{{short description|Chinese footballer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Wang|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Wang Chu <br> 王楚 | image = | caption = | fullname = Wang Chu | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|1|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Chengdu, Sichuan, China | height = 1.78 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 2004–2010 | youthclubs1 = Metz | years1 = 2010–2012 | clubs1 = Metz B | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2012–2014 | clubs2 = Jeunesse Esch | caps2 = 37 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 2016–2019 | clubs3 = Cova da Piedade | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2018 | clubs4 = → Beijing Renhe (loan) | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2019–2022 | clubs5 = Sichuan Jiuniu | caps5 = 90 | goals5 = 11 | years6 = 2023 | clubs6 = Chengdu Rongcheng | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2024 | clubs7 = Shenzhen Peng City | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | club-update = 31 December 2020 }}
'''Wang Chu''' ({{zh|c=王楚|p=Wáng Chǔ}}; born 10 January 1991) is a Chinese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Club career== Wang Chu started his football career when he joined Metz's youth academy in 2004 as a part of a cooperation between Metz and the Chengdu Football Association.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sports.163.com/13/0705/07/930MC1R700051CCO.html| title= 王楚曾颠球5207次破吉尼斯纪录 与罗马球星齐名 | work= Netease | date=5 July 2013 | accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref> He was promoted to Metz reserve to play in Championnat de France Amateur in 2010. In June 2012, he terminated his contract with Metz after the club refused to promote him to the first team.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://sports.qq.com/inside/44.htm| title= 王楚走上球星路 为梦想拒绝踢中超 | work= Tencent | date=14 July 2013 | accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref>
Wang signed a two-year contract with Luxembourg National Division side Jeunesse Esch in the summer of 2012. He won Luxembourg Cup with the club in the 2012–13 season. On 4 July 2013, he scored a goal in the first leg of the first qualifying round of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in a 2–0 home victory against Finnish club TPS.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2012227--jeunesse-esch-vs-tps/| title=Jeunesse Esch 2-0 TPS | work= UEFA | date=4 July 2013 | access-date=23 August 2016}}</ref> He scored again in the second leg on 9 July 2013, which ensured Jeunesse Esch win 3–2 on aggregate and advance to the next round.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2012266--tps-vs-jeunesse-esch/| title= TPS 2-1 Jeunesse Esch | work= UEFA | date=9 July 2013 | access-date=23 August 2016}}</ref> He didn't extend his contract at the end of the 2013–14 season due to serious injury.
On 17 June 2016, Wang signed a one-year contract with Cova da Piedade which newly earned promotion to LigaPro.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-06/17/c_135445993.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914193833/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-06/17/c_135445993.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 14, 2016 | title= Chinese midfielder Wang joins Portuguese side Cova Da Piedade | work= Xinhua Net | date=17 June 2016 | accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref> He made his debut in Portugal on 20 August 2016 in 1–0 away victory against Braga B, coming on as a substitute for Robson in the 84th minute.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/20/portugal/liga-de-honra/sporting-braga-b/cd-cova-piedade/2284289/ | title= Sporting Braga II 0–1 Cova Piedade | work= Soccerway | date=20 August 2016 | accessdate=23 August 2016}}</ref> On 18 July 2017, he extended his contract with the club for another season.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.ojogo.pt/futebol/2a-liga/noticias/interior/cova-da-piedade-renova-com-o-medio-wang-chu-8648013.html | title= Cova da Piedade renova com o médio Wang Chu | work= ojogo.pt | date=19 July 2017 | accessdate=21 July 2017}}</ref>
Wang was loaned to Chinese Super League newcomer Beijing Renhe on 25 February 2018.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news-renhe.9h-sports.com/statics/news/2018022516381446d6.html| title= 俱乐部公告：王楚正式加盟北京人和俱乐部 | work= Beijing Renhe F.C. | date=25 February 2018 | accessdate=25 February 2018}}</ref> In February 2019,Wang Chu joined China League Two side Sichuan Jiuniu.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thecover.cn/news/1738086| title= 科瓦彼达迪球员王楚加盟中乙四川九牛 | work= Sichuan Jiuniu F.C. | date=27 February 2019 | accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|31 December 2020}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/chu-wang/156805/|title=Wang Chu|work=Soccerway}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=3|Metz B||2010–11||rowspan="2"|CFA||14||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||14||1 |- |2011–12||15||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !29||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||29||2 |- |rowspan="3"|Jeunesse Esch||2012–13||rowspan="2"|Luxembourg National Division||23||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||24||2 |- |2013–14||14||2||2||0||colspan="2"|-||4||2||20||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !37||4||3||0||0||0||4||2||44||6 |- |rowspan=3|Cova da Piedade||2016–17||rowspan="2"|LigaPro||2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0 |- |2017–18||2||0||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !4||0||4||0||1||0||0||0||9||0 |- |Beijing Renhe||2018||Chinese Super League|||12||0||2||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||14||2 |- |rowspan=3|Sichuan Jiuniu||2019||China League Two|||24||6||3||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||6 |- |2020||China League One||13||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||13||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !37||7||3||0||0||0||0||0||40||7 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !119||13||12||2||1||0||4||2||136||17 |}
==Honours== ===Club=== '''Jeunesse Esch''' *Luxembourg Cup: 2012-13
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|chu-wang|new_id=pe319335}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Chu}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:Chinese men's footballers Category:Footballers from Chengdu Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:Jeunesse Esch players Category:FC Metz players Category:C.D. Cova da Piedade players Category:Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players Category:Chengdu Rongcheng F.C. players Category:Shenzhen Peng City F.C. players Category:China League Two players Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen Category:China League One players Category:Chinese Super League players Category:Chinese expatriate men's footballers Category:Chinese expatriate sportspeople in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg Category:Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal