{{short description|Chinese footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Wang Dongning <br> 王东宁 | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|04|13}} | birth_place = [[Weihai]], [[Shandong]], [[China]] | death_date = | height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]], [[Midfielder]] | youthyears1 = 1976–1981 | youthclubs1 = [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong team]] | years1 = 1982–1993 | clubs1 = [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong team]] | years2 = 1993 | clubs2 = [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]] | years3 = 1994 | clubs3 = [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Taishan]] | years4 = 1995 | clubs4 = [[Shenzhen Ruby F.C.|Shenzhen FC]] | years5 = 1996 | clubs5 = [[Shanghai Yuyuan]] | years6 = 1997–1998 | clubs6 = [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Hainiu]] | nationalyears1 = 1984–1994 | nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]] | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = January 1, 2012 | ntupdate = January 1, 2012 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984 Singapore]]|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1994 Asian Games|1994 Hiroshima]]|[[Football at the 1994 Asian Games|Football]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FISU World University Games|University Games]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]]|[[Football at the 1985 Summer Universiade|Football]]}} }}
'''Wang Dongning''' ({{zh|s=王东宁|t=王東寧|p=Wáng Dōngníng}}; born April 13, 1961) is a former Chinese international [[association football|footballer]] who represented [[Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C.|Shandong team]] where he played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] or [[midfielder]] before having short stints at [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]], [[Shenzhen Ruby F.C.|Shenzhen FC]] and [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Hainiu]]. While internationally he represented [[China national football team|China]] in the [[1984 Asian Cup]] and the [[1994 Asian Games]] where he aided the team to a runners-up spot.
==Playing career== Wang Dongning started his football career with the [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong]] youth team before graduating into their senior team in 1982 where he helped guide the club to a runners-up spot at the end of the league season.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html China 1982] at rsssf.org 22 Oct 2009 Retrieved 2012-08-27</ref> He was soon called up to the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]] and was part of the squad that took part in the [[1984 Asian Cup]] where China were beaten in the final to [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/84asch.html Asian Nations Cup 1984] at rsssf.org 21 Dec 2009 Retrieved 2012-08-27</ref> For the next several years he was a loyal player to Shandong, however he was part of the team that saw successive relegation hit the team in 1989 and the 1990 league seasons.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html China 1989] at rsssf.org 22 Oct 2009 Retrieved 2012-08-27</ref> Despite this Wang stayed to help the club win promotion back into the second tier before he decided to leave the club and join [[Hong Kong First Division League]] team [[Happy Valley AA|Happy Valley]]. His stay in Hong Kong was brief and Wang moved back to his old club Shandong in 1994 after they had renamed themselves [[Shandong Taishan F.C.|Shandong Taishan]] and had returned to the top tier to become a fully professional team.<ref>[http://news.qq.com/a/20091112/001491.htm 1994：中国足球拉开竞技体育职业化大幕] at news.qq.com 2009-01-17 Retrieved 2012-08-27</ref> With his return he was also able to gain his way back into the national team and was part of the team that went to the [[Football at the 1994 Asian Games]] and helped guide China to a runners-up spot to [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames94.html Asian Games 1994 (Hiroshima, Japan)] at rsssf.org 17 Jan 2012 Retrieved 2012-08-27</ref> Nearing the end of his career Wang joined second-tier football club [[Shenzhen Ruby F.C.|Shenzhen FC]] 1995 for a season, where he actually won the division title with them before leaving to join another second-tier club in [[Shanghai Yuyuan]] before ending his career with [[Qingdao Hainiu F.C.|Qingdao Hainiu]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/china95.html China League 1995] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311132902/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/china95.html |date=March 11, 2012 }} at rsssf.com 19 Jun 2003 Retrieved 2012-08-27</ref>
==Career statistics== === International === {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width:50%;" |- style="text-align:center; background:#e0e0e0;" ! Year ! Competition ! Apps ! Goal
|- style="text-align:center;" || 1985 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]] || 3 || 0
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" || 1994 || [[Asian Games]] || 5 || 0
|- style="text-align:center; background:#e0e0e0;" ! colspan="2" | Total ! style="text-align:center;"| 8 ! style="text-align:center;"| 0 |}
==Honours== '''Shandong team''' *Chinese Jia-C League: 1991
'''Shenzhen FC''' *Chinese Jia-B League: 1995
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/player.php?id=wangdongning Team China Stats] *[http://sodasoccer.com/search/player/664E2326DE2D48D9.html Player profile] at sodasoccer.com
{{China squad 1984 AFC Asian Cup}}
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