The 21-year-old has made 10 appearances as a substitute in the Chinese Super League this season, scoring three goals in 179 minutes of appearances. Tan Kaiyuan rushed into the fans' field of vision and attracted a wave of admiration. Moreover, he was also awarded the best player in the 20th round of the Chinese Super League with an overwhelming advantage. In the Chinese football industry, which lacks talent, Tan Kaiyuan, who carried his father's football dream, what characteristics did he show? Is he the "next Gao Lin" in the eyes of many people? Let's take a look.
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Name: Tan Kaiyuan
Date of birth: August, 19 2001
Team: Guangzhou
Position: full-back, front waist
Nationality: Chinese
National team appearances: 0
Current value: £45,000 (transfermarkt data)
Estimate template: Not yet known
Tan Kaiyuan's data performance in FM2021
Born in Qingdao, Tan Kaiyuan has a father who loves football very much. In an interview that year, Tan Kaiyuan said young and seriously: "My father has been for me all his life, and I feel that he is very hard, and he will do whatever it takes for me." I am also very touched in my heart, that is, I want to play a good football for my father and try to help my father realize his wishes."
Tan Kaiyuan understands his father's expectations and is also very sensible
Tan Kaiyuan, who made a name in campus football, once faced the embarrassment of "no game to play" after transferring from Luneng Football School to Evergrande Football School. Because when he was studying in Qingdao, he was registered by a club in Qingdao without his knowledge, resulting in his inability to complete the registration and competition at Evergrande Football School. His father, who was in his 60s at the time, was on the run and applied to the Football Association for arbitration. In the end, after hard work and waiting, he successfully completed the registration in January 2014 and went to Evergrande Football School Spain as a member of the elite team for further study.
In the "Entrance Examination", Tan Kaiyuan won a full score in the football project, and as the academy of evergrande football school's "01 echelon top class", he was elected as the "best player" of the 18-season U17 Youth Super League. In December 2019, Tan Kaiyuan won the fourth ASEAN Cup championship with Evergrande U19 third team. With a good performance, he was later selected for the Chinese Football Association's "2024 Olympic Hope Star" elite training camp selection team, U17 national team, and U18 national red team training.
Continued excellent performance, so that Tan Kaiyuan in 20 years into the first team. In the Chinese Super League against Shenhua in July, then Guangzhou coach Cannavaro sent Tan Kaiyuan to the final moments. He was only 18 years old at the time and made his debut in the Chinese Super League. In the FA Cup match against Henan Songshan Longmen in September this season, Tan Kaiyuan and Luo Guofu completed the combination and scored in front of the goal, scoring the first goal of the first team. However, in this game, Tan Kaiyuan suffered meniscus damage and ligament tears, affecting his first-team "progress".
In this season's Chinese Super League, Tan Kaiyuan has a total of 10 appearances, although all of them are substitutes and the cumulative playing time is only 179 minutes, but his play is very good. Against Qingdao, he scored a wonderful world wave with his left foot after cutting inside on the right side, and in the second stage against Hebei and Yatai, he scored consecutive goals.
In the voting of the best player in the 20th round of the Chinese Super League, Tan Kaiyuan won the best of the round with 81% of the vote to win the two foreign aides of Mui and Fernandinho.
Tan Kaiyuan can play as a forward and full-back, and because of the more running, he can also constantly receive opportunities in the middle of the penalty area when the team is attacking the position.
Tan Kaiyuan's position
Tan Kaiyuan during the youth team period showed a very excellent comprehensive quality. With the ability to hold the ball, he is good at changing the rhythm to complete the escape. At the same time, he has developed a very good field view, even in the process of holding the ball, he can also observe the game situation and the position of his teammates very well.
This allows him to complete the offensive output in the middle and on the flanks.
