There is an unwritten "unspoken rule" in Chinese football, that is, it likes to transform forwards into defenders, and over the years, there have been at least 10 or more players who have been transformed, which has become a feature. The latest example is the national Olympic youngster Fang Hao, although he scored four goals against Thailand and staged the senior season, which can be called "Shen Feng", but he is only a full-back at the club (Wuhan team). Fans and friends, do you feel that there is a sense of "violent heavenly things" in it.
Let's take stock of what Chinese players have been transformed into defenders over the years.
Yu Dabao
The reason why Yu Dabao is put first is because he has been too "hot" recently, so he must rub some heat. Yu Dabao, a player from Qingdao, Shandong, stayed in the Portuguese league in the early years, has been playing in the forward position, after returning to China, he joined Tianjin Teda and Dalian Albin, also as an offensive player, until he joined Beijing Guoan, Yu Dabao was transformed into a defender.
At that time, Beijing Guoan's defender was indeed seriously lacking, and Yu Dabao also belonged to the "temporary firefighting", but the effect was not bad, and he has been focusing on the defender since then. South Korean player Kim Won-jae has also complained to The Korean media that his partner is not a professional defender.
Yu Hai
The second player, also surnamed "Yu", is Yu Hai, who plays for Shanghai Harbor. Yu Hai, a player from Luoyang, Henan, was born as a winger, once had the title of "Chinese Robben", and also stayed overseas in his early years, playing for Vitesse in the Dutch First Division.
At the peak of YuHai, it was really a fast horse on the side of the national football team, and when Guizhou people and played football, they had to score an average of 3 or 4 goals per season, and they were also one of the main wingers of the national football team at that time. Later, Yu Hai was poached by Shanghai SIPG for a transfer fee of 50 million yuan, and after playing for a few years, he was transformed into a full-back, for similar reasons as Yu Dabao, who was also a lack of defenders.
Ji Xiang
The third is Ji Xiang, I don't know if any fans remember his nickname of that year - "Seven Seconds Brother". Yes, it was Ji Xiang who set the record for the fastest kick-off goal in the Chinese Super League - seven seconds, against Guangzhou Evergrande, which was indispensable at that time.
Ji Xiang, a player from Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, a winger, has played for Jiangsu Sainty since he was a child, scoring 4 goals in his first Chinese Super League season, and then 5 goals in each of the two seasons, and the goal efficiency is quite GOOD. However, later Ji Xiang was also transformed into a full-back, which is a pity, and a stable scoring point disappeared.
Zhang Chengdong
The fourth is the chinese Super League local player historical standard king - Zhang Chengdong, Zhang Chengdong, Hebei Baoding player, it is said that his transfer fee exceeded "1 small goal", and has now left Hebei to return to Beijing Guoan.
The first time I knew Zhang Chengdong's name was when he scored a hat-trick in the Portuguese Cup against Sporting Lisbon (now called Sport portugal). After that, Zhang Chengdong scored 6 goals in a season in the Portuguese Premier League Bella Mar, and it is no exaggeration to say that Zhang Chengdong at that time was the "most beautiful cub" among the foreign players. Later, Zhang Chengdong returned to China to join Beijing Guoan, and he did not know when he was transformed into a full-back, and a generation of Shenfeng fell since then.
Unconsciously, 5 players have been written, because of the limited space, so some other players will not write in detail, in fact, their stories are also very exciting, such as Zhu Ting, Jiang Zhipeng, Li Xuepeng, Liu Yang, Chen Binbin, Gao Zhunyi, etc., they are all forwards to change the defenders.
In general, there are two biggest reasons for the transformation of the striker into a defender, one is that the player has advantages in body and speed, from a winger to a full-back can be said to be a "seamless connection", Yang Liyu was almost transformed by Cannavaro; the other, because the competition in the front court is too fierce, local players often compete with foreign players, with the increase of age, want to play so they can only take the initiative to change positions.
Some players really played well after changing their positions, but some players were scolded by the fans, such as Yu Dabao, who played as a striker in the national team, played as a defender in the club, and finally did not like both ends. As the saying goes, "men are afraid of getting into the wrong line, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man", in fact, what position the player chooses is equally important for their careers. Fans, what is your point of view? Discussion is welcome.