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When thinking of the glorious period of Guangzhou Evergrande, people will inevitably think of Gao Lin, the former core of the team and the striker who led the team on the road to winning the AFC Champions League. Now the former international player, stepping on the dividends of Jinyuan football, has long since retired from his career as a player and lived a leisurely life as a retired star. Recently, on his wife Wang Chen's social platform, their family of three appeared in photos and became winners in life.
Gorgeous foot skills, become the heart of the team
Speaking of Gao Lin, I believe many Chinese football fans are no strangers. As the main striker of the former national football team, his gorgeous foot skills, excellent ball sense and vision are talked about by countless fans. Especially after joining Guangzhou Evergrande in 2010, under the management of Lippi, Gao Lin gradually grew into the absolute core of the team. Every year, he has excellent goals and assists data, and is the number one contributor to Guangzhou Evergrande's victory.
And what made Gao Lin really stand out was back in the 2007 World Youth Championships in the Netherlands. At that time, as the only player in the national youth team who had no first-team experience in the club, Gao Lin shone in the position of the main striker. Especially in the Chinese team's 2-1 victory over Panama, Gao Lin scored the winning goal with his excellent individual skills. It was also the take-off point for his career.
Choice is more important than hard work, and become the big winner of Jinyuan football
Compared with international players such as Dong Fangzhuo in the same period, Gao Lin's career is undoubtedly smooth. In the first wave of anti-gambling storm in Chinese football in 2010, Gao Lin made a smart choice, leaving Shanghai Shenhua, which was caught in the whirlpool of public opinion, and transferred to Guangzhou Evergrande, which had just been acquired by Evergrande Group and relegated to the Chinese League.
This choice changed the trajectory of Gao Lin's life. He won the top scorer of the Chinese League with 20 goals in his first season, and became the absolute core player of Evergrande in the following years, leading the team to achieve multiple championships. Under the high salary policy of Xu Jiayin, chairman of Evergrande, Gao Lin's annual salary even reached an astonishing 20 million yuan at the peak, plus a generous bonus income, he earned as much as 200 million yuan in Evergrande in 10 years.
We have to admit that Gao Lin has indeed stepped on the dividends of the golden yuan period of Chinese football. But at the same time, his choice is also smart. In those days, many international players were more or less involved in gambling scandals, but Gao Lin avoided these potential pitfalls well. Therefore, we can say that the big winner in Chinese football in this era, that is, the biggest winner.
Retire in a low-key manner and live happily with your beautiful wife
Now, Gao Lin is 37 years old, and he can basically be determined to be retired. It's just that he didn't make a high-profile announcement, so many fans were puzzled. Judging from the photos released by his wife Wang Chen recently, Gao Lin and his family of three live the life that retired stars should have. A lot of the time I spent with my daughter and lived a fairly leisurely life.
Speaking of Wang Chen, she is also a person with a very good story. Wang Chen used to be the runner-up of Miss Asia, so he has an outstanding and beautiful appearance. Many people speculate that Gao Lin married Wang Chen completely by relying on his "money buff" with an annual salary of up to 20 million. But this does not seem to be the case, judging from the many years of married life between the two, the relationship between them is very stable, and there have hardly been any scandals. This is rare in today's Chinese sports world.
Therefore, Gao Lin, who is now 37 years old, has not only achieved extraordinary achievements on the field, but also lived a happy life after retiring. Beautiful wife, lovely daughter, abundant income, I believe many people will envy, jealousy and hate. This is what the biggest winner of the Jin Yuan era should look like.
Chinese football is at a low ebb, and there is an urgent need for international role models
As the first generation of golden boys in the history of Chinese football, Gao Lin has had a brilliant and fortunate career. He became the biggest winner in Chinese football in the entire era. Of course, we must also see that Chinese football is currently at a low ebb, and there is an urgent need for an international role model like Gao Lin.
We can't negate all of Gao Lin's achievements just because he is a "bonus player". On the contrary, his clever choices and hard work are worth learning from those who come after him, Xi. In addition, in the scandal-ridden Chinese sports world, the relationship between Gao Lin and his wife Wang Chen is stable, and it is also worth learning Xi from the national football team. I hope that in the future, there will be more such stable families and role models in Chinese football.