Wei Zhen (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wei Zhen | ||
| Date of birth | 12 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Lu'an, Anhui, China | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shanghai Port | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Shanghai Luckystar | |||
| 2014–2016 | Shanghai SIPG | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | Shanghai Port | 99 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2017 | China U-19 | 17 | (1) |
| 2017–2020 | China U-23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023– | China | 2 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2023 | |||
Wei Zhen (Chinese: 魏震; pinyin: Wèi Zhèn; born 12 February 1997) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port and the China national team.
Club career[edit]
Wei Zhen joined Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG's (later renamed as Shanghai Port) youth academy in November 2014 when Shanghai SIPG bought Shanghai Luckystar' youth team.[1] He was promoted to the first team squad in the middle of 2016 season.[2] Wei made his senior debut on 3 August 2017, playing the whole match in a 4–0 home win against Tianjin Quanjian in the second leg of 2017 Chinese FA Cup fifth round.[3] He made his league debut three days later in a 0–0 home draw against Tianjin Quanjian, also playing full 90 minutes and was selected as player of the match.[4] He would make 13 appearances for the club throughout the 2017 season.
As a promising young player he would attract the interests of fellow top-tier club Tianjin Quanjian, who would make an official approach for him in February 2018, however his parent club refused Wei's transfer request after they believed that he was being illegally poached and incentivized to join Tianjin Quanjian.[5] Wei applied to the CFA for arbitration on 16 April 2018.[6] While his arbitration was being heard he would not play for Shanghai throughout the whole of the 2018 season. On 18 January 2019, he made a public apology to the club.[7] He would immediately be welcomed back into the team and won the 2019 Chinese FA Super Cup in his first match back.[8] After the game he would establish himself as an integral member of the team and go on to score his first goal for the club on 15 August 2021, in a league game against Tianjin Jinmen Tiger in a 5–0 victory.[9]
International career[edit]
On 23 March 2023, Wei made his international debut in a 0–0 away draw against New Zealand.[10]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 31 January 2023.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shanghai SIPG/ Shanghai Port |
2016 | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 84 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 84 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup
Honours[edit]
Shanghai Port
References[edit]
- ^ "上港青训初见成效". Xinmin Evening News (in Chinese). 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ^ "中超夏季转会:总投入约9.46亿元 绿巨人摘得标王". Sina (in Chinese). 2016-07-16. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ^ "足协杯-外援导演奇迹逆转 上港4-0权健将战恒大". Sina (in Chinese). 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ^ "闷平权健上港再获一至宝 U23中卫或成后防中坚". Sina (in Chinese). 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ^ "权健高薪诱惑魏震转会实属违规 莫让钱途耽误前途". Shanghai Online (in Chinese). 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "魏震就其与上港纠纷申请仲裁 足协收到并将受理". Sina (in Chinese). 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "魏震向上港道歉：冲动伤害俱乐部 以集体荣誉为首". Sina (in Chinese). 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ^ a b "超级杯-王燊超传射侯永永首秀 上港2-0胜国安夺冠" (in Chinese). Sports.sina.com.cn. 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ "SHANGHAI PORT VS. TIANJIN JINMEN TIGER 5 - 0". soccerway.com. 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ^ "热身赛-武磊造红牌 国足0-0平十人新西兰". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ "魏震". sodasoccer (in Chinese). Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Wei Zhen at Soccerway