Zheng Kewei started his career playing for Shanghai Shenhua in the 2000 league season, where despite having already established Chinese internationals Shen Si and Qi Hong in front of him in midfield, Zheng would soon go on to establish himself as the club's first choice midfielder by the end of the 2001 league season.
[1] Unfortunately in 2013 the Chinese Football Association would revoke the league title after it was discovered the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be bias to Shenhua in games that season.
[4] At the beginning of the 2009 league season, Shanghai Shenhua announced Zheng would officially join second-tier club Nanchang Bayi on a one-year loan deal.
[5] The move would be a big success and Zheng would play a vital part in the team's promotion to the top tier in his first season.
[6] After his successful season with Nanchang he would have his loan extended for another year and help guide the club avoid relegation.