Career
Wan Cheng started his professional football career at after he joined them from Tianjin Locomotive"s youth team He made his senior league debut on October 27, 2002 in a league match between and Shanxi Guoli as a promising 16-year-old. Under Russian coach Valeri Nepomniachi he was a mainly used as substitute throughout the 2002 and 2003 league seasons to gradually establish himself within the team
However, he lost favor in the club when Serbian coach Ljubiša Tumbaković came in at the beginning of the 2004 league season and Wan Cheng saw his appearances drop to only two throughout the 2004 league season.
Throughout 2005 to 2007 league seasons Wan Cheng would have spent most of his time in the reserves and would have to re-establish himself within the team, eventually returning into the senior team on April 27, 2008 in a league match against Dalian Shide.
