David Wang (Chinese: 王佳豪; pinyin: Wáng Jiāháo; born 12 January 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for China League Two club Guangxi Lanhang.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 January 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Cuenca, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Guangxi Lanhang | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Móstoles | ||
| 2016–2018 | Jumilla | ||
| 2016–2017 | → Murcia (youth loan) | ||
| 2017–2018 | → Josep Maria Gené (youth loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Jumilla | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Estudiantes (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Sporting (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Granollers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Nantong Zhiyun (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2021–2024 | Nantong Zhiyun | 16 | (0) |
| 2024– | Guangxi Lanhang | 15 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:05, 23 July 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editWang was born in Cuenca, Spain, and started his career with Móstoles.[2] He was bought by newly-Chinese-owned Jumilla in 2016, but as they did not have a youth academy set up yet, he was loaned immediately to fellow Spanish side Real Murcia, before joining Josep María Gené on loan the following season.[3] During this period he was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2017".[4] Wang signed for English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 2019, and was immediately loaned to Portuguese side Sporting.[2][5][6][7][8][9] After failing to secure a place in the Sporting CP youth team, having appeared seven times on the bench, he was recalled from loan. However, he was unable to obtain a UK work visa, and was sent back to Spain with Granollers.[10][11]
Having only made three substitute appearances with Granollers, Wang was again recalled, and this time sent to China to join China League One side Nantong Zhiyun.[12] After one appearance for Nantong Zhiyun, Wang officially joined the club in February 2021 on a permanent transfer.[13] He would gradually go on to establish himself within the team and helped the club gain promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One season.[14]
He signed for Guangxi Lanhang for the 2024 season.[15]
International career
editWang was called up to the China under-16 national football team in 2015, and has expressed his desire to represent his parents' nation at international level.[12][16][17] He was seen as a very highly rated young player in China.[3][8]
Career statistics
edit| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jumilla | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Estudiantes (loan) | 2018–19 | Tercera División | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sporting (loan) | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Granollers (loan) | 2019–20 | Tercera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| Nantong Zhiyun (loan) | 2020 | China League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| Nantong Zhiyun | 2021 | China League One | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b "David Wang - Granollers". www.footballdatabase.eu.
- ^ a b "Wolves sign youngster David Wang". wolves.co.uk. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ a b Dicken, Alex (4 January 2019). "Who is David Wang? Why Wolves wonderkid is 'big news' in China". birminghammail.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ "David Wang: Wolves sign Spanish teenager and loan him to Sporting Lisbon". bbc.co.uk. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "18-year-old Wang Jiahao from China joins English Premier League club". chinaplus.cri.cn. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "王佳豪转会英超狼队 背后的中国资本路径伏脉千里" [The path of Chinese capital behind Wang Jiahao's transfer to the Premier League Wolves]. ppsport.com (in Chinese). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ a b White, Jonathan (3 January 2019). "Wolves signing David Wang set to follow English Premier League's Chinese pioneers at Manchester City and Everton". scmp.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ McNeice, Angus (21 February 2019). "UK club signs talented Chinese footballer". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Bourgeois, Blaise (13 September 2019). "Wolves' January signing David Wang ineligible for UK work permit". en.onefootball.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Dicken, Alex (12 September 2019). "Revealed: Fosun's prodigy has completed this transfer away from Wolves". birminghammail.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ a b "官方：狼队中国00后小将王佳豪加盟南通支云" [Official: Wolves Chinese teenager Wang Jiahao joins Nantong Zhiyun]. nb.sportscn.com (in Chinese). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Yao, Fan (27 February 2021). "官方：留洋小将王佳豪正式转会加盟南通支云" [Official: Overseas Chinese teenager Wang Jiahao officially transfers to Nantong Zhiyun]. nb.sportscn.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ 足球报：南通支云冲超计划提前一年实现 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ a b David Wang at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "拒绝归化! 中国足球让我心痛, 西班牙新星要入籍中国, 为国足正名" [Refuse naturalization! Chinese football makes me heartbroken, Spanish star wants to naturalize in China, justify the national football name]. sohu.com (in Chinese). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "专访王佳豪：他放弃西班牙选择国足 曾被教练批评不会踢球" [Interview with Wang Jiahao: He gave up Spain to choose the national football team and was criticized by the coach for not playing]. sports.qq.com (in Chinese). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Statistics" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
External links
edit- David Wang at ForaDeJogo (archived)