Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 April 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Shenyang, Liaoning, China | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11.7 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2001 | Liaoning Youth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2008 | Liaoning FC | 155 | (30) |
2005 | → Shenzhen Jianlibao (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2009–2016 | Tianjin Teda | 161 | (13) |
Total | 333 | (45) | |
National team‡ | |||
2002–2009 | China | 5 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 July 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 Nov 2013 |
Wang Xinxin (Chinese: 王新欣; pinyin: Wáng Xīnxīn; born 27 April 27 1981, in Shenyang) is a former Chinese international football player.
Wang Xinxin started his career with Liaoning FC, coming through their youth team and immediately established himself into the senior team in 2002 where he made twenty-five appearances and scored nine goals in his debut season. As a prolific attacking midfielder Wang would attract the interests of the reigning Chinese Super League champions Shenzhen Jianlibao, who he transferred to on loan at the beginning of the 2005 league season. At his new club he was unable to replicate the success they had from the previous season and ended the season in a disappointing twelfth. After his disappointing season with Shenzhen Jianlibao, Wang Xinxin returned to Liaoning FC where he established himself as a key member of the team for three seasons until Liaoning were relegated in the 2008 season.
Wang Xinxin would transfer to Tianjin Teda for four million yuan in the 2009 season after they gained qualification to the AFC Champions League. Within the tournament he would play in four games as Tianjin were knocked out within the group stages, however while Wang Xinxin would become at vital member within the team the club could not replicate their previous season's results and finished in a disappointing sixth at the end of the 2009 league season. This would see former Chinese coach Arie Haan come into the team and made Wang Xinxin captain of the team. This would seem to work as Tianjin would go on to become runners-up of the 2010 league season and go on to play in the 2011 AFC Champions League where Wang Xinxin lead the team in two games as they were knocked out in the last sixteen. He fared better within the 2011 Chinese FA Cup when he guided the club to a 2–1 victory against Shandong Luneng in the final.