Mentioning the name of a classic team in the history of Chinese professional football, formerly known as the Shanghai Football Team founded in 1951 and Shanghai Shenhua, which turned into a professional club in 1993, is definitely a team that cannot be bypassed. It can be said that Shanghai Shenhua is a football club with influence not only in Shanghai, but also radiating to the whole country, and it has many foreign fans, who are willing to support Shenhua as the home team or the second home team, such as the well-known singer Tan Yonglin.
Looking back at Shanghai Shenhua's record, in the A and A era, Shanghai Shenhua has long appeared as a strong team, ranking in the top three of the long-term annual league, and the advanced system of "rushing to encircle" led by Xu Genbao, coupled with the aura and outstanding skills of Shenhua's generation of football talents, has made Shanghai Shenhua powerful and won the championship in the second season of the A-League (1995 season).
Entering the era of the Chinese Super League, although Shanghai Shenhua did not win the championship in the Chinese Super League, it was still a popular and powerful league team before 2010, and it was the runner-up of the league three times. If you ask the old Shanghai now, which team can better represent Shanghai football, I believe that many fans will still give priority to saying the name of Shanghai Shenhua, which may be the embodiment of the foundation and the sentiment bonus, even if Shanghai Shenhua has been in the past long cycle for some glory no longer, to the wealth of Shanghai SIPG pressure.
When it comes to Shanghai Shenhua's domestic representative players, I don't know who you will think of? In this article, the author will comprehensively take stock of the top ten domestic players in the history of Shanghai Shenhua team, such as the age of the team, contribution, strength in the team, the fame of the players, and the era in which the players live, for your reference. Of course, due to space limitations, if there is a choice of discussion or lost pearls, you are welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share.
10. Gao Lin
When it comes to Gao Lin, a well-known national football striker, fans first think of Guangzhou Evergrande Celebrity, who is quite famous in the Chinese Super League era, and is a Chinese local striker who can have good results in the forward position in the Chinese Super League era.
However, Gao Lin is on the road to a first-line player in Shanghai Shenhua, and he is also a product of the Shanghai Shenhua youth training system, which can be said to be the embodiment of Shanghai football's star-making ability.
Looking back at Gao Lin's football career, from entering the Shanghai Shenhua Youth Team in 2001, then entering the Shanghai Shenhua First Team in 2005, and then transferring to the Guangzhou team in 2010, which was still in the Middle Division but had a strong investment behind him, Gao Lin spent eight years of his youth in Shanghai, and was also the façade player of Shanghai Shenhua at that time.
9. Jiang Kun
Jiang Kun, who plays as a midfielder, is born in the Bayi team. After the team's restructuring and departure, Jiang Kun first went to Sichuan Guancheng to develop, and then played in Shanghai Jiucheng.
After the Shenhua Liancheng merger incident that year, Jiang Kun spent eight years in Shanghai Shenhua, was a rather impressive Shenhua player from 2007 to 2015, and was also one of the characters who served as the captain of Shenhua, and was selected for the national football team in a short career.
In the overall young and relatively uncompetitive Shenhua era, the elder Jiang Kun led the team forward as the absolute core of the midfield organization, often able to deliver threatening passes to teammates in the pinch siege, and sometimes used technology to tease opponents. After leaving Shenhua in 2015, Jiang Kun first made a short stay in Qingdao Huanghai, and then returned to his hometown team Wuhan Sanzhen to play until the previous year, hanging up his boots and retiring.
VIII. Wang Dalei
In the bleak period after the new century of Shanghai Shenhua, Wang Dalei, who plays as a goalkeeper, can be said to be the most eye-catching player. Looking back on Wang Dalei's career, he from Liaoning was bought by zhu Jun, the former owner of Shanghai Shenhua, and played for Shanghai Shenhua for six seasons from 2007 to 2013, supporting Shenhua's broken defense line that could not be compared with the past.
It was during his time at Shanghai Shenhua that fans began to get to know this young Chinese goalkeeper with a hot temper, extraordinary attack ability, and first-class explosive and reaction speed. Without Wang Dalei, Shenhua's achievements in those years might have been much more difficult. Incidentally, during shenhua's tenure, Wang Dalei tried to train inter and manchester city, but unfortunately did not get a contract.
