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He played for Shanghai Shenhua, Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai SIPG in his native country and spent time on loan at Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and Austrian club Austria Wien, he is the first Chinese player to play in the UEFA Champions League. At international level, he made 69 appearances for the China national team scoring 5 goals.
The China national football team has played over 500 matches with the teams of other nations from around the world, and has won approximately half of them. As of 10 September 2024, Counted for the FIFA A-level match only.
Eligible for the award are Chinese players who hold the Chinese passport, whether they play in China or overseas. Wu Lei won the male prize for thrice while Wang Shuang won the female title for four times. [2] [3] [4] They have the most Chinese Footballer of the Year titles in each category.
The following table lists players who have played the most games within the top tier of Chinese football. Zou Yougen is the first player to make 300 or more appearances within the Jia-A or CSL League.
This was the first time a multiracial player has appeared for a China national football team of any level. [ 1 ] Since 2019, China had begun a series of naturalization on foreign-based players in order to improve the China national team 's fortunes, with the naturalization of Nico Yennaris , an English-born Cypriot and Chinese player. [ 2 ]
Dong was called up by Chinese under-20 national team to participate in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He came off the bench to play in three out of the four matches during the tournament. Dong scored his first goal for the Chinese national team in a 4–1 loss to Switzerland on 3 June 2006 and was also called up for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.
Cheung was the first Asian and Hong Kong football player to play in Europe. He began his career in the Hong Kong First Division at 14 years of age. In 1960, he went to play for English club Blackpool, where he was a teammate of Jimmy Armfield. He became the first ethnic Chinese player to appear in the top flight of English football. [2]
Lin Liangming started his football career when he joined Guangzhou R&F's youth academy in 2010. On 22 July 2015, Lin transferred to La Liga side Real Madrid for a transfer fee of €200,000, signing a five-year contract with the club, becoming the first ever East Asian footballer to sign for Real Madrid.