Song Zhiwei

Song Zhiwei
宋志伟
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-03-19) 19 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, Defender
Team information
Current team
 Shijiazhuang Gongfu
Number 5
Youth career
Dalian Shide
2006–2010 Hangzhou Greentown
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 → Hangzhou Sanchao (loan)
2011–2012 Chongqing FC 15 (1)
2013 Hangzhou Greentown 15 (0)
2014–2021 Wuhan FC 133 (2)
2022-2023 Dalian Professional 14 (0)
2023 Guangxi Pingguo Haliao 10 (0)
2024- Shijiazhuang Gongfu 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022
In this Chinese name, the family name is Song.

Song Zhiwei (Chinese: 宋志伟; pinyin: Sòng Zhìwěi; born 19 March 1989 in Dalian) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Chinese League One side Shijiazhuang Gongfu.

Club career

Song joined Zhejiang Green Town youth team system from Dalian Shide in 2006. He started his professional football career in 2007 when he was sent to Hangzhou Sanchao (Zhejiang Green Town youth team) for China League Two campaign. In July 2007, he moved to Portuguese side S.L. Benfica for a brief trial.[1] He made a free transfer to League Two side Chongqing F.C. in 2011. He scored his first goal for Chongqing on 25 June 2011, in a 2–2 draw against Guangdong Youth.[2] He made 14 appearances as Chongqing won promotion to the second tier at the end of the 2011 season. Due to lingering injury, he played just one league match and one FA Cup match in the 2012 season. In January 2013, Song moved back to Hangzhou Greentown on a free transfer.[3] On 25 May 2013, he made his Super League debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Guangzhou Evergrande.[4]

On 9 January 2014, Song transferred to China League One side Wuhan Zall with a fee of ¥600,000.[5] He would be an integral member of the team and help gain promotion with them to the top tier by winning the 2018 China League One division.[6] After being an integral member of the team that helped the club establish themselves as a top-tier club he would leave the team on 21 April 2022 to join another top-tier club Dalian Professional for the start of the 2022 Chinese Super League season.[7] He made his debut in a league game on 16 June 2022 against Zhejiang Professional in a match that ended in a 1–1 draw.[8]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hangzhou Sanchao (loan) 2007 China League Two - - -
2008 - - -
2009 - - -
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chongqing F.C. 2011 China League Two 14 1 - - - 14 1
2012 China League One 1 0 1 0 - - 2 0
Total 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1
Hangzhou Greentown 2013 Chinese Super League 15 0 2 0 - - 17 0
Wuhan Zall 2014 China League One 29 2 0 0 - - 29 2
2015 22 0 0 0 - - 22 0
2016 22 0 0 0 - - 22 0
2017 17 0 1 0 - - 18 0
2018 14 0 2 1 - - 16 1
2019 Chinese Super League 23 1 1 0 - - 24 1
2020 17 0 0 0 - 0[a] 0 17 0
2021 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 144 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 148 4
Dalian Professional 2022 Chinese Super League 14 0 0 0 - - 14 0
Career total 188 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 195 4
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

Honours

Club

Wuhan Zall

References

  1. ^ 绿城多人试训欧洲豪门 有望成为中超生力军 at sports.qq.com 2007-12-05 Retrieved 2013-08-21 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 重庆征战2011中乙全记录:前5轮只拿4分强力反弹 at sports.163.com 2011-11-18 Retrieved 2013-08-21 (in Chinese)
  3. ^ 绿城签下第5名内援 放假前将进行魔鬼体能训练 at sports.163.com 2013-01-25 Retrieved 2013-08-21 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ 实录:【中超】绿城0-1负恒大 马佐拉面对空门踢空 at sports.sohu.com 2013-05-26 Retrieved 2013-08-21 (in Chinese)
  5. ^ 卓尔官方宣布60万元签绿城后卫3年 内援引进工作结束 at sports.sina.com 2014-01-09 Retrieved 2014-01-9(in Chinese)
  6. ^ a b "2018中甲联赛积分榜". sports.sina.cn. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  7. ^ "大连人官方：朱挺、阎相闯、吕鹏等12名球员加盟球队". sina.com. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  8. ^ "DALIAN PRO VS. ZHEJIANG PROFESSIONAL 1 - 1". soccerway.com. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  9. ^ 宋志伟 at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine