Wang Xiao (; born August 30, 1979) is a retired

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football player who previously played for

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and Tianjin Teda F.C. as a centre-back.

Club career

Yunnan Hongta

Wang was born in Shenyang, Liaoning. He originally began his football career with the Liaoning F.C. youth team in 1994 until 1998 when he spent a short period with the Chinese national youth team. He would return to Liaoning F.C. youth team the following year and would remain with them until 2000 when he left after being unable to break into their senior team. He would instead move to

in 2001 to begin his professional football career and in his debut season he quickly established himself as a regular for the senior team. An integral member of the Yunnan team for the following seasons Wang Xiao time at the club was cut short when

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decided to merge with Yunnan and Wang Xiao was allowed to leave.

Tianjin Teda F.C.

Wang transferred to Tianjin Teda F.C. at the beginning of the 2004

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season and would make his club debut when he played in their first game on the season on May 15, 2004 against Chongqing Lifan F.C. in a 0–0 draw. By the following season he had established himself as a key member of the team and by the 2006 league season he had become the team's captain after Yu Genwei retired. His reputation at Tianjin would grow when he was able to lead them to their first continental cup campaign in the

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, however his poor performance within the campaign saw him stripped of the captaincy and it given to Cao Yang. Injury and suspensions would then see Wang Xiao miss much of the league season to end a disappointing 2009 league season. During 2010, he became the team captain again after former captain Cao Yang got injured at the beginning of the season 2010. Later he got injured after several games, his teammate Marko Zorić took his armband. After fighting with serious injuries, he had announced his retirement at the end of the season.

Coaching career

After retirement from playing, Wang became the assistant coach with Tianjin Teda. He left the club in 2015 after changes in the club management. In July 2021, Wang joined Guangxi Pingguo Haliao F.C. as manager and coach. In October, Wang returned to

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for investigations in incidents during his tenure with Tianjin Teda.

International career

Wang Xiao would make his official senior debut on October 28, 2007 against

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in a FIFA World Cup qualification game that China won 4–0. Under the recently appointed Chinese head coach

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he was an integral member of his team and was named as the vice captain for Chinese National Team in their unsuccessful 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. After Vladimir Petrović left Wang Xiao would play one further game for China on January 14, 2009 against Syria in an AFC Asian Cup qualification game that China lost 3–2.

References

External links

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Player stats at sohu.com
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