"The Farewell of the Retirement of Chinese Football "Gao Plane": Flight Ends, Life Starts Differently
When it comes to Chinese football, many people feel "love and hate". Indeed, in many world-class football matches, the performance of the Chinese men's football team has always been unsatisfactory, which has also made people's feelings about Chinese football always very complicated.
Recently, preparations for Chinese football leagues at all levels have been in full swing. Among the various news, a retirement news has touched the hearts of many Chinese fans: it is rumored that Gao Lin, a veteran of the Chinese Super League powerhouse Shenzhen team, is about to announce his retirement before the new season. As soon as the news came out, many people couldn't help but sigh that Gao Lin, the "Gao plane", may be difficult to see his handsome figure galloping and running on the court in the future.
But in fact, for Gao Lin, in addition to the great merits of the "Evergrande 13 crowns" on the court, he still has an enviable wife at the age of 37 - in 2014, Gao Lin officially married Wang Chen, his wife who was once a "school flower", and to this day, this "school flower" is still proud and full of charm, and the sweet love story between her and Gao Lin has also received the blessings of countless people...
First, childhood hobbies
February 14, 1986 was the romantic "Valentine's Day" day in the West. On this day, in an ordinary family in Zhengzhou, Henan, Gao Lin took his family's expectations for him and fell to the ground. In that not very developed era, many people regarded football as a hobby, and Gao Lin's father was no exception. As long as there is a football match, Gao Lin's father will always try to watch or listen to it, and the young Gao Lin follows his father, listening to his father explain the basic football rules to him, while watching with interest the figures running and competing on the green field. Over time, football gradually took root in Gao Lin's young heart. After entering primary school, Gao Lin took the initiative to join the school's football team, and it was here that he met the first "guide" of his football career: Song Fengchun.
In Song Fengchun's impression, but the six- or seven-year-old Gao Lin is a good seedling: "He has good physical fitness since he was a child, and he dares to fight, and his style on the field is very tenacious." At that time, Gao Lin's alma mater, Zheng Shanglu Primary School, often held some friendly matches with other local schools, and the leader of the team was Song Fengchun. Due to Gao Lin's outstanding performance in football, no matter which event, Song Fengchun will definitely incorporate Gao Lin into the team, and with the training of one event after another and Gao Lin's growth, Gao Lin's football talent has become more and more revealed.
In fact, at the beginning, despite being an avid football fan, Gao Lin's father still did not approve of Gao Lin embarked on a career as a professional football player: in his cognition, Gao Lin should have gone to college step by step, found a stable job, and lived an ordinary and happy life; However, Song Fengchun recommended Gao Lin to join the professional football team, hoping to maximize his football potential. It happened that the football school located in Qinhuangdao was recruiting good seedlings for the whole country, and under Song Fengchun's "soft grinding and hard bubble", Gao Lin finally transferred from primary school and went to Qinhuangdao alone with his bags, becoming the second batch of football students recruited by the school.
Compared with the football team that played the same in elementary school, the life of a regular football school is obviously completely different, there is a lot of training every day, often at the end of the day, the clothes on Gao Lin's body are wet and dry, dry and wet, and the whole person is so tired that he doesn't even want to speak. However, what made Gao Lin happy was that in the final results of the first year, Gao Lin won a "football special award", and even received a bonus for encouragement. Although this money seems very meager to Gao Lin today, in the eyes of Gao Lin at that time, he can finally send his parents a bonus to supplement the family, not to mention how proud he is. In this way, Gao Lin successfully graduated from Qinhuangdao Football School by relying on his excellent physical fitness and excellent football ability, and was bought out by Shanghai Shenhua Club in 2002, and has officially embarked on the career path of football players.
Second, the golden age
Like every athlete, Gao Lin's sports career has always had some unpleasant controversies, such as shortly after joining the Shenhua team, Gao Lin, as one of the members of the youth team, was sent to compete against a local team that was not well-known; However, because the opponent was relatively amateur, in order to win the victory, some actions seemed very "dirty", which caused dissatisfaction among many people, including Gao Lin.
