Zhang Wentao (Chinese: 张文涛; born 14 April 1993) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays as centre-back for China League One side Guangxi Pingguo Haliao.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zhang Wentao | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Guiyang, Guizhou, China | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Guangxi Pingguo Haliao | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Genbao Football Base | |||
| 2013 | Shanghai SIPG | ||
| 2014 | Shanghai Shenxin | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Shanghai Zobon | ||
| 2015–2018 | Shanghai Shenxin | 54 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Henan Jianye | 18 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Wuhan Three Towns (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2022-2023 | Wuhan Three Towns | 19 | (1) |
| 2024- | Guangxi Pingguo Haliao | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2023 | |||
Club career edit
Zhang Wentao started his professional football career in 2011 when he joined Shanghai Zobon for the 2011 China League Two campaign.[1] The club would be taken over by Shanghai SIPG and he was placed in their youth team where he failed to break into their senior team. He would move to Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenxin in December 2013.[2] Zhang was promoted to Shanghai Shenxin first team squad in 2015.[3] On 18 April 2015, he made his Super League debut in a 4–1 home defeat against Changchun Yatai.[4]
Zhang transferred to Chinese Super League side Henan Jianye on 15 January 2019.[5] He would make his debut in a league game on 3 March 2019 against Dalian Yifang F.C. where he came on as a late substitute for Zhong Jinbao in a 1-1 draw.[6] After two seasons with the club he would struggle to establish himself as a vital member of the team and he would go on to be loaned out to second tier club Wuhan Three Towns in the 2021 China League One campaign. The move would turn out to be a big successes and he would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team and help aid the club to win the league title and gain promotion as the club entered the top tier for the first time in their history.[7] The following campaign Wuhan would make the move permanent and he would be part of the squad that won the 2022 Chinese Super League title.[8]
Career statistics edit
Statistics accurate as of match played 11 January 2023. [9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shanghai Zobon | 2011 | China League Two | - | - | - | |||||||
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | - | - | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Shanghai Shenxin | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | China League One | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Henan Jianye | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Wuhan Three Towns (loan) | 2021 | China League One | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 15 | 1 | ||
| Wuhan Three Towns | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 1 | ||
| Total | 97 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 3 | ||
Honours edit
Wuhan Three Towns
References edit
- ^ "2011年中乙联赛完全名单之上海中邦足球俱乐部". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
- ^ "上港用三人赎回王佳玉 徐根宝认可其回归勇气". Sports.people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
- ^ 2015年上海申鑫足球俱乐部中超联赛比赛名单 at sina.com 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2015-04-20 (in Chinese)
- ^ 中超-杜震宇传射核心两球 亚泰4-1送申鑫6连败 at sina.com 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-20 (in Chinese)
- ^ 建业官宣申鑫后卫张文涛加盟 出自根宝青训 at sohu.com 2019-01-15 Retrieved 2019-01-15 (in Chinese)
- ^ "中超-多拉多建功卡拉斯科救主 建业1-1十人一方". Sohu.com (in Chinese). 2019-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ a b "恭喜武汉三镇冲超成功！5大前国脚压阵，下赛季或将上演武汉德比". sohu.com (in Chinese). 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ a b "武汉三镇捧起中超冠军火神杯 3年3冠创造三镇奇迹". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 2022-12-31. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ 张文涛 at sodasoccer Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Zhang Wentao at Soccerway