According to the Oriental Sports Daily, on March 13, Shenhua player Eddie Francis held a big wedding and married a beautiful Chinese wife in a luxurious Bentley sedan. At the wedding, 3 Shenhua players Zhu Chenjie, Wen Jiabao and Zhou Junchen served as groomsmen, which can be said to give this mixed-race black player face. Eddie's father is from Tanzania, the mother is Chinese, but he was born in Shanghai, so he has Chinese nationality, which is completely different from naturalized players such as Axon and Fernando. Eddie was selected for the national junior team at the age of 14, was the first mixed-race player of the national team, and is now an important member of the Shenhua team.
It is understood that Eddie's mother, a native of Shanghai, worked in a paper mill when she was young, and met a Tanzanian international student by chance, and the two soon fell in love. However, when Eddie was 3 years old, his father suddenly returned to Africa and was never heard from. After that, Eddie once went to Africa, but because of his young age, he was not impressed, and he was not very accustomed to the environment and culture there, and eventually returned to China and lived with his mother. Because of this, Eddie is no different from ordinary Shanghainese, and he can also speak fluent Shanghainese, but with black blood, it will look a little different.
Eddie's physical fitness is very strong, and he has a very high talent for football, and his mother was very prescient, sending him to a football school in the Shanghai area when the child was relatively young. After a period of training, Eddie's performance attracted the attention of Xu Genbao, and eventually became a member of Xu Genbao Football School. It was under the guidance of Xu Genbao that Eddie's growth became more rapid, and he soon gained a foothold in the local team in Shanghai. In 2013, Eddie signed a contract with Dalian Albin, got the opportunity to compete in the Chinese Super League, and impressed the fans. In the years since, Eddie has been playing in Dalian and has performed decently.
In 2017, Eddie was given the opportunity to stay abroad and went to play for Portuguese Premier League side Boavista, where he stayed for 2 years. As he grew older, Eddie decided to end his career in The West and return to play for the Chinese League, joining Shenhua in 2018. Nowadays, Eddie is not only an important player of Shenhua, but also completed the marriage event, which is also a double harvest of career love for him who is over 30 years old. However, in terms of the national team, Eddie's career is not particularly smooth, although he has been selected for the national junior team, but has not been called up by the national football team, with the introduction of naturalized players in the national football team, Eddie's chances of being selected for the national football team have become lower and lower, which is also his biggest regret.
It is worth mentioning that Eddie has shown her Chinese girlfriend on social media many times, he has been in contact with 3 Chinese girlfriends, the first two of whom have not been able to go to the end for various reasons, and the third is her current bride. In more than 1 month, the Chinese Super League will start, Shenhua's overall strength can not be compared with Guoan, SIPG, Evergrande and other teams, the chance of competing for the championship is not large, the main goal is to maintain the league qualification, try to improve the ranking, Eddie's performance is also worth looking forward to.