Wu Lei

Transcriptions
Wu Lei
Chinese	武磊
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wǔ Lěi
IPA	[ù lèi]

Wu Lei
武磊
	Wu Lei with China at the 2019 Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name	Wu Lei
Date of birth	19 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Espanyol
Number	7
Youth career
2003–2005	Genbao Football Academy
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2018	Shanghai SIPG
2019–	Espanyol
National team‡
2007–2008	China U-17
2009–2010	China U-20
2010–	China
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 January 2020

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.

Wu Lei (Chinese: 武磊; pinyin: Wǔ Lěi; born 19 November 1991) is a Chinese professional footballer. He plays as a left winger for La Liga club RCD Espanyol and the China national team.

Wu was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu to a Hui family. He is the all-time top goalscorer for Shanghai SIPG with 169 goals. He is the second all-time top goalscorer in Chinese Super League history with 102 goals. At 14 years and 287 days, Wu became the youngest to play in a professional league match in China. He joined Spanish side Espanyol in 2019. He has also played over 60 times for China since 2010.

In March 2020, during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, Wu tested positive to COVID-19..^[1]