David Wang (footballer)

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

For other people with the same name, see David Wang.
David Wang
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000[1]
Place of birth Cuenca, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Nantong Zhiyun
Number 21
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– Nantong Zhiyun 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:20, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Club career

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]

International career

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][15][16] He is seen as a very highly rated young player in China.[3][8]

Career statistics
As of 31 December 2022.[17][18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jumilla 2018–19 Segunda División B 0000–00
Estudiantes (loan) 2018–19 Tercera División 12000–120
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20 Premier League 0000–00
2020–21 0000–00
Total 00000000
Sporting (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 0000–00
Granollers (loan) 2019–20 Tercera División 3000–30
Nantong Zhiyun (loan) 2020 China League One 1000–10
Nantong Zhiyun 2021 China League One 5010–60
2022 11010–120
Total 1602000180
Career total 3202000340

    References
    1. "David Wang - Granollers". www.footballdatabase.eu.
    2. "Wolves sign youngster David Wang". wolves.co.uk. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
    3. 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. 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. "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. "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.
    16. "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.
    17. David Wang at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
    18. "Statistics" (in Spanish). La Preferente. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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