Denny Wang Yi (; born 15 April 1998) is a professional
footballer
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currently playing as a
right-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Wuhan Three Towns
Wuhan Three Towns Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The club is based in Wuhan, Hubei and their home stadium is the ...
. Born in Italy, Wang regained Chinese nationality in 2021.
Club career
As a youth player, he joined the youth academy of
Juventus and initially played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. He would continue his development with fourth tier Italian club
Borgosesia
Borgosesia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Vercelli.
The largest town in the Valsesia, it is crossed by the Sesia River.
History
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, where he graduated to their senior team within the
2017–18 Serie D
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campaign. While he would gain match time as a
right-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
at Borgosesia, his contract would not be extended and he trained with Chinese club
Shenzhen
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while he looked to change his Italian nationality to Chinese.
On 14 March 2021, Wang regained his Chinese nationality and signed for
Chinese Super League
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side
Shanghai Shenhua
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. He would go on to make his debut in a
Chinese FA Cup
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game on 14 October 2021 against
Sichuan Minzu in a 3-0 victory. Denny would go on to make his league debut on 12 December 2021 against
Qingdao in a 3-0 victory. After this game he would go on to establish himself as a regular member of the team and go on to score his first goal on 25 November 2022 against
Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in the Chaoyang District in Beijing and their hom ...
in a 2-1 defeat.
On 4 April 2023, Denny would not extend his contract with Shenhua and would join reigning Chinese league champions
Wuhan Three Towns
Wuhan Three Towns Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The club is based in Wuhan, Hubei and their home stadium is the ...
. On 8 April 2023 he would make his debut for the club in the
2023 Chinese FA Super Cup against
Shandong Taishan
Shandong Taishan Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Jinan, Shandong and their home stadium is th ...
in a 2-0 victory.
Career statistics
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Honours
Club
Wuhan Three Towns
Wuhan Three Towns Football Club () is a professional football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The club is based in Wuhan, Hubei and their home stadium is the ...
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Chinese FA Super Cup
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2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
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References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
People from Alba, Piedmont
Italian people of Chinese descent
Italian men's footballers
Italy men's youth international footballers
Chinese men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Serie D players
Juventus FC players
AC Carpi players
FC Pro Vercelli 1892 players
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
Footballers from Piedmont
Sportspeople from the Province of Cuneo
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