Wang Yu (; born 28 April 2002) is a Chinese professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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 ...

for

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 ...

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 ...

Club career

Wang Yu joined Beijing Wanda and went to

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

for youth training in 2015. On his return to China he would join Wanda Group owned

Dalian Yifang Dalian Professional Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, that participates in the China Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). Their home stadium is Dalian Sport ...

's youth team in 2019. He would go on to represent both their U-17 and U-19 youth team. In July 2021, Wang was promoted to the first team squad (now known as

Dalian Pro Dalian Professional Football Club () is a professional Chinese Association football, football club based in Dalian, Liaoning, that participates in the China League One, China Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA) ...

), and he would go on to make his debut on 31 July 2021 in a league game against Beijing Guoan that ended in a 1-0 defeat. On 7 February 2024, Wang joined

club

, following the dissolution of

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* 2002 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Dalian Professional F.C. players Chinese Super League players Chinese expatriate men's footballers Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Footballers from Dalian {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub