Wu Lei is known to be the first person in China to land in La Liga, and he also scored goals very quickly, which also let the world know that we can do Chinese, but the best striker in China is not Wu Lei but his naturalized player Axon last year.
Axon (born 13 July 1989 in Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club.
In 2009, Axon made his Debut in the Barbado League as a Player for The Victorian Team. In 2011, Axon moved to Botafogo in the Baliga and was selected for the Brazilian national team for the first time. At the end of 2012, Axon joined Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club.
In his first season with Guangzhou Evergrande, Axon scored 24 goals in 28 games in the 2013 Chinese Super League, undisputedly winning the top scorer of the year. In 2014, he was even more crazy in the Chinese Super League, scoring 28 goals in 28 games, breaking Li Jinyu's single-season goal record of 26 goals in the 2006 season, refreshing his own personal goal record in the Chinese Super League, and becoming the well-deserved top scorer of the Chinese Super League. In 2015, due to injury, Axon made only 16 appearances, but still scored seven goals. This season was also the last season of Axon's first Evergrande career.
As early as 2018, Elkeson publicly expressed his desire to naturalize as a Chinese international: "I look forward to becoming a Chinese international, and there are many Chinese internationals around me, which is not invited by the Chinese Football Association at present." "Last year, he has received an invitation from the Chinese Football Association, and all aspects of the formalities are also accelerating, and in August, all the procedures will be completed and he will play for the Chinese team for the first time in September.
On July 9, 2019, Axon transferred from Shanghai SIPG to guangzhou Evergrande again. In the seven games he played after the transfer, Axon scored eight goals, and the previous "Essa" is back.
Axon won 2 AFC Champions League titles, 5 Chinese Super League titles, 1 Super Cup title and 2 Chinese Super League Golden Boot Awards in China, which can be described as full of honors, and Axon scored a winning goal in the 2013 and 2015 AFC Champions League finals, helping Guangzhou Evergrande lift the AFC Champions League trophy.
Goal numbers are a measure of how good a striker is. After arriving in the Chinese Super League, how many goals did Axon score? Let's take a look at the following statistics -
In the 2013 season, he scored 33 goals in 35 appearances and assisted 1 time
In the 2014 season, he scored 34 goals in 38 appearances and assisted 0 times
2015 Season 28 appearances scored 10 goals and assisted 5 times
2016 Season 14 goals in 35 appearances Assist 13 times
2017 Season 29 appearances scored 16 goals assisted 7 times
2018 Season 24 appearances scored 11 goals assisted 3 times
2019 Season 18 appearances scored 8 goals assisted 2 times
Elkeson faced the AFC Champions League strong team to create a shooting opportunity! Beautifully scored the ball, Wu Lei is still a little worse than it.