"There is no need to explain the life of Kaihang", which is used to describe the 32-year-old Japanese football star Keisuke Honda, may not be more appropriate.
After the World Cup in Russia, Japanese fans lined up to apologize to Keisuke Honda, who scored three consecutive World Cup goals. Before the start of the tournament, these Japanese fans had thought that the declining Honda did not deserve to go to the World Cup, but in Russia Honda became the most scoring Asian player in World Cup history (4 goals and 3 assists).
The Japanese player, who once wore the acc Milan no. 10 shirt, continues his football legend.
At noon on August 12, the Cambodian Football Association held a press conference in the capital Phnom Penh to announce that Japanese star Keisuke Honda would become the head coach of cambodia. You should know that 6 days ago, Honda just joined the Melbourne Victory team in the Australian Premier League as a free agent.
This also means that as an active player, Keisuke Honda is the most popular part-time job in world football.
Honda at the inaugural press conference.
Started his coaching career with two years of zero salary
An Australian Premier League player, as the head coach of the Cambodian national team, what is this god operation?
At the press conference of the Cambodia Football Association, Honda Keiyo also explained, "My goal is to bring a clear way of playing to Cambodia, and it is difficult for me to achieve my dream of coaching in Japan. ”
It's true that few national teams will choose a player to coach part-time, but for Cambodia, a small Asian football player, the top Asian star is the best person to coach.
Honda Keisuke made a total of 98 appearances for the Japanese national team, scoring 37 goals and assisting 25 times. The Japanese star, who has played in the Dutch League, the Russian Premier League and Serie A, has enough experience, not to mention that he is already a legend in Asian football.
"Nikkan Sports" also revealed that Honda Guiyou was appointed as the head coach of the Cambodian national football team, the contract period is two years, and the salary is not charged. However, because he does not have a coaching certificate, he is nominally the "general manager" of the team, but in fact exercises the authority of the head coach.
Honda's choice of Cambodia to start his coaching career is not entirely due to football. "My purpose in coaching Cambodia is not just for football, but for the benefit of this country, and I want to share with you something interesting about this country's world heritage."
Since he recently signed a contract with the Australian Premier League Melbourne Victory, the Japanese star with an annual salary of 3 million Australian dollars (about 15 million yuan) will communicate with the staff of the Cambodian national team mainly through video conferencing and arrange training content.
Once it coincides with the International A-Level match day, he will also travel to Cambodia or the team training camp to carry out coaching work.
On September 10, the Cambodian national team will play against Malaysia, which will also be the coaching debut of Honda Keisuke after taking office.
In addition, Honda will also lead the team to the ASEAN Football Championship in November, which will also be his first major competition after coaching. Cambodia is group A, with Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos in the same group.
As a player, another goal of Honda Keisuke is to stay in shape and strive to compete for Japan in the Tokyo Olympics as an overage player.
Honda had planned to buy the J2 league team in early August.
Acquisition of four foreign clubs for dreams
In elementary school, Keisuke Honda wrote in an essay titled "Future Events":
"I want to wear the no. 10 shirt and race in Serie A, become a star in the World Cup, become the world's number one player, and lead the Japanese men's football team to defeat Brazil in the World Cup final to win the championship. After that, I will have a lot of money and use it to honor my grandparents. ”
It's like a prophecy about your career.
He became famous in the World Cup in South Africa and wore the number 10 shirt in ac Milan. During his career, he played for clubs on three continents, including Nagoya Orca, Venlo of the Netherlands, CSKA Moscow, ac Milan and Pachuca, and won the Dutch Second Division, the Russian Premier League, the Russian Cup, the Russian Super Cup and the Italian Super Cup.
Now honda Keisuke, who has completed his most cattle part-time job, is preparing for his career after retiring according to his goals.
Before the World Cup, he once wrote an article on the "Star Forum Network" in the United States, revealing his goal for the second half of his life - to use football to eliminate poverty in the world. "I know it sounds like a tough task. It does — but, in any case, I want to join the fight against poverty in this world. ”
Keisuke Honda held a charity football camp to donate money for the Earthquake in Mexico. Visual China figure
So long ago, Honda set up its first poverty alleviation project, the Dream Foundation. It is a global initiative that aims to teach people the importance of dreams, and it also offers scholarships for student-athletes in financial difficulty.
The Foundation of Dreams eventually developed into soccer-based soltilo (a youth football training institution) and surf cup sports (a tournament organizer).
"We have 15,000 kids in 70 events around the world, from teenagers to young professionals, and the philosophy I've learned over the years is what our programs focus on teaching children."
In addition, Honda has conducted 18 soccer training camps in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Uganda, Cambodia and the United States.
In order to give the players from poor families in his training camps a chance to develop into professional players, Honda Keisuke is planning to acquire a fifth professional club, Tokyo Greenland in the J2 League.
Previously, Honda Gyu has acquired four teams: Austrian C club Horn, AMERICAN Football League club Orange County SC, Cambodia's second division club Soltilo angkor FC and Uganda Super Club Bright Stars FC.
It's all like Honda Keisuke's own football career.
Earlier, Honda visited schools in Cambodia. Visual China figure
Open hanging life, countless titles
A long time ago, Dutch fans gave Honda Guiyou a nickname - keizer keisuke, which means "Guiyou the Great".
Today's "Emperor Guiyou" gives people the feeling of a fierce operation.
Keisuke Honda has a lot of personality in the Japanese team, and he is even more maverick than Hidetoshi Nakata. The Japanese media has even pointed out many times that he has contradictions with Shinji Kagawa.
But on and off the court, Honda has been practicing what he said – "I'm a person who loves challenges." ”
As a professional player, he began to expand his career kingdom early on and accumulate his dreams. He became a UNICEF Global Outreach Ambassador in 2016 and subsequently a Special Fellow at the MIT Media Lab dedicated to improving education.
Honda wants to use football to eradicate poverty.
In Japan, he owned dozens of chains of "Honda Football Schools" and established his own company, Honda Estilo. He has also invested in coding education, drones and other projects as an angel investor.
A month ago, he also partnered with Hollywood star Will Smith to set up a fund to bring in U.S. money to invest in projects in Japan. Now he's in the coaching staff.
Honda players, Honda ambassadors, Honda researchers, Honda presidents, Honda principals, Honda presidents, Honda coaches... So many titles are not enough, and people have to lament that Honda's life challenge level is too difficult.
Netizens can only joke with their brains: "The Japanese team replaced Cambodian coach Honda Keiyou, which is the first official game for Honda's return to the national team." Honda arranged tactics for cambodian players before coming on, and then immediately organized the Japanese team's attack..."
Well, for such a hanging life, there is only deep respect, who let the power of dreams have been pushing Honda Keisuke to write a personal exclamation point.