On July 8, Beijing time, The Swiss Grasshopper Football Club announced that Chinese player Zhang Linyan joined the club on loan for a one-year term. Previously, she played for guangzhou women's football team and Wuhan Jiangda women's football team, and was the absolute hero of The Chinese women's football team to win the Asian Cup. Chinese player Li Lei also plays for the men's team.
Grasshopper Football Club Official Announcement:
Zhang Linyan, 21, plays as a striker for China Women's Super League club @ Wuhan Chegujiang University Women's Football Club, scoring six goals in the first 10 rounds of the Women's Super League this season, ranking second in the list of local top scorers.
Zhang Linyan has been selected for the Chinese women's football team at all levels of national youth, and is now a member of the Chinese women's national football team, representing the national team 7 times so far. At the beginning of this year, Zhang Linyan won the Asian Cup with the Chinese women's football team and scored her debut goal for the national team in the final, and she herself was named the best young player in the 2022 Asian Cup.
Grasshoppers currently plays in the Swiss top flight, reaching the semi-finals of the playoffs in the 21/22 season and finishing runners-up in the Swiss Cup.
Zhang Linyan said about joining the Grasshopper Women's Football Team: "I am very happy to join the Grasshopper Women's Football Team, I will seize the opportunity to play in Switzerland, train seriously, improve my football level, and fully feel the European football culture and professional standards." I would also like to thank Wuhan Jiangda Women's Football Club for its strong support to me in Yangyang, and I hope that through the growth of grasshopper women's football team during the loan period, I can better contribute to the Chinese women's football team in the future. ”
Chang Weiwei, head coach of Wuhan women's football team, said: "Zhang Linyan is a very talented young player, just joined Wuhan Jiangda women's football team at the beginning of the 2022 season, and showed a very strong ability to adapt and end the game, making a great contribution to the 10 consecutive wins of Wuhan women's football team. The Wuhan Sports Bureau and Wuhan Jiangda Club will fully support Zhang Linyan to go to Europe to realize her dreams, and hope that she can integrate into the grasshopper women's football team as soon as possible and succeed in the European arena. ”
Lara Dickenmann, general manager of Grasshopper Women's Football, said of Zhang Linyan's joining: "We are very happy to see Zhang Linyan join, and it is an honor to have a Chinese national team player come to Grasshopper Women's Football. Zhang Linyan is a young and talented player and we are delighted to help her integrate into European football. Her skills, agility when with or without the ball, the ability to read matches and her experience in international competitions are all her strengths. We look forward to Linyan Zhang coming to Zurich and helping her integrate into the team and take her career further." We are also looking forward to establishing close ties with the Chinese women's football team, and believe that Zhang Linyan's joining will be the beginning of a great story. ”
Welcome to the arrival of Zhang Linyan, and look forward to the new season hand in hand!