In 2014, at the age of 25, Wang Dalei left Shanghai Shenhua to join Shandong Luneng Club. Although they are also players who left the team in the year of playing, most of the Shenhua fans are more considerate of Wang Dalei, who has always had a Shanghai complex, speaks fluent Shanghainese early, and has a shoe shop business and family in Shanghai.
I still remember that after the transfer, the first time I returned to Hongkou to play at home, Shenhua was killed by Luneng at home, but there was no booing in the whole stadium, and the fans were busy giving applause and shouts to the old general Wang Dalei. At that time, in front of tens of thousands of old club fans, Wang Dalei, who was already a member of the away team, was reluctant to leave, and bowed to the fans in the stands again and again around the field, and shed male tears.
Vii. Dewey
Dewey from Guizhou, debuted from Shanghai Cable 02 Club, is Xu Genbao's hand-picked and cultivated, grew up watching the national football strong center back, in his youth once became the Asian Golden Boy (2001 AFC Annual Best Newcomer Winner), but also as a rookie player to participate in the 2002 World Cup finals, it can be said that the debut is the highlight.
Between 2002 and 2009, Dewey played nearly 200 games for Shenhua as the defensive core of shenhua. During this period, Dewey can be said to be one of the best center-backs in the country and a regular for the national team. At the end of 2005, halfway through his career, Dewey was offered the opportunity to join the Soviet Super League giants Celtic on loan, which was a sign of strength.
Unfortunately, Dewey played in the Scottish Cup at that time, when he was directly blown up by the unknown striker of the lower league, and then was returned by the Celtics, and could only return to Shanghai to apply for flowers, and the idea of staying in the ocean for development was also broken. In 2010, Dewey left the team, and before retiring in 2018, he stopped in Hangzhou Greentown, Shandong Luneng, Hebei Huaxia, and Guizhou Zhicheng.
6. Qi Hong
In Shanghainese, from the 1990s to the beginning of the new century, whether it was the national team or Shenhua, Qi Hong played that called a "Ling Aling". Qi Hong, who is not physically outstanding, can always deliver unexpected passes or goals in the position of shadow forward or forward, and is the hero of the national football team to enter the final round of the 2002 World Cup.
In terms of club competition, Qi Hong, who was born in the Shenhua youth training, was discovered early and entrusted with heavy responsibilities, and fan Zhiyi and Xie Hui formed the well-known "Three Musketeers" on the beach, and made contributions to the Shenhua team in the first division A, and his performance was unforgettable. In 2002, Qi Hong, who had long been famous, moved to Shanghai COSCO with his old teammate Shen Si, where he was involved in match-fixing, and finally went to jail together and blamed himself.
5. Shen Si
As the midfield engine of Shanghai Shenhua, Shen Si played a super substitute role in Xu Genbao's coaching era, all because his more classical style of play and the right to play and the "rush to encircle" system were a little incompatible, but as the captain of the national Olympic team, Shen Si was still widely recognized in terms of ability.
After Shanghai Shenhua used foreign coaches and after the transformation of the team's playing style, Shen Si's talent began to be unblocked, becoming the reuse of many international famous managers such as Anderyi, Merisi, Lazaroney, Petrovic, Petkovic, etc., becoming a veritable brain player and midfield engine of Shanghai Shenhua, and the kung fu of personal set-piece and free kick processing has reached the first-class level in Asia, and it is also one of the good memories and kanban figures of a generation of fans about Shenhua.
Back in 2002, after Xu Genbao rejoined the team, Shen Si and another main player, Qi Hong, moved to Shanghai COSCO and officially left the team. Once upon a time, the relationship between Xu Genbao and Shen Si was quite delicate and the focus of outside discussion. The last thing to say, from the perspective of ball skills, Shen Si is indeed a good player with his own set, but unfortunately he was not able to keep the bottom line to participate in the match-fixing, and finally became a prisoner of the order and was banned from any official activities related to football for life, which can only be said to be self-inflicted.
