Wang Song (born October 12, 1983) is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Hangzhou Greentown in the Chinese Super League

Chinese Super League

The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...

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Playing career

Wang Song began his career playing for Sichuan Quanxing as a left midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 and would gradually establish himself as a regular within the team until the end of the 2005 league season

Chinese Super League 2005

The 2005 Chinese Super League season was only the second season of China's top-tier football competition. With no relegation the previous season, the league expanded from 12 to 14 clubs with the promotion of Shanghai Zobon and Wuhan Huanghelou...

 when the club disbanded at the end of the season. This left Wang free to join second tier club Chengdu Blades

Chengdu Blades

Chengdu Blades F.C. is a professional football club based in Chengdu, PR China who currently plays in the 42,000 seater Chengdu Sports Centre in the Chinese Super league...

 where he pushed forward up as a striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

 and then named as their captain. This responsibility seemed to get the best out of him and he became the top scorer in the 2007 promotion season with 17 goals in 24 games. His form quickly caught the eye of the Chinese football team and in November 2007, he became the first Chengdu Blade player to be called up for the Chinese national side. By the end of the 2008 league season

Chinese Super League 2008

The 2008 Chinese Super League was the 5th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League and the 15th season of the professional football league in China. Super League was expanded to 16 clubs...

 he had lead Chengdu Blades to a thirteenth place within the league, however the following season saw the club relegated and he left to join Hangzhou Greentown

International career

After his impressive 2007 league season for Chengdu Blades where he was the divisions top goalscorer the Chinese Head coach Vladimir Petrović called Wang Song up to his squad where he gave him his international debut in a friendly against Lebanon national football team

Lebanon national football team

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 on the 20 January 2008 in a 0-0 draw. Playing in several further friendlies Wang was often playing back again as a left midfielder and was unable to make much of an impression within the team before he was dropped from the squad.

Personal life

His girlfriend is the Sichuan

Sichuan

' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...

 Area Champion of Miss Universe

Miss Universe

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 Zeng Meijuan, who is an Australian.

External links

• Player Profile at national-football-teams
• Player stats at sohu.com