Wu Yan (footballer)

Wu Yan (Chinese: 吴龑; pinyin: Wú Yǎn; born 7 January 1989 in Jiangdu) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Dalian Professional in the Chinese Super League.

Wu Yan
吴龑
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-01-07) 7 January 1989
Place of birth Jiangdu County, Jiangsu, China
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Dalian Professional
Number 30
Youth career
Guangzhou Apollo
1999–2005 Gao Fengwen Football School
2005–2007 Wuhan Optics Valley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Wuhan Optics Valley 0 (0)
2009–2014 Wuhan Zall 139 (0)
2015–2021 Henan Jianye 143 (0)
2022 Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic 8 (0)
2022– Dalian Professional 13 (0)
International career
2007–2008 China U-20
2009–2011 China U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022

Club career

Wu was promoted to Chinese Super League side Wuhan Optics Valley's first team squad in 2007. He played as the fourth choice goalkeeper of the team. Wuhan Optics Valley withdrew from the top tier for what it claimed was unfair punishment by the Chinese Football Association on 1 October 2008, after a scuffle broke out on the field in one of their matches.[1]

He joined Hubei Greenery which used the Wuhan U-19 team as well as Hubei youth team as the foundation for the squad in 2009. He made 10 appearances for Hubei in the 2010 China League Two without conceding a goal, including two legs of the Semi-finals which Hubei Greenery beat Hangzhou Sanchao 1–0 and promoted to China League One.[2] Wu appeared in every minute of the 2012 league season, playing in all 30 League One games for Wuhan Zall as the club achieved runners-up in the league and promoted to Chinese Super League.

On 13 January 2015, Wu transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye.[3] He would make his debut in a league game on 8 March 2015 against Tianjin TEDA in a 3-1 victory.[4] He would initially struggle to establish himself throughout the season and lost his position to Han Feng, however the Head coach Jia Xiuquan kept faith with him and the following season he would establish himself as the clubs first choice goalkeeper. After several seasons with Henan he would be replaced by Wang Guoming as the team's first choice goalkeeper and Wu was allowed to leave to join second tier club Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic on 28 April 2022.[5]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2022.[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wuhan Optics Valley 2007 Chinese Super League 00---00
200800---00
Total 0000000000
Wuhan Zall 2009 China League Two 100---100
2010China League One230---230
201118000--180
201230000--300
2013Chinese Super League29000--290
2014China League One29000--290
Total 13900000001390
Henan Jianye 2015 Chinese Super League 13010--140
201620030--230
201730000--300
201829000--290
201929000--290
202017000--170
20215000--50
Total 14304000001470
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic 2022 China League One 8000--80
Dalian Professional 2022 Chinese Super League 13000--130
Career total 30304000003070

References

  1. 足协维持李玮峰处罚 武汉宣布罢赛正式退出中超 at sports.sohu.com 2008-10-01 Retrieved 18 June 2012
  2. 神奇吴龑赛季未失一球 感谢球迷接纳外乡人 at sports.sohu.com 2009-11-26 Retrieved 2012-12-09 (in Chinese)
  3. 卓尔队长正式转会河南建业 at sports.sohu.com 2015-01-14 Retrieved 2015-01-14
  4. "HENAN SSLM VS. TIANJIN JINMEN TIGER 3 - 1". soccerway.com. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  5. "名记透露吴龑离开建业的原因,未来将力压王琦,成陕西队新门神". 163.com. 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
  6. 吴龑 at sodasoccer.com. Retrieved 2015-07-13 Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
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