Wu Hao
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Wu Hao (born February 19, 1983) is a Chinese
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 football player who plays as a Centre back.

Club career

Wu Hao started his professional football career with second tier football club Jiangsu Sainty
Jiangsu Sainty
Jiangsu Sainty F.C. is a Chinese professional football club based in Nanjing, China that currently participates in the Chinese Super League. Home matches are played at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center...

 in the 2001 league season, however found it difficult to establish himself within their team. In 2005 Wu Hao would be loaned out to Sinchi FC
Sinchi FC
Sinchi Football Club is a professional soccer club from China which played as a foreign team in Singapore's S.League from 2003-2005. The club played its home games in Singapore at the Jurong Stadium. The team's best league finish was seventh-place in 2003...

 in Singapore
Singapore
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 where he played in the S. League and would quickly established himself as a regular within their team. The following season saw Sinchi FC withdrawn from the league and Wu Hao was loaned out once more to this time Henan Jianye
Henan Jianye
Henan Construction is a Chinese professional association football club based in Zhengzhou , in the province of Henan , China. The clubs predecessor was the Henan Provincial Team who were founded in 1958 while the current professional football team was established on August 27, 1994...

 who were a second tier Chinese football team. His loan period was a huge success and he would win the league title and promotion to the Chinese Super League at the end of the 2006 season. This saw Wu Hao complete a permanent transfer towards Henan Jianye and he would go on to help establish the team within league. After his successful period with Henan Jianye he would transfer to 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...

 for a reported 3,000,000 RMB
Renminbi
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 and though he found it difficult to establish himself within the team he would go on to win the 2008 Chinese Super League
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...

 title with the team. The 2009 league season was however very disappointing for him as he often found himself on the substitute bench and once reigning champions Beijing Guoan showed an interests within him he was sold with fellow team mate Wang Xiaolong
Wang Xiaolong
Wang Xiaolong is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League.-Shandong Luneng:...

 for a combined fee of 2,000,000 RMB
Renminbi
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.

International career

Wu Hao would make his debut on April 16, 2008 for the senior national team against Mexico
Mexico national football team
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 in a friendly 1-0 loss coming on as a substitute despite not even establishing himself for the Shandong Luneng team. Under the Chinese Head coach Vladimir Petrović his performances for the national team continued when he was selected for the following friendlies against El Salvador
El Salvador national football team
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 and Jordan
Jordan national football team
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. He would go to make his competitive debut in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
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 game against Qatar
Qatar national football team
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 on June 2, 2008 in a 0-0 draw and has continued to be selected for the national team under Petrović's reign, predominately coming on as a substitute.

Honours

With Henan Jianye
  • China League One: 2006


With Shandong Luneng
  • 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...

    : 2008
    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...


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