Wang Gang (footballer)
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 Wang Gang in September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Wang Gang | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 February 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tianjin, China | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Beijing Guoan | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2007 | Tianjin Locomotive | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Chaves | 22 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Beira-Mar | 40 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Shandong Luneng | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | → S.C. Covilhã (loan) | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | S.G. Sacavenense | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Beijing Renhe | 83 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Beijing Guoan | 137 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | China | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Wang Gang (simplified Chinese: 王刚; traditional Chinese: 王剛; pinyin: Wáng Gāng; born 17 February 1989 in Tianjin) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays at right-back for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.
Beijing Guoan
Wang Gang began his football career with the Tianjin Locomotive youth teams before being called up to the Chinese U17 team where he was part of the squad that won the 2004 AFC U-17 Championship.[1] This was followed with inclusion in the team that participated in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship.[2] After the tournament he would sign for Portuguese club S.L. Benfica initially for one year with the option of a further three.[3] At Benfica he would play for their youth team before he moved to third-tier club Chaves.[4]
Wang transferred to S.C. Beira-Mar in 2009. He played 26 games during the 2009–10 season, and was a substitute for 24 of the 26 matches he played in, which was the record in 2009-10 season. Wang went back to China to play for Shandong Luneng, but was immediately sent on loan to S.C. Covilhã of the Portuguese Segunda Liga. He returned to Shandong after playing 13 games for S.C. Covilhã, scoring one goal.
On his return to Shandong he was unable to establish himself within the team and on 4 February 2015 he transferred to third tier Portuguese club S.G. Sacavenense.[5] After only one game he returned back to China to join top tier club Guizhou Renhe on 25 June 2015. He go on to make his debut on 27 June 2015, in a league game against Liaoning Whowin in a 2-1 defeat where he also scored his first goal for the club.[6] Unfortunately he would be part of the team that was relegated at the end of the 2015 Chinese Super League season.[7] He would remain loyal towards the club as they moved locations, renamed themselves Beijing Renhe and gained promotion back into the top tier at the end of the 2016 league season.[8]
On 25 February 2019, Wang transferred to Chinese Super League club Beijing Sinobo Guoan.[9] On 1 March 2019, Wang made his debut for Guoan in the opening league game of the season against Wuhan Zall in a 1-0 victory.[10] On 11 July 2022, Wang scored his first goal for the club in a 2-1 defeat against Shenzhen F.C.[11]
International career
Wang Gang was called up to and made his first appearance for these China's national football team on 3 March 2010, in a friendly match against Portugal, however, the game was not recognised by FIFA.[12] On 21 March 2019, Wang made his debut for the Chinese national team in a 1–0 loss against Thailand in the 2019 China Cup.