At 5:00 p.m. Beijing time on December 16, a sudden transfer news made Chinese fans excited, and Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich officially announced the signing of 18-year-old young goalkeeper Liu Shaoziyang.
It is reported that the contract will be valid until June 30, 2025. Subsequently, bayern Munich's social media also officially confirmed the transfer news.
Liu Shaoziyang, who just celebrated his 18th birthday last Saturday, is from Bayern Munich's youth partner Wuhan Sanzhen Football Club.
Oliver Kahn, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bayern Munich FC, said: "We are very pleased to be able to sign Liu Shaoziyang from our youth partner Wuhan Sanzhen Football Club, and this transfer is the result of our hard work in China. Over the past few years, colleagues in Bayern's Asia Pacific office in Shanghai have worked closely with partners across the region to build an excellent youth network. ”
Johen Sauer, head of the Bayern Academy, added: "We have invited Liu Shaoziyang to try out at the Bayern Academy for a while. His development has been very good and we see a lot of potential in him. We have therefore implemented our next plan and are delighted to be able to bring in the first Chinese male footballer for Bayern Munich FC. ”
Liu Shaoziyang, who is 1.90 meters tall, currently lives at the Bayern Munich Youth Centre. He currently trains mainly with the Bayern U19 youth team and occasionally trains with the Bayern second team on Via Sebena. In addition, goalkeeper coach Tom Stark regularly mentors him. Liu Shaoziyang will also work hard to learn German and strive to integrate into the team and local life as soon as possible and better.
Liu Shaoziyang said in an interview that he was lucky and felt very incredible to sign with Bayern, because this was his first professional contract, and he himself still feels like a dream.
The young goalkeeper also said that Germany is rich in goalkeepers and may be able to help himself in this regard and learn more about himself.
This humble young man also helped me a lot during the injury to the rehabilitators, team doctors, as well as gym instructors and Mr Stark, who had helped him.
Why did he sign Liu Shaoziyang???
In 2014, Liu Shaoziyang entered the youth training echelon of wuhan three towns.
In 2016, as one of the members of the Overseas Star Training Program of Wuhan Three Towns Football Club, Liu Shaoziyang went to Barcelona, Spain to study and receive overseas football training.
In 2019, Liu Shaoziyang, who was training in Spain, was invited to Germany for trial training.
In 2020, Liu Shaoziyang began to train with the first team of the Wuhan Sanzhen Football Team.
At the beginning of 2021, Bayern Munich and the three towns of Wuhan reached a cooperation agreement to jointly devote themselves to the training of Chinese youth players, Liu Shaoziyang became the first player jointly trained by the two clubs, and went to the Bayern youth training base in Munich, Germany for training, and then appeared in the Bayern youth team competition. In August, Liu Shaoziyang participated in the pre-season training camp of Bayern Munich U19.
In China, Bayern Munich has not only carried out long-term youth training cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Education and Wuhan Three Towns Football Club, but also established Bayern Munich Football School in Qingdao, Shenzhen and Taiyuan, and has long been committed to the development of Chinese football youth training. Ma Yongming, Bayern Munich's Head of Sport asia pacific, said: "Liu Shaoziyang is a successful example of our youth training cooperation in China. In the future, we will continue to explore and cultivate more malleable talents in China. ”
There is also an interesting story, Neuer is the idol of Ziyang, and Ziyang is not playing from the beginning to play the position of goalkeeper, he was born as a defender at the beginning, and then transformed into a goalkeeper halfway through. Because the height of the fourth grade was close to one meter seven, ZiYang, who could not play the main force, was pulled to be a goalkeeper several times, and then he was crooked, and Ziyang changed to the position of goalkeeper.
In the eyes of Ziyang's enlightenment coach, Ziyang not only has a height advantage, he is also "bold" and "not afraid of the ball", usually training, no matter how many balls come, he does not hide. More importantly, Ziyang has a strong desire to play the main force.
The future can be expected, and I hope that Ziyang will have a bright future in his future career and smooth sailing!!!
Fans also want to see you in the Bundesliga or even the Champions League as soon as possible!!!
You are not only guarding the team's dragon gate, but also the hope for the future of Chinese football!!!