Du Wei (footballer)

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Personal information
Du Wei
Date of birth	February 9, 1982 (age 25)
Place of birth	Luoyang, China
Height	1.87 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Shanghai Shenhua
Number	5
Youth clubs
1995-2001	Shanghai Cable 02
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2005 2005- 2006 2006-present	Shanghai Shenhua Celtic F.C. Shanghai Shenhua	78 (3) 0 (0)
National team²
2001-present	China	21 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 September 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Du.

Du Wei (Chinese: 杜威) (February 9, 1982 in Luoyang, Henan) is a Chinese professional football player who plays in defence, as a centre-back for Shanghai Shenhua.

In season 2005/06, he had a 6-month loan spell at Celtic in the Scottish Premier League (SPL). He was also a former captain of China's U-21 Football Team and China's Olympic Team in 2004.

Before he transferred to Celtic in 2005, he had played for Shanghai Cable and Shanghai Shenhua. He is able to play central defence and defensive midfielder. He made his uninspiring Celtic first team debut in the Scottish Cup Third Round tie against Clyde FC on 9 January 2006 in a surprise 2-1 defeat for the Glasgow club.

Du was substituted at half time by Celtic manager Gordon Strachan during his debut game against Clyde. The Celtic Board of Directors decided against renewing the player's loan, so Du Wei returned to Shanghai Shenhua in mid-January after playing with Celtic's first team for only one 45-minute half.

Du first came to prominence when he played two matches for the Chinese national team at the 2002 World Cup.

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Profile at Celtic site

Preceded by Ryoichi Maeda	Asian Young Footballer of the Year 2001	Succeeded by Lee Chun-Soo

	China squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 An Qi \| 2 Zhang Enhua \| 3 Yang Pu \| 4 Wu Chengying \| 5 Fan Zhiyi \| 6 Shao Jiayi \| 7 Sun Jihai \| 8 Li Tie \| 9 Ma Mingyu \| 10 Hao Haidong \| 11 Yu Genwei \| 12 Su Maozhen \| 13 Gao Yao \| 14 Li Weifeng \| 15 Zhao Junzhe \| 16 Qu Bo \| 17 Du Wei \| 18 Li Xiaopeng \| 19 Qi Hong \| 20 Yang Chen \| 21 Xu Yunlong \| 22 Jiang Jin \| 23 Ou Chuliang \| Coach: Milutinović