Wu Lei
Wu Lei
武磊| Personal information |
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| Full name | Wu Lei |
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| Date of birth | (1991-11-19) 19 November 1991 |
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| Place of birth | Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
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| Playing position | Attacking midfielder |
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| Club information |
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Current team | Shanghai SIPG |
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| Number | 7 |
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| Youth career |
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| 2003–2005 | Genbao Football Academy |
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| Senior career* |
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
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| 2006– | Shanghai SIPG | 186 | (77) |
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| National team‡ |
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| 2007–2008 | China U-17 | 8 | (7) |
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| 2009–2010 | China U-20 | 9 | (11) |
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| 2010– | China | 26 | (4) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 April 2015 |
Wu Lei (Chinese: 武磊; pinyin: Wǔ Lěi; born 19 November 1991 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shanghai SIPG in the Chinese Super League. he currently holds the record for being the youngest person to have played in a professional Chinese football match aged just 14 years and 287 days.
Club career
Wu Lei started his football career playing for third tier side Shanghai East Asia in a 5-3 loss on 2 September 2006 against Yunnan Lijiang Dongba, making him the youngest ever player to play professional Chinese football aged 14 years and 287 days.[1] He would go on to see the club win the third tier title and promotion to the second tier at the end of the 2007 league season. On 30 August 2008, he would go on to score his first goal against Qingdao Hailifeng in a league game that Shanghai won 2-0. This made him the second youngest goalscorer in Chinese football aged 16 years and 289 days, just 47 days behind Cao Yunding's record.[2]
On 2 June 2013, Wu scored a hat trick in a match which Shanghai East Asia beat Shanghai Shenxin 6-1 and became the second youngest player to score a hat trick in the Chinese top flight.[3] He scored his second hat trick of the season in a 3-2 win against Tianjin Teda on 18 August 2013. He scored his third hat trick of the season in a 6-1 win against Qingdao Jonoon on 27 September 2013.
International career
Wu was called up to the Chinese under-20 national team in 2009 and scored nine goals in five matches during the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification matches.[4] His impressive goalscoring performances would see him included in the Chinese national team squad that took part in the 2010 East Asian Football Championship where he was tried out in a 2-0 win against Hong Kong on 14 February 2010, a match which also saw China win the tournament.[5] Several months later, Wu would return to the under-20 national team for the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship and he would play in four games and score two goals while he aided China to a quarter-finals position by the end of the tournament.
Career statistics
Club statistics
International goals
- As of 3 January 2015 [6]
- Scores and results list China's goal tally first.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 28 July 2013 | Olympic Stadium, Songpa-gu, South Korea |  Australia | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup |
| 2. | 15 November 2013 | Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an, China |  Indonesia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier |
| 3. | 4 September 2014 | Anshan Sports Centre Stadium, Anshan, China |  Kuwait | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly international |
| 4. | 14 October 2014 | Helong Stadium, Changsha, China |  Paraguay | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly international |
| | 13 December 2014 | Chenzhou Sports Center Stadium, Chenzhou, China |  Kyrgyzstan | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly international1 |
| | 3 January 2015 | Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Campbelltown, Australia |  Oman | 3–1 | 4–1 | Friendly international1 |
| 1:Non FIFA 'A' international match |
Honours
Club
Shanghai SIPG
International
China PR national football team
- East Asian Football Championship: 2010
Individual
References
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