Career
Wei Xin was inseparable from Chongqing throughout his entire football career playing for youth and then senior teams within the city. When Qianwei Huandao football club moved into the city and then later rename themselves Chongqing Lifan they would take on Wei Xin and give him the chance to play in the top tier of Chinese football. This would lead to an international call-up where he would make his debut against North of Korea on August 3, 2001 in a 2-2 draw.
He would miss the 2002 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, however his ability to play as a left back or midfield saw him able to return to the national team and be included in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup where he played a vital part in the teams runners-up position.
Despite not even being thirty years old he was rewarded with his loyalty towards Chongqing with a coaching position, which he took seriously enough to end his playing career by the end of the 2006 league season. At the start of the 2007 league season Wei Xin was offered the Head coach position within Chongqing Lifan, this made him the youngest coach in China"s professional football history.
