{{Short description|Chinese footballer (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Wen Chao <br> 文超 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|1|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Shenyang, Liaoning, China | height = {{height|m=1.82}} | position = Forward | currentclub = Shenzhen Juniors (assistant coach) | clubnumber = | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= Changsha Ginde | years1= 2007–2015 | clubs1= Guangzhou R&F | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 4 | years2= 2008 | clubs2= → Hunan Billows (loan) | years3= 2014 | clubs3= → Yinchuan Helanshan (loan) | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 3 | years4= 2016–2017 | clubs4= Baoding Yingli ETS | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 1 | years5= 2018–2020 | clubs5= Taizhou Yuanda | caps5 = 38 | goals5 = 12 | years6= 2021 | clubs6= Xiamen Egret Island | caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 5 | years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = Dalian LFTZ Huayi | manageryears1= 2025– | managerclubs1= Shenzhen Juniors (assistant) | pcupdate = 20 May 2022 | ntupdate = }} {{family name hatnote|Wen|lang=Chinese}} '''Wen Chao''' ({{zh|c=文超|p=Wén Chāo}}; born 16 January 1987) is a Chinese football coach and former football player.
==Club career== Wen joined Changsha Ginde youth team system in the early year and was promoted to first team squad in 2007. He was loaned to China League Two side Hunan Billows for gaining match experiences in the 2008 league season. When he returned to Changsha Ginde in 2009, Wen began to have a change to play in the Super League. On 12 April 2010, he made his Super League debut in a 2–1 home victory against Tianjin TEDA, coming on as a substitute for Kim Eun-Jung in the 72nd minute. He played 9 league matches without scoring a goal in the 2010 league season. Wen didn't make any appearance in the 2010 league season as Changsha Ginde finished the bottom of the league and relegation to China League One. In February 2011, the club moved to Shenzhen as the club's name changed into Shenzhen Phoenix, Wen chose to stay in the club. On 5 May, Wen scored his first goal for the team in a 2011 Chinese FA Cup match which Shenzhen Phoenix beat Shenyang Dongjin 3–0.<ref>[http://sports.sina.com.cn/c/2011-05-05/17265563082.shtml 足协杯-贝托破门悍将定位球建功 深圳凤凰3-0沈阳] at sports.sina.com.cn 2011-05-05 Retrieved 2012-10-12 {{in lang|zh}}</ref> His first league goal for the club came on 25 June, in a 2–0 away victory against Shenyang Dongjin.<ref>[http://sports.163.com/11/0625/17/77DNMKO700051C8L.html 中甲-曹添堡文超联袂建功 沈阳主场0-2不敌深圳] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520021925/http://sports.163.com/11/0625/17/77DNMKO700051C8L.html |date=20 May 2019 }} at sports.163.com 2011-06-25 Retrieved 2012-10-12 {{in lang|zh}}</ref> The club were bought by Chinese property developers Guangzhou R&F and moved to Guangzhou in June and won promotion back to the Super League at the first attempt. Wen scored 4 goals in 13 appearances in the 2011 league season.
In March 2015, Wen transferred to China League Two side Baoding Yingli ETS.
== Career statistics == ''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2019.''<ref>[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/73/145011/38E503D3B6CCD4E9.shtml 文超] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010118/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/73/145011/38E503D3B6CCD4E9.shtml |date=7 November 2017 }} at sodasoccer 2018-02-02 Retrieved 2018-02-02 {{in lang|zh}}</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"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=8|Changsha Ginde/<br>Guangzhou R&F||2007||Chinese Super League||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- |2009||Chinese Super League||9||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||0 |- |2010||Chinese Super League||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- |2011||China League One||13||4||2||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||5 |- |2012||Chinese Super League||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||3||0 |- |2013||Chinese Super League||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0 |- |2015||Chinese Super League||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|'''Total''' !24!!4!!4!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!28!!5 |- |Hunan Billows (loans)||2008||China League Two|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-|| || |- |Yinchuan Helanshan (loan)||2014||China League Two||5||3||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||3 |- |rowspan=3|Baoding Yingli ETS||2016||China League Two||20||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||1 |- |2017||China League One||6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||7||0 |- !colspan="2"|'''Total''' !26!!1!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!29!!1 |- |rowspan=3|Taizhou Yuanda||2018||Chinese Champions League||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||-||- |- |2019||China League Two||28||12||5||4||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||33||16 |- !colspan="2"|'''Total''' !28!!12!!5!!4!!0!!0!!0!!0!!33!!16 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !83||20||12||5||0||0||0||0||95||25 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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