David Wang (born 12 January 2000), known in China as Wang Jiahao (), is a Spanish professional

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who plays for

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, as a winger.

Club career

Wang was born in Cuenca, Spain, and started his career with Móstoles. He was bought by newly-Chinese-owned

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in 2016, but as they did not have a youth academy set up yet, he was loaned immediately to fellow Spanish side Real Murcia, before joining Josep María Gené on loan the following season. During this period he was included in ''

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s "Next Generation 2017". Wang signed for English

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in January 2019, and was immediately loaned to Portuguese side Sporting. After failing to secure a place in the Sporting CP youth team, having appeared seven times on the bench, he was recalled from loan. However, he was unable to obtain a UK work visa, and was sent back to Spain with

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. Having only made three substitute appearances with Granollers, Wang was again recalled, and this time sent to China to join

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. After one appearance for Nantong Zhiyun, Wang officially joined the club in February 2021 on a permanent transfer. He would gradually go on to establish himself within the team and helped the club gain promotion to the top tier at the end of the

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season.

International career

Wang was called up to the China under-16 national football team in 2015, and has expressed his desire to represent his parents' nation at international level. He is seen as a very highly rated young player in China.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, David 2000 births Living people Chinese footballers Spanish footballers Chinese expatriate footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards FC Jumilla players Real Murcia players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Sporting CP footballers EC Granollers players Nantong Zhiyun F.C. players Tercera División players China League One players Chinese expatriate sportspeople in England Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Portugal