Wang Xijie (footballer)

Wang Xijie (Chinese: 王夕杰; born 14 January 1994) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a defender for Kunshan.

Wang Xijie
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 30)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Kunshan
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2013 Jiangsu FA
2014–2015 Jiangsu Suning
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Jiangsu Youth
2012 Jiangsu HHU
2015–2020 Jiangsu Suning 0 (0)
2019Suzhou Dongwu (loan) 11 (0)
2020– Kunshan 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:01, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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Wang Xijie would start his career playing for the Jiangsu Youth while they participated within the 2011 China League Two season.[1] He would also play for third tier club Jiangsu HHU before joining top tier club Jiangsu Suning where he would go on to make his debut in a Chinese FA Cup game against Guizhou Zhicheng on 13 May 2015, in a 5-1 victory.[2] He would struggle to gain any playing time and on 1 May 2019 he was loaned out to third tier club Suzhou Dongwu where he was part of the squad that went on to gain promotion at the end of the 2019 China League Two campaign.[3]

On 27 August 2020 he would transfer to second tier club Kunshan on a free transfer.[4] This would be followed by his debut in a league game on 23 September 2020 against Changchun Yatai in a 1-0 victory.[5] After the game he would go on to establish himself as regular within the team and was part of the squad that won the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One campaign.[6]

Career statistics

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As of 24 December 2022.[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jiangsu Youth 2011 China League Two - - -
Jiangsu HHU 2012 - - -
Jiangsu Suning 2015 Chinese Super League 0 0 1 0 - - 1 0
2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] 0 0 0
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] 0 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Total 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Suzhou Dongwu (loan) 2019 China League Two 16 0 0 0 - - 16 0
Kunshan 2020 China League One 11 0 0 0 - - 11 0
2021 14 0 1 1 - - 15 1
2022 6 0 2 0 - - 8 0
Total 31 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 34 1
Career total 47 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 51 1
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

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Club

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Kunshan

References

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  1. ^ "2011年中乙联赛完全名单之江苏紫金保险足球队" (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ "足协杯-本土球员发威 舜天5-1淘汰智诚晋级16强" (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  3. ^ "苏宁官方:姜灏陈吉转会,叶尔凡等7名球员外租" (in Chinese). isports.ifeng.com. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  4. ^ "中甲昆山FC官宣10名强援加盟 萧涛涛崔鹏领衔" (in Chinese). sports.sina.cn. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ^ "China » League One 2020 » 4. Round » Changchun Yatai - Kunshan FC 0:1" (in Chinese). worldfootball.net. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b "2022中甲联赛圆满落幕 昆山强势打破两项记录". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  7. ^ Wang Xijie at Soccerway
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