Wen Jiabao (footballer)

Chinese footballer

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Wen.

Wen Jiabao
温家宝

Wen Jiabao in August 2024

Personal information
Full name|  Wen Jiabao
Date of birth|  (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth|  Liaoyang, Liaoning, China
Height|  1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)|  Left-back, Left winger
Team information

Current team

|  Shanghai Shenhua
Number|  38
Youth career
2009–2015|  Dalian Aerbin
2016|  Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2017–2019|  Guangzhou Evergrande|  8|  (0)
2019|  → Tianjin Tianhai (loan)|  10|  (0)
2020–|  Shanghai Shenhua|  51|  (0)
International career‡
2015|  China U17|  3|  (0)
2018|  China U20|  11|  (0)
2018–|  China U23|  6|  (0)
2022–|  China|  3|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2022

Wen Jiabao (Chinese: 温家宝; pinyin: Wēn Jiābǎo; Mandarin pronunciation: [wə́n tɕjá pàʊ]; born 2 January 1999) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua.

## Club career

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Wen Jiabao joined Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande from Dalian Aerbin on 29 January 2016 on a free transfer.[1] On 30 August 2016, Dalian Aerbin (now known as Dalian Yifang) would claim that they still had a valid contract with Wen Jiabao and that Guangzhou Evergrande acted fraudulently.[2][3] The contract dispute would be settled and Wen was promoted to Guangzhou Evergrande's first team squad in time for the start of the 2017 Chinese Super League season.[4] He made his senior debut on 8 August 2017 in a 2–2 home draw against city rivals Guangzhou R&F as the benefactor of the new rule of the league that at least one Under-23 player must be in the starting line-up.[5] He was substituted off by Zheng Long in the 20th minute.[6] After playing several further games Wen was demoted to the reserve squad in the 2018 season.

On 7 February 2019, Wen was loaned to fellow first-tier club Tianjin Tianhai for the 2019 season.[7] He would go on to make his debut for the club on 31 March 2019 against Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. in a league game that ended in a 4-2 defeat.[8] The following season Wen would join another top tier club in Shanghai Shenhua on 6 January 2020 on a permanent basis.[9] He would make his debut against his old club Guangzhou Evergrande on 25 July 2020 in a league game that ended in a 2-0 defeat.[10]

## International career

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On 20 July 2022, Wen made his international debut in a 3-0 defeat against South Korea in the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, as the Chinese FA decided to field the U-23 national team for this senior competition. [11]

## Career statistics

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As of 31 January 2023.[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | League  | National Cup  | Continental  | Other  | Total

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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Guangzhou Evergrande | 2017 | Chinese Super League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | 0 | 9 | 0
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | 0 | 0 | 0
Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0
Tianjin Tianhai (loan) | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 0
Shanghai Shenhua | 2020 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 25 | 0
2021 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 21 | 0
2022 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 0
Total  | 51 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0
Career total  | 69 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0

1. ^ a b Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

## Honours

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Guangzhou

* Chinese Super League: 2017

Shanghai Shenhua

* Chinese FA Cup: 2023

## References

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1. ^ "曝国青队长温家宝加盟恒大 潜力新星未来可期" (in Chinese). sports.163.com. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
2. ^ "大连一方起诉国青队长案开庭 曝合同存两大疑点" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
3. ^ "一方起诉迟尚斌及国青小将:转会恒大合同疑造假" (in Chinese). sports.163.com. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
4. ^ "2017中超联赛广州恒大队完全名单" (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
5. ^ "中超-郑龙送点郜林90分钟力挽狂澜 恒大2-2富力". Sina (in Chinese). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
6. ^ "恒大99小将出场刷新U23新政纪录 热身赛曾斩进球". Sina (in Chinese). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
7. ^ "恒大四将租借至天津天海一年 阿兰离开但不是交换". Sina Sports. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
8. ^ "TIANJIN TIANHAI VS. SHANDONG TAISHAN 2 - 4". soccerway.com. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
9. ^ "新年首签！小将温家宝正式加盟上海绿地申花". dongqiudi.net. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
10. ^ "GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE VS. SHANGHAI SHENHUA 2 - 0". soccerway.com. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
11. ^ "东亚杯-朱辰杰乌龙权昶勋曹圭成破门 国足0-3韩国". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
12. ^ "温家宝". sodasoccer (in Chinese). Archived 2017-07-31 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* Wen Jiabao at Soccerway

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Shanghai Shenhua F.C. - current squad

* 1 Ma Zhen
* 3 Jin Shunkai
* 4 Jiang Shenglong
* 5 Zhu Chenjie
* 6 Amadou
* 7 Xu Haoyang
* 9 André Luis
* 10 Teixeira
* 11 Malele
* 13 Manafá
* 14 Xie Pengfei
* 15 Wu Xi
* 16 Yang Zexiang
* 17 Gao Tianyi
* 18 Fernandinho
* 20 Yu Hanchao
* 21 Cui Lin
* 27 Shinichi Chan
* 28 Cao Yunding
* 29 Zhou Junchen
* 30 Bao Yaxiong
* 31 Wang Yifan
* 32 Aidi
* 33 Wang Haijian
* 34 Liu Chengyu
* 35 He Xin
* 36 Fei Ernanduo
* 38 Wen Jiabao
* 39 Liu Yujie
* 40 Huang Ming
* 41 Zhou Zhengkai
* 42 Wang Junqiang
* 43 Yang Haoyu
* 44 Liu Haoran
* 45 Han Jiawen
* Manager: Slutsky

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*[Gls]: League goals
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