Du Wei (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Du Wei | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Luoyang, Henan, China | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hebei China Fortune | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2001 | Shanghai Cable 02 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2010 | Shanghai Shenhua | 159 | (12) |
| 2005–2006 | → Celtic (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Hangzhou Greentown | 66 | (9) |
| 2012–2014 | Shandong Luneng | 46 | (6) |
| 2015– | Hebei China Fortune | 47 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2001 | China U-20 | ||
| 2002–2003 | China U-23 | ||
| 2001– | China | 71 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 May 2014 |
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Du Wei (Chinese: 杜威; pinyin: Dù Wēi; born 9 February 1982) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Hebei China Fortune in the Chinese Super League.
Du initially gained recognition for his performances with Shanghai Shenhua which resulted in a call-up from the Chinese national team and participation in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. This would see foreign interests come from Scottish Premier League side Celtic in the form of a loan, however an extension to the loan was never taken up and he returned to Shanghai where he captained them for several seasons before joining Hangzhou Greentown and Shandong Luneng as well as captaining his national team in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.
Du Wei started his football career in 2000 playing for third tier side Shanghai Cable 02 where he was able to play at centre back or defensive midfield before the club were taken over by top tier side Shanghai Shenhua in 2002. At Shanghai, he would immediately command a regular position within the team and by his second season with them he would win the last Chinese Jia-A League league title in 2003 before it was renamed as the Chinese Super League; however, the Chinese Football Association would later revoke the title in 2013 after it was discovered the team's general manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be biased towards Shanghai in certain matches that season.
In the 2004 season, Du would miss much of the season through injury and the team would dramatically miss his services, finishing tenth within the league. When he returned from injury, his impressive displays for Shenhua would see Scottish Premier League side Celtic interested in him and his agent Edmund Chu would oversee his move to the club during the 2005–06 season, on a six-month short term contract, which was hoped to lead to a long term contract. At Celtic, he would make several appearances on the bench before he would finally make his debut in the Scottish Cup third round tie against Clyde on 9 January 2006 in a shock 2–1 defeat. His uninspiring first team debut saw him substituted at half time by Celtic manager Gordon Strachan with his performance seeing him being outplayed by the opposition. After that display, he was dropped from the team and his loan was cut short with him returning to Shanghai.
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