Hao Wei
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Hao Wei is a former international footballer. He is the current assistant coach of Changsha Ginde football club.

Club career

As with many of the most promising youth players from China, Hao Wei was sent to Brazil for a training programme sponsored by Jianlibao in 1997 with fellow youth prospects Li Tie
Li Tie
Li Tie is a professional Chinese international footballer who currently plays for Liaoning Whowin F.C. in the Chinese Super League. Starting his career playing for Liaoning F.C. Li would rise to prominence during the 1999 Chinese league season when Liaoning came runners-up within the league...

 and Zhang Xiaorui
Zhang Xiaorui
Zhang Xiaorui is a Chinese professional footballer and manager. He is currently working for Tianjin Tuanbo New City.-Early career:As with all the most promising young Chinese players Zhang Xiaorui would quickly be included in the short-lived Chinese national youth team program to study football...

. When he returned to start his professional football career he would join Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng
Shandong Luneng Taishan is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shandong Luneng Group, the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province. They play at the Shandong Stadium in Jinan, Shandong. The predecessor of Shandong Luneng Taishan was the Shandong Provincial team organised...

 in 1998, however he found it differcult to immediately break into the team due to injury, though he was able to play in 11 league games and score 1 goal. It was not until the 1999 league season that Hao Wei would rise to prominence when he established himself as Shandong's first choice right back and help them to a league and cup double. His importance to the Shandong team would quickly fade when new manager Valeri Nepomniachi preferred the emerging Jiao Zhe
Jiao Zhe
Jiao Zhe is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Hangzhou Greentown in defence as a Right-back.-Club career:Jiao Zhe started his professional football career in 2000 for Shandong Luneng after he graduated from their youth team...

 as his first choice right back and by the end of 2002 league season Hao Wei was allowed to leave.

Hao Wei would join Shanxi Guoli at the beginning of the 2003 league season where despite being an immediate regular for the team he was unable to help them in their relegation battle to remain in the top tier. Unable to hold on to Hao Wei, Shanxi Guoli would allow him to leave the club for Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan
Beijing Guoan Football Club Beijing Guoan Football Club Beijing Guoan Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 北京国安 is part of CITIC Group (China International Trust and Investment Corporation). Their current home stadium is Workers Stadium and the Fengtai stadium for less popular games. The current head...

 at the beginning of the 2004 league season where he would fight for the right back position with Zhang Shuai for the next two seasons before going to Changsha Ginde where he ended his playing career.

International career

Hao Wei would make his senior debut in a friendly against Hong Kong
Hong Kong national football team
The Hong Kong national football team , represents Hong Kong in international association football events such as the FIFA World Cup, AFC Asian Cup and East Asian Football Championship. The team is represented by the Hong Kong Football Association....

 on April 25, 2000 in a 1-0 win. He would play in another friendly in preparation for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup
2000 AFC Asian Cup
The Asian Football Confederation's 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Lebanon between October 12 and October 29. Japan defeated defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final match in Beirut.-Qualification:...

, however when the squad was chosen for the tournament he was unable to be included. With the emergence of Xu Yunlong
Xu Yunlong
Xu Yunlong is a Chinese football player who currently captains Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League. He has also been a member of Chinese football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

 and Sun Jihai
Sun Jihai
Jihai Sun is a Chinese association football player. He is currently playing for Chinese side Inter Xi'an and for the China national football team as a defender or a midfielder....

 as the preferred options at right back Hao Wei saw his playing time severely limited. He was brought in to play a Fifa World Cup Qualifier on September 8, 2004 against Malaysia
Malaysia national football team
The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia...

 in a 1-0 win, however this was to prove to be his last game.

Changsha Ginde

After he retired his playing career with Changsha Ginde he would take an assistant management position with them. This was a position he held on to until October 12, 2009 when the Changsha Ginde head coach Zhu Bo
Zhu Bo
Zhu Bo is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player. As a player he was a consistent defender who predominantly played for Bayi Football Team as a right-back and won several league titles captaining his team before ending his career with Shenzhen Feiyada...

 was sacked and he was named as the new head coach to replace him.

On 16 June 2010, Hao became the assistant coach to Serbian manager Miodrag Ješić
Miodrag Ješic
Miodrag Ješić is a Serbian football manager and a former footballer. He is the current Head coach of Shahrdari Tabriz.-Playing:...

.

Honors

As a player for Shandong Luneng
  • Chinese Jia-A League
    Chinese Jia-A League
    The National Football Jia A League , commonly known as Jia-A , was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association.The Chinese Professional Football League was established in 1994...

    : 1999
  • Chinese FA Cup
    Chinese FA Cup
    The Chinese FA Cup is the national knockout cup competition in China organised by the Chinese Football Association. Its current format started in the 1995 season.In the new season, 2011 it was announced, that current Chinese FA Cup will start in May....

    : 1999

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