| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wen Huyi | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Tumen, Jilin Province, China | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | striker, midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999-2000 | Yanbian FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001-2006 | Yanbian FC | ||
| 2007-2010 | Changsha Ginde | 106 | (17) |
| 2011-Present | Shanghai Shenhua | 21 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Wen Huyi (Chinese: 文虎一) (born May 11, 1983 in Tumen, Jilin) is a Chinese footballer of Korean descent who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua as a striker in the Chinese Super League.
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Wen Huyi began his football career playing for the Yanbian FC youth team where he graduated to their senior team in the 2001 league season, however this was also the same season which saw Yanbian FC relegated to the third tier. Wen Huyi was one of several youth players who were immediately given their chance of first team football and they would eventually repay the club when they won promotion to the second tier in the 2004 league season.[1] Despite having a personally poor season with the club he was able to help establish the team to a mid-table finish within the second tier, however Wen Huyi started to personally establish himself as the teams top striker during the 2006 league season when he scored twelve league goals and became the leagues second top goalscorer.
After an impressive season for Yanbian FC top tier side Changsha Ginde purchased him for 3.5 million yuan in the 2007 league season.[2] Adjusting to the top tier Wen Huyi wasn't able to replicate his goalscoring success and this saw him often finding himself playing in midfield during the season. Despite rarely playing in his favoured position as a striker Wen Huyi would settle within the teams midfield as an attacking midfielder for the next several seasons, however during his time with the team the club were consistent relegation strugglers and were eventually relegated at the end of the 2010 Chinese Super League campaign.[3]
Wen Huyi's contract would expire at the end of the 2010 league season and Changsha Ginde would allow him to leave for free to Shanghai Shenhua. On March 2, 2011 he would make his debut in a 2011 AFC Champions League game against Kashima Antlers in a 0-0 draw where he came on as a late substitute.[4]
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