# Wen Chao
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{{Short description|Chinese footballer (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Wen Chao
文超
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|1|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Shenyang](/source/Shenyang), [Liaoning](/source/Liaoning), China
| height = {{height|m=1.82}}
| position = [Forward](/source/Forward_(association_football))
| currentclub = [Shenzhen Juniors](/source/Shenzhen_Juniors_F.C.) (assistant coach)
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1=
| youthclubs1= [Changsha Ginde](/source/Guangzhou_City_F.C.)
| years1= 2007–2015
| clubs1= [Guangzhou R&F](/source/Guangzhou_City_F.C.)
| caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 4
| years2= 2008
| clubs2= → [Hunan Billows](/source/Hunan_Billows_F.C.) (loan)
| years3= 2014
| clubs3= → [Yinchuan Helanshan](/source/Yinchuan_Helanshan_F.C.) (loan)
| caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 3
| years4= 2016–2017
| clubs4= [Baoding Yingli ETS](/source/Baoding_Yingli_ETS_F.C.)
| caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 1
| years5= 2018–2020
| clubs5= [Taizhou Yuanda](/source/Taizhou_Yuanda_F.C.)
| caps5 = 38 | goals5 = 12
| years6= 2021
| clubs6= [Xiamen Egret Island](/source/Xiamen_Egret_Island_F.C.)
| caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2022–2023
| clubs7 = [Dalian LFTZ Huayi](/source/Dalian_K'un_City_F.C.)
| manageryears1= 2025–
| managerclubs1= [Shenzhen Juniors](/source/Shenzhen_Juniors_F.C.) (assistant)
| pcupdate = 20 May 2022
| ntupdate =
}}
{{family name hatnote|[Wen](/source/Wen_(surname_%E6%96%87))|lang=Chinese}}
'''Wen Chao''' ({{zh|c=文超|p=Wén Chāo}}; born 16 January 1987) is a [Chinese](/source/Chinese_people) football coach and former football player.
==Club career==
Wen joined [Changsha Ginde](/source/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](/source/China_League_Two) side [Hunan Billows](/source/Hunan_Billows_F.C.) 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](/source/Tianjin_TEDA_F.C.), coming on as a substitute for [Kim Eun-Jung](/source/Kim_Eun-jung_(footballer)) 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](/source/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](/source/2011_Chinese_FA_Cup) match which Shenzhen Phoenix beat [Shenyang Dongjin](/source/Shenyang_Dongjin_F.C.) 3–0.[[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}}] His first league goal for the club came on 25 June, in a 2–0 away victory against Shenyang Dongjin.[[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}}] 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](/source/China_League_Two) side [Baoding Yingli ETS](/source/Baoding_Yingli_ETS).
== Career statistics ==
''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2019.''[[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}}]
{| 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](/source/Changsha_Ginde)/
[Guangzhou R&F](/source/Guangzhou_R%26F_F.C.)||[2007](/source/2007_Chinese_Super_League)||[Chinese Super League](/source/Chinese_Super_League)||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|[2009](/source/2009_Chinese_Super_League)||Chinese Super League||9||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||9||0
|-
|[2010](/source/2010_Chinese_Super_League)||Chinese Super League||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|[2011](/source/2011_China_League_One)||[China League One](/source/China_League_One)||13||4||2||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||15||5
|-
|[2012](/source/2012_Chinese_Super_League)||Chinese Super League||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||3||0
|-
|[2013](/source/2013_Chinese_Super_League)||Chinese Super League||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||1||0
|-
|[2015](/source/2015_Chinese_Super_League)||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](/source/Hunan_Billows_F.C.) (loans)||[2008](/source/2008_China_League_Two)||[China League Two](/source/China_League_Two)|| || ||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-|| ||
|-
|[Yinchuan Helanshan](/source/Yinchuan_Helanshan) (loan)||[2014](/source/2014_China_League_Two)||China League Two||5||3||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||3
|-
|rowspan=3|[Baoding Yingli ETS](/source/Baoding_Yingli_ETS)||[2016](/source/2016_China_League_Two)||China League Two||20||1||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||1
|-
|[2017](/source/2017_China_League_One)||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](/source/Taizhou_Yuanda)||[2018](/source/2018_Chinese_Champions_League)||[Chinese Champions League](/source/Chinese_Champions_League)||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||-||-
|-
|[2019](/source/2019_China_League_Two)||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==
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Category:1987 births
Category:Living people
Category:Chinese men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Footballers from Shenyang
Category:Guangzhou City F.C. players
Category:Hunan Billows F.C. players
Category:Baoding Yingli ETS F.C. players
Category:Taizhou Yuanda F.C. players
Category:Dalian K'un City F.C. players
Category:Chinese Super League players
Category:China League One players
Category:China League Two players
Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen
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