Ge Wenjun
{{short description|Chinese footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Ge|lang=Chinese}}
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|birth_place = Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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|currentclub = Gran Tarajal
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|position = Defender
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|youthclubs1 = Evergrande Football School
|youthyears2 = 2016–2019
|youthclubs2 = Shenzhen
|youthyears3 = 2019–2020
|youthclubs3 = Real Avilés
|years1 = 2021 |clubs1 = La Cuadra |caps1 = 5 |goals1 = 0
|years2 = 2021– |clubs2 = Gran Tarajal |caps2 = 44 |goals2 = 0
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|club-update = 17:14, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
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Ge Wenjun ({{zh|s=葛文军|t=|p=}}; born 21 June 2000), is a Chinese footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish side Gran Tarajal. He also serves as club president.
Club career
=Early career=
Born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Ge first developed an interest in football after watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and in his second year of junior high school, he enrolled at the Evergrande Football School.{{cite web|url=https://www.sohu.com/a/576165552_121420174|title=专访红星丨22岁华侨出任西班牙俱乐部主席他是怎么做到的呢？|trans-title=Interview with Red Star 丨 How did the 22-year-old overseas Chinese become the chairman of the Spanish club?|date=22 August 2022|accessdate=31 January 2023|website=sohu.com|language=Chinese}} He joined the academy of professional side Shenzhen in 2016, staying until 2019, before he decided to move to Spain in pursuit of a football career.
=Move to Spain=
He moved to Avilés, joining local side Real Avilés at the age of nineteen, but only stayed a year before the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain forced him to return to China. He returned to Spain in April 2021, this time signing for La Cuadra-Union Puerto in the Canary Islands. After five appearances in the Tercera División, he moved to Gran Tarajal, who were competing at the same level.
In May 2022, with Gran Tarajal suffering the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as mismanagement by the former club chairman, Ge was contacted by the chairman to potentially succeed him at the club. After club elections on 19 May 2022, it was decided that Ge would become the new president of the club, at only 22 years of age.{{cite web|url=https://deportesfuerteventura.es/wenjun-ge-nuevo-presidente-de-la-ud-gran-tarajal/|title=Wenjun Ge, nuevo presidente de la UD Gran Tarajal|trans-title=Wenjun Ge, new president of UD Gran Tarajal|date=12 July 2022|accessdate=31 January 2023|website=deportesfuerteventura.es|language=Spanish}}
After becoming president, Ge stated in an interview with Red Star News that he would look to "renew contracts, build a competitive team, and achieve our promotion goals" as well as "serve the local fans well and make them happy." He continues to play football, and aims to reach professional level in Spain or Japan.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|30 January 2023.}}{{Soccerway|wenjun-ge/713328}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| La Cuadra
|5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| rowspan=3|Gran Tarajal
|29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| colspan=2 | Total
!44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
| colspan=3 | Career total
!49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
;Notes
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References
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Category:Footballers from Nanjing
Category:Chinese men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Tercera División players
Category:Tercera Federación players
Category:Shenzhen F.C. players
Category:Real Avilés Industrial CF footballers
Category:Chinese expatriate men's footballers
Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen