Wei Shihao (; born 8 April 1995) is a

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professional footballer who currently plays for and captains

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club

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as a right-footed

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Club career

Wei Shihao started his football career when he joined

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's youth academy in 2005. He was deemed as a high potential player and was listed in a

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article titled "Eight Teenagers Who Should Be on Every Big Club's Radar." In December 2012, he was recommended to

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giants

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for a trial along with Wang Chengkuai by former Ajax manager and youth scout

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, who managed for Shandong during the 2012 season. However, Shandong subsequently refused Ajax's trial request, forcing Wei to stay at the club. In September 2013, Wei refused to sign a professional contract with Shandong and joined

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side Boavista's youth academy on a free transfer. He signed a new two-year contract with the club in June 2014 and was then promoted to the first team, whose application for participation in the

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was approved. On 14 September 2014, Wei made his debut for the club in a 1–0 win against Académica de Coimbra, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 50th minute. On 15 July 2015, Wei transferred to Segunda Liga side

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. He made his debut for the club on 30 August 2015 in a 1–1 draw against

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. On 31 December 2015, Wei transferred to fellow second-tier side

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. He made his debut for the club on 27 January 2016 in a 4–0 loss against

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in the 2015-16 Taça da Liga. On 25 February 2017, Wei extended his contract with the club until 30 June 2018 and was loaned to

side

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for the 2017 season. He made his debut and scored his first goal for the club on 7 April 2017 in a 2–1 win against

. On 7 January 2018, Wei transferred to top-tier side

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. On 2 February 2019, Wei transferred to fellow top-tier side

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. He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and go on to win the

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title with the club.

International career

Wei made his debut for the Chinese national team on 9 December 2017 in a 2–2 draw against

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in the

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, scoring his first international goal.

Career statistics

Club statistics

International statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list China's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Beijing Guoan *

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Guangzhou Evergrande *

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wei, Shihao 1995 births Living people Chinese footballers Footballers from Anhui People from Bengbu Association football wingers China youth international footballers China international footballers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Chinese Super League players Shanghai Port F.C. players Beijing Guoan F.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players Boavista F.C. players C.D. Feirense players Chinese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games competitors for China