Wang Xiaoshi started his professional football career with Wuhan Guanggu after graduating from their youth team in the 2000 league season.
During his time with Wuhan, he was part of the team that gained promotion into the Chinese Super League after the club won the 2004 division title.
[2] Without a club to play for at the beginning of the 2008 Chinese Super League season, Wang Xiaoshi transferred to the newly promoted Guangzhou Pharmaceutical for 1.6 million yuan.
Even though Guangzhou won the division title Wang seriously considered retiring until he decided to remain within the second tier when he joined Hubei Oriental at the beginning of the 2011 league season.
[5] With them he helped play a vital part in their promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2012 league season before he announced his retirement on 2 December 2012.