Wang Wenhua (footballer)

Wang Wenhua
王文华
Personal information
Full name Wang Wenhua
Date of birth (1977-01-17) 17 January 1977
Place of birth Wuhan, China
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1993–1998 Jianlibao Youth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998–2008 Wuhan Hongjinlong 160 (7)
2009–2010 Hubei Greenery 4 (0)
2012–2015 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard 77 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2015.

† Appearances (goals)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Wang Wenhua (Simplified Chinese: 王文华) (born 17 January 1977) is a Chinese professional footballer and coach. As a player he has spent the majority of his career with Wuhan Hongjinlong before he joined Hubei Greenery where nearing the end of his career he was offered a coaching position with the club before he retired. He has since come out of retirement and is currently playing for Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard.

Biography

As with all the most promising young Chinese players Wang Wenhua would quickly be included in the short-lived Chinese national youth team program to study football abroad in a training programme sponsored by Jianlibao and called the Chinese Jianlibao Youth Football Team. As with his team mate Zheng Bin he would graduate through the Jianlibao Youth Team and return to his hometown to play for Wuhan Hongjinlong to start his professional football career. He would make his debut for Wuhan during the 1998 league season and make nine appearances in his debut season.[1] Despite Wuhan getting relegated at the end of the 1999 league season he would remain loyal to the team and for the next several seasons he would establish himself as an energetic technically gifted winger who could also defend despite his rather thin and short stature. In the 2004 league season he would aid the team to a division title and promotion to the top tier. The following season saw Wuhan establish himselves within the league and also win the Chinese Super League Cup in 2005.

When Wuhan decided to quit the 2008 Chinese Super League for unfair punishment after the clubs management did not accept the punishment given to them by the Chinese Football Association after a scuffle broke out during a league game against Beijing Guoan on 27 September 2008 Wang Wenhua would once again show his loyalty to the region by sticking with the club.[2] Even when the club was disbanded and most of the entire senior team left Wang stayed to be part of the newly formed Hubei Greenery team who were created from what was left from the Wuhan team as well as Hubei youth team. One of the more senior players within this newly formed team he was also given a coaching position and he helped the team win promotion to the second tier after only one season.

Honours

Wuhan Guanggu

See also

Wuhan Guanggu

References

  1. ↑ "王文华". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
  2. ↑ "Wuhan ejected from soccer league". english.people.com.cn. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 2012-09-05.

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