Due to the overlapping schedules of the AFC Champions League and the Chinese Super League this season, after careful consideration, Shandong Taishan Club decided to send a youth team with players in the U21 and U19 age groups to Thailand to participate in the AFC Champions League group stage, which will start in the middle of this month.
In addition, there are also several "over-aged" players in the team that Taishan participated in the AFC Champions League group stage, in addition to veteran Dai Lin and Zhang Chi, the most concerned by fans is undoubtedly the 22-year-old Fang Hao.
Fang Hao, born in 2000 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, initially practiced basketball, so he received regular football training later than the average young player. It was not until he was 11 years old that he was excavated into the Jiangsu Provincial Junior Team because of his outstanding performance in the Zhenjiang Youth Football Competition.
In 2015, 15-year-old Fang Hao entered Luneng Football School and quickly became the best player in the 00 age group. Fang Hao, who is extremely talented, quickly became the top scorer in the Luneng youth team, and in the 2017 National U18 Youth League, he helped the Luneng Youth Team win the championship, and also won the Golden Boot award of this youth league.
After winning the championship with the Luneng youth team, Fang Hao was sent to Brazil by luneng club and began to study abroad. In the 2 years of playing for the Brazilian sports youth team, Fang Hao performed exceptionally well, so he received a lot of attention from scouts.
In 2020, Fang Hao also went to Belgium to conduct a trial training trip to the big team Standard Liege. However, due to the epidemic, he was not able to stay in the standard Liege team in the end.
In August of the same year, Fang Hao, who had returned from his studies, returned to Shandong Luneng and entered the Luneng reserve team. Soon after, he was loaned to the Chinese League one Inner Mongolia Zhongyou, and in the half season of playing for Inner Mongolia Zhongyou, Fang Hao scored 2 goals in 12 appearances. Although he did not score many goals, he was still the first player in Luneng's youth training to score a professional league goal.
After half a year of experience in the Chinese League A, Fang Hao joined Wuhan on loan last season. Although he had not played in the Chinese Super League before, the young Fang Hao still gained the trust of coach Li Xiaopeng and became one of the main rotation players in the team's front line.
Although his height is only 1.77 meters, Fang Hao's body is very strong, fast, strong breakthrough ability and skillful footwork, making Fang Hao a sharp knife on the team's side attack line.
As a substitute for the team, Fang Hao played a total of 20 games for Wuhan in the league and THE FA Cup last season, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist.
It can be said that it is the vigorous cultivation of Li Xiaopeng and the Wuhan team that allows the young Fang Hao to grow up rapidly. And because of his outstanding performance in the league, he was selected for the latest U23 national team.
In the just past Dubai Cup, the national football team and Taishan team match, Fang Hao fully played his strong confrontation ability, fast speed, sensitive sense of smell in front of the goal, one person hit 4 goals, helped the national football team to defeat the opponent 4-2, won the only victory of the national football team in the Dubai Cup.
Because of the good drama of "big four joys" staged in this game, Fang Hao also got the praise of many Chinese fans, which also made him one of the most concerned players in the Taishan AFC Champions League team.
I have to say that Fang Hao's rapid rise in the past 1 year really has to thank the Wuhan team for his cultivation. In the new season, Fang Hao will also officially return to the Taishan team. Hereby, we also wish Fang Hao every success this season, continue to play well in the AFC Champions League, and become the main player in the Taishan team's forward line as soon as possible.