offense and defense" and sits at the core of the team's defense. He is known as the "new flag of Korean players"

National team aspirations: 30-year-old Yuan Mincheng publicly stated: "Being selected for the national team has always been my dream. This is an important goal in my career."

Captain potential: Strong playing style, strong sense of responsibility, excellent command ability on the field, regarded by fans and the media as "the most big brother future captain"

Yuan Mincheng redefined the value of the local central defender of the Super League with the two-sided characteristics of "defensive hardness + offensive spirituality." In the tactical system of Chengdu Chengdu, he is the "staking needle" of the defense line and the "stealth engine" of the offense. From Yanbian Youth Training to the Super League, the 30-year-old Korean tough guy proved with his strength that a real strong person can be reborn in adversity and shine on the stage of the giants.