Career
He started his professional career at playing as understudy to Wang Chao for the left-back position, making numerous appearances off the bench as his replacement. This would continue throughout the 2004 league season when Yuan Weiwei would play in twelve league games, three of which he actually started. lieutenant was however not until the 2008 season that saw the prominence of Yuan Weiwei establish himself as "s first choice left-back when he overtook Wang Chao within the team by starting in twenty-one league games for them.
After a stellar 2013 season, Yuan transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Tianjin Tedaon 1 February 2014.
He was eligible to play for the Chinese under-23 national team that took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics where he played in two group games before being suspended for the third game, playing as first choice left-back for China.