Wu Shaocong

Chinese footballer (born 2000)

Wu Shaocong
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-20) 20 March 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Zhengzhou, Henan, China
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Gençlerbirliği
(on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir)
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)
2019–2022 Guangzhou FC 54 (2)
2019 → Kyoto Sanga (loan) 0 (0)
2023– İstanbul Başakşehir 3 (0)
2023– → Gençlerbirliği (loan) 12 (0)
International career‡
2018 China U19 4 (0)
2019–2022 China U22 5 (0)
2022– China 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2023

Wu Shaocong (simplified Chinese: 吴少聪; traditional Chinese: 吳少聰; pinyin: Wú Shàocōng; born 20 March 2000) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for TFF First League club Gençlerbirliği, on loan from Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir, and the China national team.

Club career

After being selected for the Chinese U17 team, he played 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 made his move abroad to Shimizu S-Pulse's youth team.[2]

Guangzhou Evergrande

On 3 February 2019, Wu returned to China to join top-flight club Guangzhou Evergrande, who immediately loaned him out 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 senior debut in the final game of the season against Shanghai Shenhua on 1 December 2019, 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 championship playoffs.

Turkey

On 10 January 2023, Wu signed for Süper Lig club İstanbul Başakşehir on a two-and-a-half-year contract, until the summer of 2025.[5] This made Wu the first Chinese footballer to play professionally in Turkey. On 17 May 2023, Wu made his debut for the club in a 1–1 home draw against Ümraniyespor.

On 18 July 2023, Wu joined TFF First League club Gençlerbirliği on loan for the 2023-24 season.[6]

International career

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. [7]

On 12 December 2023, Wu was named in China's squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.[8][9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 February 2024[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
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 25 0 0 0 0 0 – 25 0
Total 54 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 57 2
Kyoto Sanga (loan) 2019 J2 League 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
İstanbul Başakşehir 2022–23 Süper Lig 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Gençlerbirliği 2023–24 TFF First League 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Career total 69 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 75 2

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
China 2022 2 0
2023 4 0
2024 1 0
Total 7 0

Honours

Guangzhou Evergrande

References

  1. ^ "四国赛-张旭献绝杀 U17国青2-1伊朗国青开门红" (in Chinese). Sports.sina.com.cn. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ "国青18岁中卫加盟清水心跳 第二位征战J1联赛球员" (in Chinese). Sports.sina.com.cn. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ "恒大官宣3人加盟 韦世豪+高准翼+吴少聪助力争冠" (in Chinese). Sohu.com. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ^ "GUANGZHOU FC VS. SHANGHAI SHENHUA 3 - 0". Soccerway.com. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. ^ "官方：22岁广州队后卫吴少聪留洋土超球队伊斯坦布尔BFK" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  6. ^ "官方：吴少聪被租借至土甲球队青年联合一年" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  7. ^ "东亚杯-韩佳奇屡献神扑朱辰杰造险 国足0-0日本". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 24 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Group A: China PR 0-0 Tajikistan". Asian Football Confederation. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  9. ^ "中国男足亚洲杯集训名单出炉 唯一新面孔是个门将" [Chinese men's football team's Asian Cup roster released, the only new face is a goalkeeper] (in Chinese). China Youth Net. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  10. ^ Wu Shaocong at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  11. ^ "China » Super League 2019 » 30. Round". worldfootball.net. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.

External links

  • Wu Shaocong at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata
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China squad – 2023 AFC Asian Cup
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