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Du Wei (Chinese: 杜威; pinyin: Dù Wēi; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 9 February 1982) is a retired Chinese footballer.

He played for the China national team in their participation in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. This saw foreign interests come from Scottish Premier League side Celtic in the form of a loan, however an extension to the loan was never taken up and he returned to Shanghai Shenhua where he captained them for several seasons before joining Hangzhou Greentown and Shandong Luneng as well as captaining his national team in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

Club career

Du Wei started his football career in 2000 playing for third-tier side Shanghai 02 where he was able to play at centre back or defensive midfield before the club were taken over by top-tier side Shanghai Shenhua in 2002. At Shanghai, he immediately commanded a regular position within the team and by his second season with them he won the last Chinese Jia-A League league title in 2003 before it was renamed as the Chinese Super League; however, the Chinese Football Association later revoked the title in 2013 after it was discovered the team's general manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be biased towards Shanghai in certain matches that season.

Du missed much of the season through injury and the team missed his services, finishing tenth within the league. When he returned from injury, his impressive displays for Shenhua saw Scottish Premier League side Celtic interested in him and his agent Edmund Chu oversaw his move to the club during the 2005–06 season, on a six-month short-term contract, which was hoped to lead to a long-term contract. At Celtic, he made several appearances on the bench before he finally made his debut in the Scottish Cup third round tie against Clyde on 9 January 2006 in a shock 2–1 defeat. His uninspiring first team debut saw him substituted at half time by Celtic manager Gordon Strachan. After that display, he was dropped from the team and his loan was cut short with him returning to Shanghai.

Returning to Shanghai, Du continued to command a regular starting place within the team and eventually became the team's captain by the 2008 league season, however after a disappointing 2009 campaign where the club finished in fifth place, the club were willing to listen for offers on him. After a protracted transfer period, he joined top-tier side Hangzhou Greentown on 10 March 2010 where he continued wearing the shirt number 5 for the following season. He was also named as the club's captain and was partnered with his previous teammate Ng Wai Chiu. He helped guide the club to their best ever league position of fourth and a chance to play in the AFC Champions League for the first time. Leading Hangzhou to their first ever AFC Champions League campaign, he played in five games as they were knocked out in the group stages; however, this was to prove to be the highlight of his career with them as the club couldn't improve upon their previous season league campaign and finished in eighth.

On 3 July 2012, Du was allowed to transfer to fellow top-tier side Shandong Luneng. On 7 July 2012, he was immediately placed within the team and made his debut for the club in a 3–1 win against Guizhou Renhe where he also scored his first goal for the club.

On 15 February 2015, he signed a two-year contract with China League One side Hebei China Fortune.

On 27 June 2017, he joined Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng on loan. He made a permanent transfer to Guizhou Hengfeng on 26 February 2018.

International career

Du captained the Chinese under-20 national team and lead them into the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina where they were knocked out in the last sixteen by Argentina. His performance within the tournament saw him win the Asian Young Footballer of the Year award and he then rapidly rose through the Chinese youth teams to graduate into the senior China national team when he made his debut against Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly on 5 August 2001 in a game that China won 3–0. This led to several further games and despite his lack of experience he was called up into the squad that played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Due to injury, he was dropped from the national team in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup that reached the final where Arie Haan preferred to play Zheng Zhi in defence. Du was able to regain his position within the national team after the tournament and was recalled for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup squad. When Gao Hongbo became the new manager of the national team, he chose Du as his captain and he led China to win the 2010 East Asian Football Championship.

Career statistics

Club statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 11 November 2018.

Other tournaments include Chinese FA Super Cup and A3 Champions Cup.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 February 2006	Guangzhou, China	Palestine	1–0	2–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2	21 January 2009	Hangzhou, China	Vietnam	3–1	6–1	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3	22 November 2009	Hangzhou, China	Lebanon	1–0	1–0	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
4	18 December 2010	Zhuhai, China	Estonia	1–0	3-0	Friendly international

Honours

Club

Shanghai Shenhua

• A3 Champions Cup: 2007

Shandong Luneng

• Chinese FA Cup: 2014

China

• East Asian Football Championship: 2010

Individual

• Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2012

References

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6. "Du Wei Celtic stay is cut short". bbc.co.uk. 19 January 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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12. 前国足队长杜威加盟河北华夏 at 163.com 2015-02-15 Retrieved 2015-02-15 (in Chinese)
13. 贵州官宣第三签：杜威正式加盟 at sports.sina.com 2018-02-26 Retrieved 2018-02-26
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15. "Fan Zhiyi Named Asian Player of the Year". People's Daily. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
16. "中国 3–0 特立尼达和多巴哥". teamchina.freehostia.com. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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18. "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan: Turkey – China PR 3:0". fifa.com. 13 June 2002. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
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20. 杜威. sodasoccer (in Chinese).

External links

• Du Wei – FIFA competition record (archived)
• 2002 China Team Player Profile at BBC website
• Du Wei at National-Football-Teams.com
• Du Wei at Soccerway
• Player stats at sohu.com
• Player stats at football-lineups website
• Profile at Celtic site at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 April 2006)

China PR Squad

v t e China squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 An Qi 2 Zhang Enhua 3 Yang Pu 4 Wu Chengying 5 Fan Zhiyi 6 Shao Jiayi 7 Sun Jihai 8 Li Tie 9 Ma Mingyu (c) 10 Hao Haidong 11 Yu Genwei 12 Su Maozhen 13 Gao Yao 14 Li Weifeng 15 Zhao Junzhe 16 Qu Bo 17 Du Wei 18 Li Xiaopeng 19 Qi Hong 20 Yang Chen 21 Xu Yunlong 22 Jiang Jin 23 Ou Chuliang Coach: Milutinović v t e China squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1 Li Leilei 2 Du Wei 3 Sun Xiang 4 Zhang Yaokun 5 Li Weifeng 6 Shao Jiayi 7 Sun Jihai 8 Li Tie 9 Han Peng 10 Zheng Zhi (c) 11 Dong Fangzhuo 12 Zhao Xuri 13 Zhang Shuai 14 Zhu Ting 15 Wang Dong 16 Ji Mingyi 18 Zhou Haibin 19 Zheng Bin 20 Mao Jianqing 21 Wang Peng 22 Yang Jun 23 Cao Yang 30 Zong Lei Coach: Zhu Guanghu v t e China squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup 1 Yang Zhi 2 Li Xuepeng 3 Wang Qiang 4 Zhao Peng 5 Du Wei (c) 6 Zhou Haibin 7 Zhao Xuri 8 Hao Junmin 9 Yang Xu 10 Deng Zhuoxiang 11 Qu Bo 12 Guan Zhen 13 Liu Jianye 14 Wang Song 15 Yu Tao 16 Huang Bowen 17 Zhang Linpeng 18 Gao Lin 19 Yang Hao 20 Rong Hao 21 Yu Hai 22 Zeng Cheng 23 Li Jianbin Coach: Gao Hongbo

• 1982 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Zhengzhou
• Chinese men's footballers
• Footballers from Henan
• China men's international footballers
• Chinese expatriate men's footballers
• Men's association football central defenders
• Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
• Celtic F.C. players
• Zhejiang Professional F.C. players
• Shandong Taishan F.C. players
• Hebei F.C. players
• Guizhou F.C. players
• 2002 FIFA World Cup players
• 2007 AFC Asian Cup players
• 2011 AFC Asian Cup players
• Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
• Chinese expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
• Asian Young Footballer of the Year winners
• Chinese Super League players
• China League One players
• Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
• Asian Games competitors for China