The Asian Cup official just sent a congratulatory 36th birthday to Chinese male footballer Feng Xiaoting, a central defender who has represented the Chinese men's football team in international competitions 76 times, who also had a glorious history, but because of a major mistake, he completely changed the trajectory of his playing career.
Born in 1985, Feng Xiaoting became famous earlier, debuted in Dalian Shide in his early years, and was selected for the national team in 2003, and was also the first three-amphibious player to be selected for the national football team, the national Olympic Games and the national youth team. In 2005, he was the captain of the Chinese team at the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, led the team to reach the round of 16 and was named the "Top Ten New Stars of the World Youth Championship".
In 2009 Feng Xiaoting stayed in South Korea, played briefly in Daegu FC and Jeonbuk Hyundai, played 19 games and 11 games on behalf of the two teams respectively, it is worth mentioning that the head coach of Jeonbuk Hyundai at that time was Choi Kang-hee, the contract signed by the two sides was three years, did not expect to play for less than a year, in December 2010 Feng Xiaoting was invited by Guangzhou Evergrande and decided to return to China, which was the beginning of Guangzhou Evergrande Golden Dollar football, and also the first turning point in Feng Xiaoting's life, looking back, he should have gone to Europe at that time.
In 2011, in his first season with Guangzhou Evergrande, Feng Xiaoting played 27 games and scored 2 goals, and the team also won the first Chinese Super League championship. In 2012, he won the double title of Chinese Super League and FA Cup with the team. In 2013, he won the AFC Champions League and League Double with the team and participated in the Club World Cup. In 2014, he won the Chinese Super League championship with the team. In 2015, he once again achieved the AFC Champions League and the Chinese Super League double with the team, became the captain of the national football team in the same year, and participated in the last Round of 12 with Gao Hongbo's (Lippi) national team in 2017, and his performance was also good.
The Asian Cup in January 2019 was the second turning point in Feng Xiaoting's career, and in the match against Iran, he made a major mistake that caused the national football team to lose, and the criticism labeled the national team as unmoving, which also led to Lippi's second resolute resignation. Suddenly, Feng Xiaoting was on the cusp of the storm, and after returning to the club, he was directly sent to the reserve team, and he never entered the national team again. Regarding this mistake, there are many opinions, some say that Feng Xiaoting came out with an injury, some say that he has an attitude problem, and even more that he played a match-fixing.
Feng Xiaoting, who lost trust, joined Shanghai Shenhua in February 2020 to join former Jeonbuk coach Choi Kang-hee. In Shenhua's 2 seasons, Feng Xiaoting served as the captain of the Chinese side, and his performance was still good, and he had a lot of defensive experience, but his physical strength and speed declined slightly.
In the fa-fidelity cup Shenhua victory over Changchun Yatai, when Eddie was sent off, Feng Xiaoting and Moreno organized teammates to form a circle, and Feng Xiaoting encouraged everyone: "We will not lose, we are still ahead, nothing more than everyone will do more to help each other run more." Don't let go of this, even if there is one less person, we will definitely win this game! ”
To this day, many fans still have mixed praise and criticism of Feng Xiaoting, but overall, he is still the best local center-back after fan Zhiyi and Li Weifeng's generation, and I wish Feng Xiaoting a happy birthday!