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Yuan Weiwei 苑维玮
Personal information
Date of birth	November 25, 1985 (1985-11-25) (age 24)
Place of birth	Tianjin, China
Height	1.82 m
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Shandong Luneng
Number	14
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-present	Shandong Luneng	124 (0)
National team2
2008-present	China PR	3 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 2009. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of September 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yuan.

Yuan Weiwei (simplified Chinese: 苑维玮; traditional Chinese: 苑維瑋; pinyin: Yuàn Wéiwěi; born November 25, 1985 in Tianjin) is a Chinese football defender, who plays for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League. He was also part of the squad that played for the Chinese Under-23 football team that took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Club career

He started his professional career in 2003 playing as understudy to Wang Chao for the left-back position making numerous appearances off the bench as his replacement^[1]. This would continue throughout the 2004 league season when Yuan Weiwei would play in 12 league games, 3 of which he actually started^[2]. For several more seasons this would continue and Yuan Weiwei would be part of the squad that saw Shandong win the 2004, 2006 Chinese FA Cup as well as winning the 2006 Chinese Super League title. It was however not until the 2008 Chinese Super League season that saw the prominence of Yuan Weiwei establish himself as Shandong Luneng's first choice left-back when he overtook Wang Chao within the team by starting in 21 league games for them^[3].

International career

He made his senior debut for the national team in a friendly against the Jordan national football team in 2007, which China won 2-0.

Was eligible to play for the China national under-23 football team that took part in the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament where he played in two group games before being suspended for the third game, playing as first choice left-back for China^[4].

References

External links

• [1] Career Player Profile
• [2] Player stats at football-lineups website
• [3] Sina club profile

China squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Qiu Shengjiong • 2 Tan Wangsong • 3 Feng Xiaoting • 4 Yuan Weiwei • 5 Li Weifeng • 6 Zhou Haibin • 7 Hao Junmin • 8 Zheng Zhi • 9 Gao Lin • 10 Han Peng • 11 Chen Tao • 12 Cui Peng • 13 Shen Longyuan • 14 Wan Houliang • 15 Jiang Ning • 16 Zhao Xuri • 17 Dong Fangzhuo • 18 Liu Zhenli • 19 Dai Lin • 20 Zhu Ting • 21 Lü Jianjun • 22 Zhang Lu • Coach: Yin Tiesheng