Finally, after his teammates were once again tripped by the other party's deliberate deception, Gao Lin, who couldn't bear it, rushed forward to fight with the other party. Although the two sides only hung up a little lottery in the end, Gao Lin and several other team members were fined 1,000 yuan for fighting, which was not a small amount at the time, and Gao Lin was forced to cut back on food and clothing for a long time.
However, when Gao Lin recalled this past, he still had no regrets: Do we just watch our teammates being bullied and not fight back?
With this righteousness and conscience, Gao Lin gradually began to emerge on the green field: in July 2005, Gao Lin, who had just participated in the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, was transferred to the first team by Shenhua Club, and obtained the qualification for supplementary registration in August of the same year, contributing his "debut" in the Chinese Super League in advance; Just half a year later, in April 2006, Gao Lin scored his first goal in the Chinese Super League against Tianjin Master Kang, and then won the runner-up of the Chinese Super League that year on behalf of Shenhua Team; In January 2009, Gao Lin won the green eyes of countless domestic and foreign football clubs with a successful "hat-trick" in the Asian Cup budget competition, but after repeated consideration, Gao Lin remained with Shenhua until his contract expired in 2010, and began his new journey at Evergrande.
In fact, the ten years of football experience after joining Evergrande can be described as the "golden decade" of Gao Lin's career: in 2010, shortly after joining Evergrande, Gao Lin helped Guangdong Evergrande team to succeed with two goals; Subsequently, in 2011, Gao Lin successfully played as the main left winger of Evergrande and scored the highest goal of his career in this top league game: 11 goals, and helped Evergrande win the first top league championship.
In 2012, Gao Lin returned to the national team and captained a friendly match between China and Kuwait. On the field, Gao Lin scored a valuable goal, ushering in a hard-won victory for the Chinese team.
In 2013, Gao Lin's name reappeared in the East Asian Final Four roster, but for various reasons, a month later, Gao Lin regrettably missed the East Asian Final Four; However, in the same year, Guangdong Evergrande won the AFC Champions League, and Gao Lin was also awarded the title of "China's Best Striker" because he was "the first Chinese player to score in the AFC Champions League".
In 2015, Gao Lin once again played with Guangdong Evergrande in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, and helped Evergrande win these two competitions.
In March 2016, Evergrande announced statistics that Gao Lin had scored 77 goals for Evergrande, thus being tied with Muric as Evergrande's "all-time top scorer", but at that time, Gao Lin's legend as Evergrande's "top scorer" continued: in the 2019 season, Gao Lin played a whopping 29 times in all competitions, contributing 9 assists and 2 goals in all competitions, and always had a pivotal position in the team.
Up to now, Gao Lin has won the Chinese Super League championship trophy eight times in various clubs, and he is also a meritorious figure in the Evergrande team to win 13 championships, so he has always had a lot of fame in the football industry...
Third, happy love
In the football world, the love between Gao Lin and his wife Wang Chen is always a perfect "good story".
From Gao Lin's "perseverance" at the beginning to Wang Chen's inseparability after marriage, the love story of the two has made countless people feel both envious and admired.
Interestingly, the beginning of this love story still began with Gao Lin: in 2010, Gao Lin, as a football player, went to Jiangsu Satellite TV as a guest in an entertainment program, but unexpectedly, at the scene, Gao Lin's eyes couldn't help but be attracted by a working girl next to him:
This girl looks very pure and beautiful, with long hair and shawls, well-dressed, and her eyes are crooked when she laughs, looking sweet and cute, and it immediately hits Gao Lin's heart.
After the festival was finished, Gao Lin asked around and finally let him know the girl's name.
It turned out that the girl's name was Wang Chen, she was a sophomore in Shenzhen University, not only a famous "school flower" in Shenzhen University, but also once participated in the Miss Asia Hong Kong finals, is an out-and-out beauty, and the suitors around her are like a carp across the river, but Wang Chen did not promise anyone, and is still single.
