Wu Lei

**Wu Lei** (; born 19 November 1991) is a Chinese professional footballer. He plays as a left winger for Shanghai Port, having played in Europe for La Liga club RCD Espanyol. He has also represented 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..

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Shanghai SIPG|2006|China League Two|||—|—|||||
|2007|China League Two|||—|—|||||||
|2008|China League One|24|4|—|—|24|4|||||
|2009|China League One|22|6|—|—|22|6|||||
|2010|China League One|23|10|—|—|23|10|||||
|2011|China League One|25|12|2|0|—|27|12||||
|2012|China League One|30|17|0|0|—|30|17||||
|2013|Chinese Super League|27|15|0|0|—|27|15||||
|2014|Chinese Super League|28|12|0|0|—|28|12||||
|2015|Chinese Super League|30|14|3|2|—|33|16||||
|2016|Chinese Super League|30|14|2|1|10|7|42|22|||
|2017|Chinese Super League|28|20|6|1|13|5|47|26|||
|2018|Chinese Super League|29|27|4|1|8|1|41|29|||
|rowspan="5"|Espanyol|2018–19|La Liga|16|3|0|0|—|16|3||
|2019–20|La Liga|33|4|3|2|13|2|49|8|||
|2020–21|Segunda División|31|2|3|1|—|34|3||||
|2021–22|La Liga|23|1|4|1|—|27|2||||
|rowspan="4"|Shanghai Port|2022|Chinese Super League|12|11|4|2|—|16|13||
|2023|Chinese Super League|30|18|1|0|1|0|32|18|||
|2024|Chinese Super League|24|28|1|0|0|0|25|28|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|China|2010|1|0|
|2011|0|0|||
|2012|0|0|||
|2013|10|2|||
|2014|10|2|||
|2015|11|2|||
|2016|8|1|||
|2017|8|1|||
|2018|11|5|||
|2019|8|5|||
|2020|0|0|||
|2021|10|9|||
|2022|2|0|||
|2023|11|5|||
|2024|8|4|||

- _Scores and results list China's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wu goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|28 July 2013|Olympic Stadium, Seoul, South Korea||4–1|4–3|2013 EAFF East Asian Cup||||||||
|2|15 November 2013|Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an, China||1–0|1–0|2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification||||||||
|3|4 September 2014|Anshan Sports Centre Stadium, Anshan, China||3–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|4|14 October 2014|Helong Stadium, Changsha, China||2–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|5|16 June 2015|Changlimithang Stadium, Thimpu, Bhutan||2–0|6–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|9 August 2015|Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China||1–0|1–1|2015 EAFF East Asian Cup||||||||
|7|29 March 2016|Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an, China||2–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|8|5 September 2017|Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar||2–1|2–1|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|9|26 May 2018|Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing, China||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|10|2 June 2018|Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|11|2–0|||||||||||||
|12|16 October 2018|Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|13|24 December 2018|Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar||1–1|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|14|11 January 2019|Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates||1–0|3–0|2019 AFC Asian Cup||||||||
|15|2–0|||||||||||||
|16|10 September 2019|National Football Stadium, Malé, Maldives||2–0|5–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|17|10 October 2019|Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China||2–0|7–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|18|14 November 2019|Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates||1–1|1–2|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|19|30 May 2021|Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China||1–0|7–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|20|3–0|||||||||||||
|21|7 June 2021|Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates||1–0|2–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|22|11 June 2021|Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates||2–0|5–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|23|15 June 2021|Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates||2–1|3–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|24|7 October 2021|Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates||2–0|3–2|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|25|3–2|||||||||||||
|26|11 November 2021|Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates||1–0|1–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|27|16 November 2021|Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates||1–1|1–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|28|16 June 2023|Dalian Barracuda Bay Football Stadium, Dalian, China||3–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|29|4–0|||||||||||||
|30|20 June 2023|Dalian Barracuda Bay Football Stadium, Dalian, China||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|31|10 October 2023|Dalian Sports Center Stadium, Dalian, China||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|32|16 November 2023|Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand||1–1|2–1|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|33|21 March 2024|Singapore National Stadium, Singapore||1–0|2–2|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|34|2–0|||||||||||||
|35|26 March 2024|Tianjin Olympic Centre, Tianjin, China||1–0|4–1|||||||||
|36|3–1|||||||||||||

## Honours

**Shanghai Port**
- Chinese Super League: 2018, 2023
- China League One: 2012
- China League Two: 2007

**Espanyol**
- Segunda División: 2020–21

**China PR**
- East Asian Football Championship: 2010

**Individual**
- Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: 2018, 2023
- AFC Champions League All-Star Squad: 2016, 2017
- Chinese Super League Golden Boot winner: 2018
- Chinese Super League Domestic Golden Boot winner: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Chinese Super League Team of the Year: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
- Chinese Footballer of the Year: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
- AFC Asian Cup Team of the Tournament: 2019
- IFFHS AFC Man Team of the Year: 2020
- IFFHS AFC Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020
- IFFHS Asian Men's Team of All Time: 2021

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Wu Lei
武磊
- **image**: Wu_Lei_20191101 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Wu with China national football team, China at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
- **birth place**: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- **height**: 1.74 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Shanghai Port F.C., Shanghai Port
- **clubnumber**: 7
- **youthyears1**: 2003–2005
- **youthclubs1**: Genbao Football Academy
- **years1**: 2006–2018
- **clubs1**: Shanghai Port F.C., Shanghai SIPG
- **caps1**: 296
- **goals1**: 151
- **years2**: 2019–2022
- **clubs2**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **caps2**: 103
- **goals2**: 10
- **years3**: 2022–
- **clubs3**: Shanghai Port F.C., Shanghai Port
- **caps3**: 67
- **goals3**: 58
- **nationalyears1**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam1**: China national under-17 football team, China U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 7
- **nationalyears2**: 2009–2010
- **nationalteam2**: China national under-20 football team, China U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 11
- **nationalyears3**: 2010–
- **nationalteam3**: China national football team, China
- **nationalcaps3**: 99
- **nationalgoals3**: 36
- **club-update**: 19:18, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 5 September 2024
- **image size**: 180px


## Infobox (chinese)

- **p**: Wǔ Lěi