Media person Pan Weili sent a Weibo post about the possession of a statue by American footballer Donovan. The player, whose full name is Langdon Donovan, was born in 1982 and plays as a forward, an U.S. international, who has retired. Having worked for Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern and Everton, he played for the Los Angeles Galaxy for 11 years, winning seven trophies, six times the United States Footballer of the Year, and the best young player in the 2002 World Cup.
At the 2001 FIFA U20 World Youth Championship, the United States and China collided in the first game of the group. Donovan, wearing the No. 10 shirt, was the number one star on the U.S. team, when the U.S. team lost 0:1 to China, and Qu Bo scored the only goal.
In fact, there are many statues of sports celebrities in the United States, including the basketball world. Then Pan Weili sighed: Why is this not popular in our sports culture? For example, Zheng Zhi and Gao Lin are fully worthy of statues in Guangzhou? So let's first look at whether There are statues of people in the field of football in China.
In fact, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, there are commemorative bronze statues of players and coaches who qualified for the 2002 National Football World Cup, including the current national football coach Li Tie, who is behind Wu Chengying and Li Xiaopeng and other players, Shenyang is the happy land of the national football team that year, but it has only been nearly 20 years, and the bronze statue has also faded and damaged.
So looking at the country, which players deserve to have a memorial statue? First recommended Sun Jihai, grew up in Dalian Wanda team, and then stayed in England, played for Manchester City for 7 seasons, played 130 premier league games, was selected for the Chinese national team many times, and represented the national football team in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, and was later inducted into the England Football Hall of Fame, loved by England fans: China Sun, it is recommended that Sun Jihai's memorial sculpture be set in Dalian.
The second recommended Fan Zhiyi, who grew up in Shanghai Shenhua, was twice awarded the title of Chinese Footballer of the Year in 1995 and 1996, and then stayed with Sun Jihai in the League One Crystal Palace, in 1998 as the captain of the Crystal Palace team and won the Player of the Year, and then gave up the invitation of Liverpool. In 2001, he was awarded the title of Asian Footballer of the Year. Fan Zhiyi has been selected and captained the Chinese national team many times, representing the national football team in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, and it is proposed that Fan Zhiyi's memorial sculpture be set up in Shanghai.
The third recommended Yang Chen, grew up in Beijing Guoan, transferred to Frankfurt FC in the Bundesliga for 1 million marks in 1998, won the top scorer of the Frankfurt team in the same year, played for Frankfurt for four seasons, scored 21 goals, became the first person in the five major leagues in China to stay in the West, won the title of Chinese Footballer of the Year in 2000, and represented the national football team in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. This year, Yang Chen was officially awarded the title of "Bundesliga Legends" by the Bundesliga officials, and it is proposed that Yang Chen's memorial sculpture be set in Beijing.
I think the reason why the United States will set up so many statues of sports stars is also to reflect the culture of the nation, that is, to advocate heroes, and our culture is relatively restrained, you can talk about, what other domestic football players do you think deserve to enjoy commemorative sculptures?