Wang Kai (footballer, born 1983)

Wang Kai (simplified Chinese: 王锴; traditional Chinese: 王鍇; pinyin: Wáng Kǎi; born January 22, 1983, in Chongqing) is a Chinese football player who plays as a midfielder or defender.

Wang Kai
王锴
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-22) January 22, 1983
Place of birth Chongqing, China
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Defender
Youth career
Chongqing Lifan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2011 Chongqing Lifan 163 (34)
2011 → Chengdu Blades (loan) 14 (3)
2012–2014 Chengdu Blades 71 (10)
2015 Sichuan Longfor 18 (5)
2016–2020 Nantong Zhiyun 59 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2020

Club career

Wang Kai started his football career playing for the Chongqing Lifan youth team before he was drafted into the senior team in the 2002 league season.[1] The following seasons saw him gradually establish himself as an integral part of the team and would even go on to captain the side before the club were relegated in the 2006 league season.[2] Wang Kai stayed loyal to the team and after two seasons in the second tier he had his personal best season when he scored ten goals in the 2008 league season to aid Chongqing back into the top tier.[3]

At the end of the 2010 Chinese Super League season Wang Kai would be part of the squad that was relegated at the end of the season.[4] He would go on to join Chengdu Blades, initially on loan before making the move permanent the following season. He would remain with them until the end of the 2014 China League One season when the club experienced relegation and were dissolved due to wage arrears.[5] On 16 January 2015, Wang moved to China League Two side Sichuan Longfor.[6] This was followed by another move the next season when on 22 January 2016, Wang transferred to fellow China League Two side Nantong Zhiyun.[7] He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and gained promotion with the club at the end of the 2018 China League Two season.[8]

Club career stats

Last update: 31 December 2020.[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chongqing Lifan2002Chinese Jia-A League3000--30
200314112--153
2004Chinese Super League20011--211
200524311--254
200622000--220
2007China League One2116---2116
20082411---2411
2009Chinese Super League141---141
2010212---212
Total 1633434000016638
Chengdu Blades (loan)2011Chinese Super League14300--143
Chengdu Blades2012China League One24210--252
201323500--235
201424300--243
Total 71101000007210
Sichuan Longfor2015China League Two18500--185
Nantong Zhiyun201616110--171
201718210--192
201823110--241
2019China League One2000--20
202000---00
Total 594300000624
Career total 3255674000033260

References
  1. "王锴". sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  2. "China 2006". RSSSF. 8 Mar 2007. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  3. "China 2008". RSSSF. 3 Apr 2009. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  4. "China 2010". RSSSF. 2012-06-21. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  5. "成都天诚面临解散没钱还欠薪不再投资 球员全失业". sports.sina.com.cn. 2015-01-05. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  6. 失去依靠 天诚球员各谋生路 at sports.ifeng.com 2015-01-16 Retrieved 2016-01-22
  7. 前国脚加盟南通支云足球俱乐部 at toutiao.com 2015-01-22 Retrieved 2016-01-22
  8. "China 2018 > China League Two". RSSSF. 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  9. 王锴 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine


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