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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wu Wei'an | ||
| Date of birth | (1981-09-01)September 1, 1981 (age 44) | ||
| Place of birth | Meizhou,Guangdong, China | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder,winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Guangdong Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Guangdong Xiongying | 56 | (12) |
| 2005–2011 | Tianjin TEDA | 183 | (24) |
| 2012–2014 | Guangzhou R&F | 21 | (1) |
| 2014 | →Guangdong Sunray Cave (loan) | 11 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Shenzhen FC | 18 | (0) |
| 2017 | Shenzhen Pengcheng | 3 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | R&F | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | China | 5 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2020 | R&F (Team Manager) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Meizhou Qiuxiang (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Guangxi Lanhang (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 October 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 November 2013 | |||
Wu Wei'an (simplified Chinese:吴伟安;traditional Chinese:吳偉安;pinyin:Wú Wěi'ān;Jyutping:Ng4 Wai5 On1; born September 1, 1981) is aChinese football coach and former professionalfootball player.
Wu Wei'an started his career with second-tier clubGuangdong Xiongying in 2002 where he established himself the following season as a team regular.[2] However while he may have cemented himself within the team (now renaming itself Shenzhen Kejian at the start of the 2004 league season) he was unable to aid them in their promotion bid to the top tier.[3]Tianjin TEDA however were willing to take Wu Wei'an and with the chance to play in theChinese Super League, so he transferred to Tianjin at the beginning of the 2005 league season. With this move Wu Wei'an would rise to prominence, quickly establishing himself as a regular within the team he would play in 26 league games and score 7 goals.[4] The following seasons would see him become a vital member of the team that would qualify for the2009 AFC Champions League for the first time in the club's history, while also going on to play in five games and scoring one goal during the tournament.[5] He would then see the club become runners-up of the2010 league season while also seeing Tianjin finish in the last sixteen of the2011 AFC Champions League where he played in four games and scored one goal.[6] Despite these achievement Wu Wei'an did not win any trophies until the2011 Chinese FA Cup where he came on as a late substitute as Tianjin won the cup 2–1 againstShandong Luneng Taishan.
After the win Wu Wei'an had a chance to return to Guangdong with recently promoted top-tier sideGuangzhou R&F, which he decided to take at the beginning of the2012 league season.[7] In July 2014, Wu moved toChina League One sideGuangdong Sunray Cave on a six-month loan deal. He transferred to League One sideShenzhen F.C. in February 2015.[8] Wu announced his retirement on 6 March 2017.[9]
Wu became a basic level coach forGuangzhou R&F and played for amateur clubShenzhen Pengcheng after his retirement. He returned to professional football in July 2017 when he joinedHong Kong Premier League sideR&F as a player-coach.[10] On 9 December 2017, he made his debut for the club in a 2–1 home loss toEastern, coming on as a substitute forLi Rui in the 65th minute.[11] He retired after the 2018–19 season.
Wu Wei'an would make his senior international debut underZhu Guanghu on February 7, 2007 in a friendly againstKazakhstan where China won 2–1 in a preparation game several mouths before the2007 AFC Asian Cup. Wu Wei'an did not make it into the squad for the tournament but China had a new manager inVladimir Petrović who would play him againstMyanmar in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game where China won 4–0 and Wu scored his debut goal.[12] Vladimir Petrović would try him out in several further friendlies, however after an uninspired draw againstEl Salvador, Wu would stop being included in any further squads. A year laterGao Hongbo would be the new Chinese manager and Wu was given another chance within the national team on June 4, 2009 againstSaudi Arabia but China lost 4–1 and Wu was not included in any further teams.[13]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 28 October 2007 | KLFA Stadium,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia |  Myanmar | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |