# Song Wenjie

Song Wenjie (simplified Chinese: 宋文杰; traditional Chinese: 宋文傑; pinyin: Sòng Wénjié; born 15 January 1991) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays for Chinese Super League club Qingdao Hainiu.

## Club career

Song Wenjie joined Qingdao Hailifeng's youth academy in 2002. In February 2010, Qingdao Hailifeng was engaged in bribery and private business dealings in matches held from 2007 to 2009 and was banned from all future league matches. Song and his teammates became unattached players without a club. After being released, he signed a contract with Chinese Super League side Qingdao Jonoon in March 2010 after a successful trial with the club.
Song was promoted to Qingdao Jonoon's first team in the summer of 2010 and made his senior debut on 31 October 2010 in a 0–0 away draw against Shanghai Shenhua. Song was given further more opportunities to play for the senior team during the 2011 league season after then manager Chang Woe-Ryong took charge of the team. On 8 May 2011, he scored his first two senior goals in a 4–1 home win against Nanchang Hengyuan. Song scored six goals in nineteen appearances and won the Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year award at the end of the 2011 season.
On 27 February 2015, Song transfer to China League One side Hebei China Fortune. He made his debut for the club on 14 March 2015 in a 1–0 home loss against Beijing Institute of Technology. On 15 April 2015, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 away win against Guangxi Longguida in the 2015 Chinese FA Cup. On 25 April 2015, Song scored his first league goal, earned a penalty and assisted once in a league match against Tianjin Songjiang, which ensured Hebei's 3–2 win. On 21 July 2015, he suffered a rupture of cruciate ligament in his right knee in a league match against Harbin Yiteng, which ruling him out of the field for the rest of the season. Song, who was recovering from injury, was named in Hebei China Fortune's reserves squad in the 2016 season. He returned to the first team squad in July 2017. He made his return on 24 September 2017 in a 0–0 away draw against Changchun Yatai, coming on as a substitute for Zhang Lifeng in the 71st minute.
On 26 February 2019, Song transferred to Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng. He would make his debut in a AFC Champions League game on 12 March 2019 against Kashima Antlers in a 2-2 draw. Throughout the season he would struggle to establish himself as a regular within the team and only made eight appearances throughout the season. The following campaign would not improve the situation and on 12 September 2020 he would join fellow top tier club Guangzhou R&F (now known as Guangzhou City). He would make his debut for Guangzhou on 18 September 2020 in a Chinese FA Cup game against Shanghai Shenhua in a 1-1 draw that was won in a penalty shoot-out.

## Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 January 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 2010 | Chinese Super League | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 2011 | Chinese Super League | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 6 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 2012 | Chinese Super League | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 1 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 2013 | Chinese Super League | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 2 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | 2014 | China League One | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 2 |
| Qingdao Jonoon | Total | Total | 94 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 11 |
| Hebei China Fortune | 2015 | China League One | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 6 |
| Hebei China Fortune | 2017 | Chinese Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Hebei China Fortune | 2018 | Chinese Super League | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 |
| Hebei China Fortune | Total | Total | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 7 |
| Shandong Luneng | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 0 |
| Shandong Luneng | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| Shandong Luneng | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Guangzhou R&F/ Guangzhou City | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2 |
| Guangzhou R&F/ Guangzhou City | 2021 | Chinese Super League | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 3 |
| Guangzhou R&F/ Guangzhou City | 2022 | Chinese Super League | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 23 | 5 |
| Guangzhou R&F/ Guangzhou City | Total | Total | 43 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 10 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 169 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 28 |

## Honours
### Individual

* Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year: 2011