Wu Lei

Wu Lei
武磊
Wu with China at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-19) 19 November 1991 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Shanghai Port
Number 7
Youth career
2003–2005 Genbao Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2018 Shanghai SIPG 296 (151)
2019–2022 Espanyol 103 (10)
2022– Shanghai Port 72 (63)
International career
2007–2008 China U16 8 (7)
2009–2010 China U19 9 (11)
2010– China 99 (36)
Medal record
Representing  China
East Asian Football Championship
Winner 2010 Japan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:18, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2024
Wu Lei
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWǔ Lěi
IPA[ǔ lèɪ]

Wu Lei (Chinese: 武磊; pinyin: Wǔ Lěi; born 19 November 1991) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port and the China national team. Wu is widely regarded as one of the best Chinese players of his generation and one of the best Chinese forwards of all time.

He is currently the all-time top goalscorer for Shanghai Port with more than 200 goals, and is the all-time Chinese Super League top goalscorer. Wu also holds the record for being the youngest player to have appeared in a Chinese professional league match, aged 14 years and 287 days.

  1. ^ "FIFA Tournaments – Players & Coaches – WU Lei". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Wu Lei". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2016.