After learning Wang Chen's news, Gao Lin was ecstatic and planned how to pursue Wang Chen every day. However, because Gao Lin had never been in love before, and his personality was relatively shy, thinking about it, Gao Lin decided to start with friends first, so he took the initiative to run to Wang Chen's social media to leave a message to praise Wang Chen's appearance and character.
What Gao Lin never expected was that Wang Chen had many fans on the Internet, and the content she posted casually often received many comments, most of which were praises, and Gao Lin's brain-racking comments were inconspicuous in them, often refreshing after he posted, and the message had been overwhelmed by other people's comments.
After several hopeless attempts, Gao Lin was ready to "play straight". He went to Wang Chen's contact information through the contact of the previous variety show, and it happened that the 2010 season was in the late stage, and Gao Lin simply took advantage of his ample post-game time to start his own "romantic offensive" against Wang Chen: in order to be able to "brush the sense of existence" in front of Wang Chen, Gao Lin drove straight to Shenzhen every time the team was resting on holidays, racked his brains to "trick" Wang Chen out, and served himself as a local guide, pulling Wang Chen around to sightsee, shopping and drinking; Not only that, Gao Lin also gradually broke into the "circle of friends" around Wang Chen, constantly asking Wang Chen's roommate girlfriend about Wang Chen's preferences, and preparing some romantic gifts for her.
Under Gao Lin's meticulous "offensive", Wang Chen was gradually moved by the sincerity of this man, and the two soon established a romantic relationship. In January 2013, Wang Chen shamefully accepted Gao Lin's marriage proposal, and the two entered the palace of marriage hand in hand.
And just like Gao Lin promised before marriage, after marriage, Gao Lin still cared for Wang Chen meticulously. In addition to playing football everywhere to "fight", Gao Lin ran home to accompany his wife whenever he had free time, pouring all his love into this small family.
On June 12, 2015, Gao Lin and Wang Chen's "crystallization of love" - daughter Gao Zixuan was successfully born, which also made Gao Lin more mature and responsible in addition to happiness.
Some time ago, February 14 was the most romantic Valentine's Day, and it was Gao Lin's 37th birthday.
On this day, Wang Chen's social media once again posted a photo of a family of three, in the photo, Gao Lin's eyes were mature, and Wang Chen on the side was delicate, not changing the beauty of the once "Miss Asia". In addition, Gao Zixuan, who was once a pink baby, has also grown into a ghost horse girl, she squeezed her eyebrows at the camera, and deliberately made a strange face, which looks very playful and cute.
Obviously, the life of this family of three is full of sweetness and happiness, and this good story will definitely continue to be written for a long time...
Fourth, the latest news
Now, when we look back at the news of Gao Lin's retirement, many fans are very confused and sigh: How could it suddenly come to the moment of their retirement?
However, when we open Gao Lin's professional history, we will suddenly find that this heroic man who was once full of spirit and served as a striker is now about to enter the age of no confusion, and as he grows older, Gao Lin's almost "main force of iron" like a legendary ball student seems to be destined to come to an end.
In fact, in Gao Lin's career, he inevitably encountered peaks and troughs, and was nicknamed "Gao Plane" several times because of the "high shot" when he was close to the door.
However, in any case, Gao Lin's contribution to the Chinese national football team is obvious to all, and his retirement is destined to bring a sigh of regret to Chinese fans.
For Gao Lin, retiring may just be the beginning. In the calculations of well-intentioned people, Gao Lin has earned at least 150 million in salary and bonus income in these 19 years of professional football, which can absolutely ensure that their family of three will eat and drink in the future; and after retiring, it is rumored that the Shenzhen team intends to hire Gao Lin as the coach of the football team, which also means that Gao Lin's football years will not come to an end.
Whether as a player or as a coach, Gao Lin's life still has a long way to go. And we hope that under the leadership of these veterans, in the future, Chinese football can make a new world in the world and add glory to the motherland with new excellent results...
