David Wang (footballer)

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David Wang
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 24)[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 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

David Wang (born 12 January 2000), known in China as Wang Jiahao (Chinese: 王佳豪), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Chinese club Guangxi Lanhang, as a winger.

Club career[edit]

Wang 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[edit]

Wang 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 is seen as a very highly rated young player in China.[3][8]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 31 December 2022.[15][18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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]

  1. ^ a b "David Wang - Granollers". www.footballdatabase.eu.
  2. ^ a b "Wolves sign youngster David Wang". wolves.co.uk. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Next Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. ^ "David Wang: Wolves sign Spanish teenager and loan him to Sporting Lisbon". bbc.co.uk. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. ^ "18-year-old Wang Jiahao from China joins English Premier League club". chinaplus.cri.cn. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Bourgeois, Blaise (13 September 2019). "Wolves' January signing David Wang ineligible for UK work permit". en.onefootball.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  11. ^ Dicken, Alex (12 September 2019). "Revealed: Fosun's prodigy has completed this transfer away from Wolves". birminghammail.co.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ a b David Wang at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Statistics" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

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