| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wang Wenhua | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Wuhan, China | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder (Retired) | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hubei Greenery | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993-1998 | Jianlibao Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998-2008 | Wuhan Hongjinlong | 160 | (7) |
| 2009-2010 | Hubei Greenery | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3:58, 26 March 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Wang Wenhua (Simplified Chinese: 王文华) (born 17 January 1977) is a Chinese football coach and a former professional footballer. As a player he spent the majority of his career at Wuhan Hongjinlong before he joined Hubei Greenery near the end of his career and was offered a coaching position with the club once he retired.
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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 fellow 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 season saw Wuhan establish himselves within the league and also win the Chinese Super League Cup in 2005.
When Wuhan decided to quit the Chinese Super League for unfair punishment 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.
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