In the youth team, Tan Kaiyuan operated on the side and middle road
But the adult team's game, confrontation, rhythm and game psychology is another level, as a young player Tan Kaiyuan is certainly not as comfortable as when the youth team, will continue to show problems. If the perspective of observation also needs to be changed, the criteria for judging him can be carried out from four aspects: technical confrontation, observation, running attack, and discipline.
1. Technical confrontation
With a height of 183cm and a weight of 70kg, Tan Kaiyuan does not look so "thin". For lateral comparison, Yang Liyu is 179cm tall and weighs 65kg. In theory, the body quality is better than Yang Liyu, but it is different because of differences in age, competition style, experience, and muscle strength. Tan Kaiyuan's success rate in the Chinese Super League this season is 32% (averaging 1.2 confrontations per game), while Yang Liyu is 49% (averaging 3.8 confrontations per game).
Tan Kaiyuan's handling of the ball after confrontation
But this does not mean that Tan Kaiyuan does not have confrontation: in the picture above, Tan Kaiyuan first looked back before receiving the ball, and then "opened" his body to complete the confrontation to protect the ball after the Yatai center-back Sun Jie approached, and finally ensured the "safety" of the ball through his dexterity in holding the ball.
2. Observation
Lack of experience in the game largely means a lack of visibility or observation on the pitch. To make up for it, you need to pay more "turnaround". This point is very well reflected in Tan Kaiyuan.
Tan Kaiyuan constantly completed the turn observation during the game (0.5 times the speed)
Before Yatai player Cui Qi received the ball, Tan Kaiyuan completed 2 back observations when he shifted in the left forward position, and then decided his defensive position. After fully understanding the situation behind you, choosing your own position can indeed greatly improve the balance of the team's defense.
3. Run and attack without the ball
Modern football has higher requirements for the running of the whole and the individual, and Tan Kaiyuan's willingness to run is very "foot". In the race, he is not only willing to run, but constantly makes "full-view" observations in anticipation of finding the best offensive position.
Tan Kaiyuan ran and constantly turned his head to observe
As you can see from the picture above, Tan Kaiyuan, who wears the No. 39 jersey, has taken out more running when the team attacks. Outside the penalty area, he aimed at the empty position to receive the ball, and inside the penalty area, he captured the "blind spot" of the opponent's defense line, and waited for the opportunity to wrap up the back point.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Tan Kaiyuan received a long pass from his teammate on the right side of the game against Yatai and inserted a wonderful goal in the box.
4. Discipline
Team and discipline have appeared more and more in the press conference speech of the Coach of the Chinese Super League, and as a young player, Tan Kaiyuan has shown very good discipline. The offensive end is interspersed by running without the ball, and on the defensive end, he can also effectively maintain the balance of the formation. It can even protect the team's weak side space in the opponent's scheduled strike.
Tan Kaiyuan returned to the back point of the penalty area to complete the release
Unlike young players in Europe and South America, our local players have less video data of the youth team and start their adult careers relatively late.
Therefore, it is difficult to give a "template" that will satisfy most people. Even if Tan Kaiyuan can now pull edges and adduct, which is similar to Gao Lin in terms of location applicability, comparing Tan Kaiyuan to the description of the next Gao Lin has not been fully "publicized" by public opinion.
Tan Kaiyuan's current advantages are very prominent, especially the willingness to run, observation, discipline and other aspects, obviously, this is in line with the "general trend" of modern football development. As for his future, we cannot give a clear forecast for the time being, and further observation is needed. However, some of the qualities he has shown at present have the attributes of "modern players" and are worth looking forward to.
Cannavaro: Tan Kaiyuan is a very young player, there are still many places to improve, it is undeniable that he has a more unique place, in front of the goal is very calm, every shot with ideas, but he still has a lot of need to improve, for example, his body still needs to be strengthened.
Zhang Linpeng: I think the young players in my opinion they are very strong, positive and hardworking, the last game was also their goal, this time is also the same, I hope they will pick up the beam as soon as possible.