Career
Cui Peng started his football career with in 2005 when he earned his first senior team appearance on 9 March 2005 in an AFC Champions League game against Yokohama Marinos. After several further appearances with the team, he would score his first goal for Shandong against First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ittihad in the second leg of a 2005 AFC Champions League game where he scored the second goal with a volley from 30 meters however Shandong lost the game 7–2. On 8 July 2014, Cui was loaned out to China League One side Chengdu Tiancheng until 31 December 2014.
On 19 December 2015, Cui transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
While he was called up by the national team for training in 2007, he did not make the squad in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Cui was young enough to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics and was part of the Chinese under-23 national team squad that took part in the tournament where he played in all three group games.
