Xie Pengfei (; born 29 June 1993) is a

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professional footballer who currently plays for

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club Wuhan Three Towns and the China national team.

Club career

Xie Pengfei started his football career when he joined

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's youth academy from Shenzhen Yantian Sports School in 2006. He was loaned out to

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side FC Metz along with

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for youth training in 2010. Xie returned to Hangzhou during the 2011 season and was loaned to third tier side

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for the rest of the season. He scored his first goal for the club on 20 September 2011 in a 2-1 win against

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Xie was promoted to the club's first team by then manager Takeshi Okada in the 2012 season. He made his debut for the club on 22 April 2012 in a 2-0 loss against Tianjin Teda. He scored his first goal for the club on 26 June 2012 in a 3-0 win against

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in the

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. On 12 February 2016, Xie transferred to fellow

side Jiangsu Suning. He made his debut for the club on 23 February 2016 in a 1-1 draw against

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in the

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 17 September 2016 in a 2-0 win against Tianjin Teda. He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and in the

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season he would win the clubs first league title with them. On 28 February 2021, the parent company of the club

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announced that operations were going to cease immediately due to financial difficulties. On 2 April 2021, Xie transferred to another top tier club in Cangzhou Mighty Lions. He would go on to make his debut in a league game against

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on 21 April 2021, in a 2-1 defeat. After only one season he left to join newly promoted top tier side Wuhan Three Towns On 29 April 2022. He would go on to make his debut on 3 June 2022, in a league game against

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, which ended in a 4-0 victory. After the game he would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team that won the

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title.

International career

Xie received his first call-up to the Chinese under-20 national team when he was called up by then manager Su Maozhen in May 2011. He played for the team during the

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and

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. He also made two appearances during

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as the under-20 side qualified for the

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in November 2011. He made his debut for the Chinese national team in a 1-0 loss against

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in the

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. Xie was named in China's squad for the

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in Qatar and came on as a substitute in their opening match against

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on 13 January 2024.

Career statistics

Club statistics

International statistics

Honours

Jiangsu Suning *

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Wuhan Three Towns *

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* Chinese FA Super Cup:

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Individual *

Team of the Year:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xie, Pengfei 1993 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Guizhou Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Jiangsu F.C. players Chinese Super League players China League Two players Sportspeople from Guiyang Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games 2023 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games competitors for China