Peng Weijun ( zh, c=彭伟军; born February 23, 1973) is a retired

Chinese Chinese may refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people identified with China, through nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **Han Chinese, East Asian ethnic group native to China. **'' Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic ...

football player who is the younger brother of former Chinese international

Peng Weiguo Peng Weiguo (; born October 3, 1971, in Guangzhou) is a Chinese football coach and a former international player. As a player he represented Guangzhou Apollo, Chongqing Longxin and Shenzhen Pingan while internationally he represented the ...

. In his career, he played for Happy Valley,

Guangzhou Apollo Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional Association football, football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home ci ...

, Shenzhen Jinpeng,

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their curren ...

and

Shenyang Ginde Guangzhou City Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club which last competed in the Chinese Super League. The team was based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The club's name between 2011 and 2020 was Guangzhou R&F, which was short for ' ...

before he retired, where he has since become a businessman.

Background

Peng Weijun is of

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

ethnicity and his father originates from

Jiexi Jiexi County () is a county of eastern Guangdong province, China. It is under the administration of Jieyang city with a jurisdiction area of 1,279 km2 (494 sq mi) and a total population of 674,829 according to the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

Club career

Peng Weijun would follow in his older brother Peng Weiguo's footsteps and started his career with top tier side

. While his brother established himself as vital member of the team, Weijun would only be a squad player and moved to second tier football club Shenzhen Jinpeng to gain more playing time in 1996. He would then be part of the squad that moved to

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

as the club changed their name to

Yunnan Hongta Yunnan Hongta (, lit. Yunnan Red Tower) was a football club who played in the Chinese Jia-A League who were founded by the Shenzhen Kinspar Group in 1996 and named Shenzhen Kinspar (). The club predominantly played within the lower leagues until ...

before he had the chance to join another top tier side in

where in the 2000 league season he scored the fastest goal in Chinese football history against his old club Yunnan Hongta.彭伟军获最快进球奖
at cctv.com December 7 Retrieved 2012-08-08

International career

He was a member of China Olympic National Team 1994–1995.

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at sodasoccer.com 1973 births Living people Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Guangzhou Hakka sportspeople People from Jiexi Businesspeople from Guangzhou Guangzhou F.C. players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Guangzhou City F.C. players Happy Valley AA players Hong Kong First Division League players Men's association football midfielders {{PRChina-footy-midfielder-stub