In the early morning of January 21, Beijing time, a number of well-known domestic reporters revealed that FIFA had officially confirmed by email 9 days ago that Dai Weijun, a 22-year-old midfielder who played for the Shenzhen team of the Chinese Super League, met all the conditions for playing for the Chinese national team.
Dai Weijun will also be officially selected for the latest 12 strong list of the Chinese men's football team and accompany the team to Japan. He is expected to represent the national team in the round of 12 and play two matches against the men's teams of Japan and Vietnam. At 8 p.m. on January 27, the Chinese men's football team played away to Japan, and Dai Weijun is expected to represent the national football team in his first adult national team match. According to previous media disclosures, Dai Weijun has obtained the qualification to settle in the mainland, settled in the collective account of the Deep Foot Club in Longgang District, and officially became a Chinese player.
Born in 1999, Dai Weijun plays as a midfielder, joined the Premier League Wolves youth team in 2019 and Shenzhen in 2020. In two seasons, he made 40 appearances for Shenzhen. Especially this season, Dai Weijun performed very well, contributing 3 goals and 5 assists in 23 appearances, sitting firmly in the main force.
Due to his long-term training in the youth training of European clubs, Dai Weijun's running, awareness and technical ability are better than those of local midfielders of the same age, and he is also considered to be the ideal successor of zheng zhi, the legendary captain of the national football team. At present, in the position of national football midfielder, Wu Xi and Arthur Junmin have entered the end of their careers. Dai Weijun, who has excellent offensive and defensive goals, is expected to become the main candidate of the national football team in the next 10 years together with Yan Dinghao, Duan Liuyu, Xu Xin and others.