Wang Jie (; born 14 January 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. 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 ...

centre-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

Nantong Zhiyun Nantong Zhiyun Football Club () is a professional China, Chinese Association football, football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Nant ...

Club career

Wang Jie started his professional football career in 2010 when he was promoted to

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...

side Jiangsu Sainty's first squad. He failed to establish himself within the team and transferred to

China League Two The Chinese Football Association Division Two League (Simplified Chinese: 中国足球协会乙级联赛), or China League Two, is the third tier league of the People's Republic of China. The league is under the auspices of the Chinese Football As ...

side

Shenzhen Fengpeng Shenzhen Fengpeng Football Club () is a football club based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. History Shenzhen Fengpeng was established in January 2012 by former Shenzhen Ruby F.C. players and staffs including Sun Gang as managerial director, Fan Y ...

in July 2013. In January 2014, Wang moved to

China League One The Chinese Football Association China League (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (中甲联赛), is the second level of professional football in China. Above League One is the Chinese Super League. Prior to the formation of ...

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Tianjin Songjiang Tianjin Tianhai F.C. (; ;) was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Tianjin. History 2006-2010: Formation and League Two On June 6, 2006 the Tianjin Binhai Holdings Limited company would form a new football team based in Hohhot called ...

on a free transfer. At Tianjin he scored his first senior goal on 4 May 2014 in a 2–1 home victory against

Yanbian FC Yanbian Funde F.C. () was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Yanji, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin province where their home stadium is the Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium that has a seating capacity of 30,000. ...

. Wang kept his starting position in the 2016 season when

Quanjian Nature Medicine Quanjian Group Co., Ltd. () is a Chinese herbal medicine company based in Tianjin. The group is the parent company of Quanjian Nature Medicine Technology Development Co., Ltd. () for about 75.36% stake. In January 2019, law enforcement from Tian ...

took over the club. He made 27 league appearances as Tianjin Quanjian won the title and promoted to the

. He made his Super League debut on 4 March 2017 in a 2–0 away loss against

Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou City Football Club (广州城) is a Chinese professional football club that competes in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and their home venu ...

. On 8 April 2018, Wang scored the winner as well as his first goal in the Super League in a 1–0 away win over

Guizhou Hengfeng Guizhou FC (; ) was a professional Chinese football club. The team was based in Guiyang, Guizhou and their home stadium was the 51,636 seater Guiyang Olympic Sports Center. Their majority shareholders were Hengfeng Real Estate, Guizhou Zhicheng ...

. On 15 May 2018, he scored the equalizer in the second leg of round of 16 of

2018 AFC Champions League The 2018 AFC Champions League was the 37th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title. Kashima Antlers won the title for the f ...

against

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as Tianjin Quanjian advanced to the quarter-finals on away goals. Unfortunately this would be the highlight of his time at the club because the owners would face financial difficulties and at the end of the

2019 Chinese Super League The 2019 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 16th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor was Ping An Insurance. The season began on 1 March and ended on 1 December. Shanghai SI ...

season, dissolved the club. On 1 July 2020, Wang joined second tier club

Changchun Yatai Changchun Yatai Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Changchun, Jilin and their home stadi ...

. He would go on to be part of the team that gained promotion to the top tier and won the

2020 China League One The 2020 China League One ( zh, 2020中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 17th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The season was scheduled to begin on 29 Febru ...

division title. The following season he would struggle to gain any playing time and on 26 April 2022 he would return to Jiangsu to join second tier club

. He would go on to make his debut for them in a league game on 8 June 2022 against

Suzhou Dongwu Suzhou Dongwu Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League One division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Suzhou, Jiangsu and their home st ...

in a 1-0 victory. He would go on to establish himself within the team and helped the club gain promotion to the top tier at the end of the

2022 China League One The 2022 China League One ( zh, 2022中国足球协会甲级联赛) was the 19th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. Format On 12 May 2022, the Chinese Football ...

season.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Tianjin Quanjian F.C. Tianjin Tianhai F.C. (; ;) was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Tianjin. History 2006-2010: Formation and League Two On June 6, 2006 the Tianjin Binhai Holdings Limited company would form a new football team based in Hohhot called ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Jie 1989 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Sportspeople from Nantong Footballers from Jiangsu Jiangsu F.C. players Tianjin Tianhai F.C. players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League One players China League Two players Men's association football midfielders