Quentin Cheng Jiun Ho (Chinese: 张骏和; pinyin: Zhāng Jùnhé, born 20 November 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Malaysia Super League club Selangor. Born in Australia, he represents the Malaysia national team.
He was born to Chinese Malaysian parents in Sydney, Australia. His father, Ken, is from Johor, while his mother, Michelle, is from Perak.[2] The ancestral home of his family is Dabu County, Guangdong, China. His father is a dedicated mathematics teacher at Carlingford High School.[citation needed]
Cheng started his football career with the Northern Tigers in his younger years.
He later moved on to Manly United FC in 2015 before signing with North Shore Mariners in 2016–17.
From there, he was selected in the NYL program and made the shift to Central Coast Mariners in the back end of 2017.
Following a year playing in the National Youth League, he caught the eye of scouts for Sutherland Sharks and played his 2019 season in Sutherland. This included a victory in the Grand Final of the PS4 U20's NPL 1 Competition. This caught the eye of recruiters in Malaysia, who were aware of his Malaysian heritage and invited him to the U23 Malaysia training camp to train with a squad. This process concluded in his selection for the 2019 Sea Games where he made his first appearance for the team and scored off the bench in the final group stage game.
Selangor flagged their interest and signed him to their reserve team Selangor II for the 2020 season.[3][4]
Before the 2021 season, he signed for Penang in the Malaysian top flight for a 1-season loan terms.[5]
In 2019, Quentin received his first call-up for the Malaysia under-23 team after being named in the final 20-man squad for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[6]
On 23 September 2021, Quentin received his first call-up to the senior national team, for central training and friendly matches against Jordan and Uzbekistan.[7] He debuted for Malaysia in a friendly 4–0 loss to Jordan on 6 October 2021.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sutherland Sharks | 2019 | National Premier Leagues | 22 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |||||||
| Selangor II | 2020 | Malaysia Premier League | 11 | 2 | — | 11 | 2 | |||||||
| Penang (loan) | 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 22 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | ||
| Selangor | 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Malaysia Super League | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6[c] | 1 | 6[d] | 1 | 41 | 5 | |
| Total | 65 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 103 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 120 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 159 | 7 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
