Wei Lai played for the Shanghai Port youth team before being promoted to their senior team in the 2018 league season and then loaned out to the neighbouring second tier club Shanghai Shenxin on 14 September 2018.
[1] His loan period saw him go on to make his senior debut in a league game against Shenzhen in a 3-1 defeat.
[2] This was followed by his first goal, which was in a league game against Zhejiang Greentown on 10 August 2018 that ended in a 3-1 defeat.
[4] He went on to establish himself within the team and helped the club to gain promotion to the top tier at the end of the 2022 China League One season.
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