Wu Xingyu would play for the Shandong Luneng youth team and moved into the senior team before he was loaned to Desportivo Brasil. After being set back with a meniscus injury, Wu was sent to Qingdao Hainiu for the 2021 China League Two season.[1] At Qingdao he would go on to establish himself as regular within the team and was part of the squad that won the 2021 China League Two division title.
On 8 May 2022, Wu would transfer to top tier club Shenzhen before the start of the 2022 Chinese Super League season.[2] He would make his debut for the club on 11 July 2022 in a league game against Beijing Guoan in a 2-1 victory.
^"吴星宇:曾是巴西留洋少年 在海牛迎来职业生涯处子秀" [Wu Xingyu: Once a teenager studying abroad in Brazil ushered in his career debut in Manatee]. sohu.com (in Chinese). 8 November 2021.