Wang Wei (; born 22 June 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as a versatile

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 ...

or full back for

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team

Meizhou Hakka Meizhou Hakka Football Club (; Hakka language: Mòi-Chû Hag-Ga chuk-khiù khî-lo̍k-phu) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). ...

Club career

Wang Wei started his professional football career in 2009 when he was promoted 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

Beijing Baxy Beijing Sport University Football Club (), commonly known as BSU (), is a Chinese professional football club that currently participates in the China League One division under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based ...

's first team squad. He transferred to

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side

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club (, known as Hai-niu or literally Sea Bull) is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the China League Two division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is b ...

in February 2014 after a successful trial. On 16 March 2014, he made his debut in a 1–1 home draw with Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard. He scored his first goal for the club on 29 March 2014 in a 1–1 home draw against

Shenyang Zhongze Shenyang Zhongze F.C. () was a former professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese League One division. History The club was founded in August 2009 as Tianjin Runyulong and was initially set-up as an amateur football team t ...

. Wang was a regular starter of the club, playing 85 league matches of 90 from 2014 to 2016 and scoring 13 goals. On 28 February 2017, Wang transferred to

side

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following Qingdao Jonoon's relegation. He made his debut on 3 April 2018 in the fifth group stage match of

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against

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with a 2–2 home draw. He made his Super League debut five days later on 8 April, in a 2–0 away win over

Beijing Renhe Beijing Chengfeng Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that last participated in the Chinese League One under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Fengtai District, Beijing and their hom ...

. He scored his first goal for the club on 20 May 2018 in a 2–1 away defeat to

Tianjin Quanjian 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 28 February 2020 he joined newly promoted

Qingdao Huanghai Qingdao Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Qingdao and their home stadium was the Qingdao Gu ...

on loan for the start of the

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. On 22 March 2022, Wang transferred to

club

. He would go on to make his debut in a league game on 4 June 2022 against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger in a 1–1 draw.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Shanghai Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Wei 1989 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Dalian Beijing Sport University F.C. players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Qingdao F.C. players Meizhou Hakka F.C. players China League Two players China League One players Chinese Super League players Men's association football midfielders People from Wafangdian 21st-century Chinese people