Wei Kexing (; born 13 February 1963) is a Chinese former footballer who most recently was interim manager for

Beijing Guoan Beijing Guoan Football Club (), known in AFC competitions as Beijing FC, is a Chinese professional football club based in Beijing, that competes in . Beijing Guoan plays its home matches at the Workers' Stadium, located within Chaoyang Distr ...

in the

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Playing career

After progressing through the youth team at

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, Wei made his debut for the club in 1985. After playing for Japanese club

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and

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club Happy Valley for a total of two seasons, Wei returned to his native China to play for Beijing Guoan until his retirement in 1997. On 29 January 1985, Wei scored for

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in the

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against

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Management career

Following

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leaving Beijing Guoan after just three games of the 2000 Jia-A League season, Wei took up the managerial role of the club until late 2002. On 21 September 2010, Wei was named interim manager of Beijing Guoan for the final seven games of the 2010 season, following the sacking of Hong Yuanshuo.

Personal life

Wei is a member of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wei, Kexing 1963 births Living people Footballers from Qingdao Chinese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Beijing Guoan F.C. players Kawasaki Frontale players Happy Valley AA players Japan Soccer League players Hong Kong First Division League players China men's international footballers Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in football Chinese football managers Beijing Guoan F.C. managers Beijing Guoan F.C. non-playing staff Chinese Super League managers Chinese communists 20th-century Chinese sportsmen