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Wu Lei

1991 - Today

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Wu Lei (Chinese: 武磊; pinyin: Wǔ Lěi; born 19 November 1991) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port and the China national team. Wu is widely regarded as one of the best Chinese players of his generation and one of the best Chinese strikers of all time. He is the all-time top goalscorer for Shanghai Port with more than 200 goals, and the all-time Chinese Super League top goalscorer with 165 goals. Wu also holds the record for being the youngest player to have appeared in a Chinese professional league match, aged 14 years and 287 days. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wu Lei is the 4,136th most popular soccer player (up from 7,017th in 2019), the 945th most popular biography from China (up from 1,087th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Wu Lei ranks 4,136 out of 21,273. Before him are Pichi Alonso, Lobo Carrasco, Eiji Takada, Rudolf Illovszky, Blagoje Paunović, and Börje Tapper. After him are Aníbal Ruiz, Paolo Cannavaro, Jacques Mairesse, Marcelo Pagani, Renato Sanches, and Kentaro Uramoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Wu Lei ranks 63. Before him are CL, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Salem Al-Dawsari, Charles Melton, Grigor Dimitrov, and Anthony Ramos. After him are Thomas Meunier, Karol G, Lakeith Stanfield, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Emily Ratajkowski, and Kim Go-eun.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wu Lei ranks 945 out of 1,610. Before him are Qin Gang (1966), Frank Shu (1943), Zhou Xiaochuan (1948), Wang Meng (1934), Chang Wanquan (1949), and James Soong (1942). After him are Zhong Nanshan (1936), Gu Kailai (1958), Chen Quanguo (1955), Yao Lee (1922), Liu Chao-shiuan (1943), and Li Han-hsiang (1926).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In China

Among soccer players born in China, Wu Lei ranks 2. Before him are Jia Xiuquan (1963). After him are Hao Haidong (1970), Sun Wen (1973), Li Tie (1977), Zheng Zhi (1980), Fan Zhiyi (1969), Sun Jihai (1977), Li Weifeng (1978), Jiang Jin (1968), Gao Hongbo (1966), and Ma Mingyu (1970).

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