Fourth, Cheng Yaodong
Cheng Yaodong, who played as a defender, made his debut in Shanghai Shenhua early, took over the captain's armband after Fan Zhiyi left, and was briefly selected for the national team before transferring to Shanghai COSCO after 2001. After the end of his player career, Cheng Yaodong, who showed coaching potential in the player era, has a good club coaching experience and is currently working in the national youth training echelon.
As a defender, Cheng Yaodong from Shanghai is not tall, nor is he known for his speed and physique, but his ability to read games, his defensive experience, and his personal mental role in the locker room are also great, he is one of the classic celebrities who can represent the style of Shanghai football, and is also an indispensable championship puzzle in the history of Shenhua Brilliant Team.
3. Wu Chengying
In the history of national football to choose the strongest right-back, Sun Jihai is undoubtedly a recognized candidate; while on the other side of the left-back position, Shanghai Shenhua famous wu Chengying, who enjoys the reputation of "Desperate Sanlang", has always been a highly vocal player.
As the flygate of Shenhua Town's left road in the heyday, Wu Chengying's basic skills are solid, the round-trip ability is strong, the achievements of inserting assists, chasing back defense, and dribbling are quite high, in addition to creating Shenhua glory, Wu Chengying is also a general of the Chinese national team who firmly occupies the position of left guard.
From entering the Shanghai Shenhua Second Team in 1993 to leaving Shenhua in 2003 at an annual bid price of 13 million yuan and transferring to Shanghai COSCO, Wu Chengying accompanied Shanghai football through the beginning and end of the first peak period, and has long maintained the record of the most appearances in China's top league. In addition to her outstanding skills, Wu Chengying is upright, low-key off the field, and her reputation is affirmed by fans, and she can maintain a good reputation and retreat from the Chinese professional football circle that was the most mixed mud at that time, which is enough to confirm to a certain extent.
2. Xie Hui
In his heyday, Xie Hui was a top scorer at the level of the Bundesliga Silver Boots, and one of the national football players who missed the actual ability to land in the five major leagues because of various coincidences. Once upon a time, Xie Hui, who enjoyed the title of "Shanghai Xiaobei", together with Fan Zhiyi and Qi Hong, was known as the "Shanghai Three Musketeers", and showed excellent archery and physical fitness in Shanghai, shooting in place and cutting into consciousness, shaking his head like a lion pulling onions in dry land, and a handsome and distinctive face, all of which are the classic memories left by this Shenhua celebrity to the fans.
Between 1994 and 1999, and from 2005 to 2008, Xie Hui scored a total of 64 goals for the team, making him the homegrown goalscorer in Shenhua's history (if you count foreign aid, Shenhua shooter king is the meritorious foreign aid Moreno). In February 2009, Shanghai Shenhua held a retirement ceremony for Xie Hui, who had made outstanding contributions in both the A and Chinese Super League eras, making the latter the first Shanghai Shenhua player to enjoy the honor of farewell ceremony.
1. Fan Zhiyi
Whether in the history of Shanghai Shenhua Club or in the entire history of Chinese football, Fan Zhiyi is a legendary player. Looking back on Fan Zhiyi's career, he first played a famous role in the national second team led by Xu Genbao, and then followed Xu Genbao to create brilliance in the A and A era.
After Chinese football entered the era of professionalization, Fan Zhiyi from Shanghai appeared on the field as an ace player from Shanghai Shenhua and won the reputation of "Fan Dajun" with his domineering performance. Under the blessing of speed, strength, bouncing and physical fitness, Fan Zhiyi showed a front-to-back killing style that can charge and score goals, and then can fix the sea god needle, and all the domestic honors during his time with the Shanghai team have been taken one by one, including a A-A golden boot, and do not forget that Fan Zhiyi is a player from the center back. There is no doubt that Fan Zhiyi is the strongest local player in the history of Shenhua.
In 1998, Fan Zhiyi chose to stay in the Ocean to challenge himself, and after failing to pass the trial training with Zhang Enhua for the Premier League Tottenham Hotspur club, Fan Zhiyi later transferred to the well-known team Crystal Palace in the second division with his national team teammate Sun Jihai, where he became the captain and thigh, won the 2001 Asian Footballer of the Year, becoming the first person in the history of national football to receive this honor.