In the 66th La Liga match of his career, Wu Lei completed the kill and scored the 8th goal of his la Liga, some people say that Xiao Wu's two data are not on the table at all, but looking back at the history of Asian players in La Liga, Wu Lei's appearance data and goal data can rank 8th and tie for 5th in Asia, which is already a great data for Chinese players.
According to the statistics of the German football market, there are a total of 37 players (only those who have played in La Liga), including 14 players from Japan, 7 players from South Korea, 4 players from Australia, 3 players from the Philippines, 2 players from Iran, 3 players from China, 2 players from Saudi Arabia, 1 player from Qatar and 1 player from Thailand.
Wu Lei's 66 La Liga appearances can rank 8th in history among these 37 people, and the Asian player with the most appearances in La Liga history is The Japanese veteran Kan Guishi, who returned to the J-League last year, who played for Eibar, Betis and Alaves, la Liga 166 times, the highest in Asia, followed by former Australian international Aloisi in 154 games (playing for Osasuna and Alaves). The other three topped the 100-game club are Iran's Nekonam (149 games) and Shojay (100 games), as well as Rubido (113 games).
Dry nobles
Wu Lei signed his contract with Espanyol until the end of June 2024, if the Spaniard can successfully relegate, and Wu Lei can continue to stick to it, it is not an impossible task to become the sixth Asian player in La Liga history to reach the 100-game club. The other two Asian players who have made more appearances in La Liga than Wu Lei are two Japanese and South Korean U21 players who are still working in La Liga – Kenying Kubo (88 games) and Lee Kang-jin (69 games).
So, where do the eight goals qualify for among Asian players? There are only 4 Asian players who have scored more goals than him, including Qian Guishi (16 goals), Nekonnan (24 goals), Rubido (27 goals) and Aloisi (38 goals), Wu Lei's goal in this round just allowed him to equal the former Iranian star Shojai (81 games for the national team), and Shao Jai's La Liga stats are 8 goals in 100 games, which is not as efficient as Wu Lei.
Aloisi
Those fans who mocked Wu Lei's inefficiency, you may wish to look at the La Liga statistics of those Asian celebrities: Lee Seon-so 0 goals in 28 games, Park ZhouYong 21 games 3 goals, Muto Yoshiki 26 games 1 goal, Okazaki Shinji 25 games 1 goal...
Shinji Kazaki
It is true that the standard of Chinese football is indeed low, and Wu Lei really cannot be compared with those top stars, but with his strength, he can insist on la Liga, which is the least "friendly" to Asian players in Europe's top league, and indeed deserves our respect.