Wu Shaocong (simplified Chinese: 吴少聪; traditional Chinese: 吳少聰; pinyin: Wú Shǎocōng; born 20 March 2000) is a Chinese professional footballer currently playing as a centre-back or left-back for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou F.C.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2000-03-20) 20 March 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Zhengzhou City, Henan Province | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Guangzhou | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2017 | Beijing FA | ||
2017–2018 | Beijing BSU | ||
2018–2019 | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
2018 | → Kyoto Sanga (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Guangzhou | 37 | (2) |
2019 | → Kyoto Sanga (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2018 | China U19 | 4 | (0) |
2019– | China U22 | 1 | (0) |
2022- | China | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 July 2022 |
After being selected for the Chinese U17 team he would play a game on 10 May 2016 against Iran U17 in a 2-1 defeat, his performance impressed Japanese football club Shimizu S-Pulse.[1] On 30 March 2018 Wu would make his move abroad when he joined top tier club Shimizu S-Pulse's youth team.[2] On 3 February 2019 Wu returned to China when he joined top tier club Guangzhou Evergrande who immediately loaned him to second tier Japanese club Kyoto Sanga.[3] Despite being promoted to the senior team he did not receive any playing time for Kyoto Sanga and returned to Guangzhou. He made his debut for the senior team on 1 December 2019 in the last game of the season against Shanghai Shenhua, where he came on as a late substitute in a 3–0 victory.[4]
On 16 October 2020, Wu scored his first career goal in a 3-1 win over Hebei China Fortune in the Quarter-finals of the 2020 Chinese Super League.
On 24 July 2022, Wu made his international debut in a 0-0 draw against Japan in the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, as the Chinese FA decided to field the U-23 national team for this senior competition. [5]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Guangzhou Evergrande | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | |||
2021 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 19 | 1 | |||
2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||
Total | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
Kyoto Sanga (loan) | 2019 | J2 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Guangzhou Evergrande
Guangzhou F.C. – current squad | |
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