Rao Weihui

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Rao Weihui
饶伟辉
Personal information
Full name Rao Weihui
Date of birth (1989-03-25) 25 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Xingning, Guangdong, China
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Meizhou Hakka
Number 31
Youth career
2003–2007 Shaanxi Chanba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2020 Beijing Renhe 214 (1)
2020–2023 Changchun Yatai 55 (0)
2023– Meizhou Hakka 0 (0)
International career
2010–2012 China U-23
2014–2015 China 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2014

Rao Weihui (simplified Chinese: 饶伟辉; traditional Chinese: 饒偉輝; pinyin: Ráo Wěihuī; born 25 March 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Meizhou Hakka.

Club career[edit]

Rao Weihui started his football career in 2008 with Chinese Super League club Shaanxi Chanba after he graduated from the club's youth team. He made his debut for the club on 9 April 2008 in a 0–0 away draw with Shenzhen Shangqingyin and was described by then manager Cheng Yaodong as an exciting prospect for the future.[1] Despite the strong support from the manager, the club would struggle during the 2009 season with ultimately led to Cheng leaving the club, which left Rao with very little playing time throughout the season.[2] However, in the following season, new manager Zhu Guanghu decided to move Rao from a midfield position into the defense where he quickly established himself as the team's starting fullback. Before the 2012 season, Rao stayed with Shaanxi as the club decided to move to Guizhou and rename themselves Guizhou Renhe.

In the 2019 Chinese Super League season Rao would suffer from a fibula fracture injury and it saw him miss much of the season while he saw his team get relegated at the end of the campaign.[3] Having spent his whole career with the same club he was allowed to transfer to second-tier club Changchun Yatai who he officially joined on 31 August 2020.[4] On 12 September 2020 he would make his debut in the first league game for the club of the season that ended in a 2–1 victory against Heilongjiang Lava Spring.[5] Rao would go on to establish himself as a vital member of the team and at the end of the 2020 league campaign he would go on to win the division title with the club.[6]

International career[edit]

Rao made his debut for the Chinese national team on 18 November 2014 in a 0–0 draw against Honduras.

Career statistics[edit]

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2022.[7]

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
Shaanxi Chanba /
Guizhou Renhe /
Beijing Renhe
2008 Chinese Super League 3 0 - - - 3 0
2009 1 0 - - - 1 0
2010 25 0 - - - 25 0
2011 26 0 2 0 - - 28 0
2012 11 0 3 1 - - 14 1
2013 12 0 3 0 6 0 - 21 0
2014 28 1 2 0 5 0 1[a] 0 35 1
2015 25 0 0 0 - - 25 0
2016 China League One 20 0 0 0 - - 20 0
2017 21 0 0 0 - - 21 0
2018 Chinese Super League 29 0 0 0 - - 29 0
2019 13 0 0 0 - - 13 0
Total 214 1 10 1 11 0 1 0 236 2
Changchun Yatai 2020 China League One 14 0 0 0 - - 14 0
2021 Chinese Super League 13 0 2 0 - - 15 0
2022 28 0 0 0 - - 28 0
Total 55 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 57 0
Meizhou Hakka 2023 Chinese Super League 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Career total 269 1 12 1 11 0 1 0 293 2
  1. ^ Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Guizhou Renhe

Changchun Yatai

References[edit]

  1. ^ 三秦都市报:门楣挡住了浐灞的胜利 (in Chinese). sports.people.com.cn. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  2. ^ 球员资料-中超数据库-搜狐 (in Chinese). csldata.sports.sohu.com. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
  3. ^ "zh:究竟是亚泰运气好,还是人和太绝情?" (in Chinese). sohu.com. 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  4. ^ "zh:官方:饶伟辉等5名新援加盟长春亚泰" (in Chinese). 163.com. 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  5. ^ "CHANGCHUN YATAI VS. HEILONGJIANG LAVA SPRING 2 - 1". soccerway.com. 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  6. ^ "Changchun Yatai crowned 2020 China League One champions". wildeastfootball.net. 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  7. ^ 饶伟辉 at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2015-11-01 (in Chinese) Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "观察: 亚泰重返中超--金元逝去 秩序回归". sports.sina.com.cn. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-01-18.

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