Wang Xijie (footballer)
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_(cropped).jpg) Wang Xijie in May 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 January 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Yancheng, Jiangsu | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nanjing City | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Jiangsu FA | ||
| 2014–2015 | Jiangsu Suning | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Jiangsu Youth | ||
| 2012 | Jiangsu HHU | ||
| 2015–2020 | Jiangsu Suning | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Suzhou Dongwu (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2020-2022 | Kunshan FC | 37 | (0) |
| 2023-2025 | Suzhou Dongwu | 62 | (0) |
| 2025- | Nanjing City | 13 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 March 2026 | |||
Wang Xijie (Chinese: 王夕杰; born 14 January 1994) is a Chinese footballer currently playing as a defender for Nanjing City.
Wang Xijie would start his career playing for the Jiangsu Youth while they participated within the 2011 China League Two season.[1] He would also play for third-tier club Jiangsu HHU before joining top-tier club Jiangsu Suning where he would go on to make his debut in a Chinese FA Cup game against Guizhou Zhicheng on 13 May 2015, in a 5–1 victory.[2] He would struggle to gain any playing time and on 1 May 2019 he was loaned out to third-tier club Suzhou Dongwu where he was part of the squad that went on to gain promotion at the end of the 2019 China League Two campaign.[3]
On 27 August 2020 he would transfer to second-tier club Kunshan FC on a free transfer.[4] This would be followed by his debut in a league game on 23 September 2020 against Changchun Yatai in a 1–0 victory.[5] After the game he would go on to establish himself as regular within the team and was part of the squad that won the division and promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One campaign.[6]
