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Tianjin Songjiang
Tianjin Tianhai F.C. (; ;) was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Tianjin. History 2006-2010: Formation and League Two On June 6, 2006 the Tianjin Binhai Holdings Limited company would form a new football team based in Hohhot called Hohhot Binhai and would name former Chinese international player Han Jinming as their manager. They would move into the Hohhot People's Stadium while taking part at the bottom of the Chinese pyramid within the third tier at the start of the 2007 league season. By May 5, 2007 Tianjin Songjiang Sports Culture Industry Co. Ltd would take a controlling interest within the club and hired another former Chinese international player in Hao Haidong to be the club's general manager. When the club finished in a disappointing fifth within the group stages of the division it was decided that the club needed significant restructuring, which saw Hao Haidong named as chairman, Han Jinming moved to General management, Zhang Xiaorui was named as the new ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium
The Tianjin Olympic Center (), often colloquially referred to as the Water Drop (), is a sports complex with a multi-use stadium in Tianjin, China. Construction started in August 2003 and was completed in August 2007. It is the home stadium of Tianjin TEDA. The stadium hosted games for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and Football preliminaries at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It also hosted the Athletics competitions at the 2017 National Games of China. It covers 78,000 square meters and has a capacity of 54,696 seats. It as a length of , a width of , and a height of 53 meters. The stadium is nicknamed "The Water Drop" because the outside of the venue was designed to resemble a drop of water. The stadium cost nearly 1.5 billion Yuan. The architects were AXS Satow. In 2011, the venue hosted a football match between Tianjin TEDA F.C. and the Spanish side Real Madrid. The stadium houses sports facilities, exhibition halls, conference rooms and gyms. It also has the capacity for ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dražen Besek
Dražen Besek (born 10 March 1963) is a Croatian coach and former professional football midfield player, who is currently a general manager of Maghreb de Fès. As a player he was mainly remembered for his time with Croatian teams Varteks and Dinamo Zagreb before moving abroad and appearing for clubs in France, Denmark and Austria. After his playing career ended he went into management, and had several coaching spells at his hometown football club Varteks, before moving abroad again and joining Polish side Zagłębie Lubin, Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua and many others. Club career In Croatia, Besek played for Dinamo Zagreb in the Yugoslav First League and Varteks in the Croatian First Football League. In his international career, he played in French Stade de Vallauris, Danish Ikast FS (now called FC Midtjylland) and Austrian SV Casino Salzburg (now called FC Red Bull Salzburg) Coaching career Besek started his coaching career in his hometown football club of Varteks as a pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Witsel
Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel (born 12 January 1989) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Belgian national team. Witsel broke into Belgium's first team as a right-winger, and can also play attacking midfielder, though his natural position is as a central midfielder. He began his career at hometown club Standard Liège, making 183 appearances and scoring 42 goals while winning five domestic trophies. He was awarded the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2008. After a season in Portugal with Benfica, he signed for Zenit Saint Petersburg for a €40 million fee in 2012. Witsel won four honours during his time in Russia, before leaving for Tianjin Quanjian in January 2017. He returned to Europe with Borussia Dortmund in August 2018. With the Bundesliga side, Witsel won the 2019 DFL-Supercup and the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal. Witsel made his senior international debut in 2008 and earned his 100th cap for Belgium on 15 November 2018. He repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Chinese Super League
The 2017 Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League () was the 14th season since the establishment of the Chinese Super League. The league title sponsor is Ping An Insurance. Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won their seventh consecutive title of the league. This season witnessed a huge change in the regulation to the players. Only three foreign players can play at one game and at least two domestic players who are under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1994) must be in the 18-man list, including at least one must be in the starting list. Club changes Clubs promoted from 2016 China League One * Tianjin Quanjian * Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng Clubs relegated to 2017 China League One * Hangzhou Greentown * Shijiazhuang Ever Bright Name changes * Beijing Guoan F.C. changed their name to Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. in January 2017. * Chongqing Lifan F.C. changed their name to Chongqing Dangdai Lifan F.C. in January 2017. Clubs Clubs and locations Managerial ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meizhou Hakka F
Meizhou (, Hakka Chinese: Mòichû) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of , and a population of 3,873,239 million as of the 2020 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xingning City and five counties. Its built-up or metro area made up of two urban districts was home to 992,351 inhabitants. History Since Neolithic age historical sites with unearthed a number of stone tools and pottery, have been discovered in dozens of places in the Meixian area of Meizhou. In the Meixian area, ancient kiln sites from the Western Zhou Dynasty and bells from the Warring States Period were also found. Before the Qin Dynasty, Meizhou was under Nanyue rule. After Qin unified the Nanyue, Meizhou was belonged to Nanhai Commandery. Originally name of Meizhou was Chengxiang (程乡), it was established under the prefecture of Jingzhou during the Southern Han (917-971). It became Meizhou at the 10th century and Jiaying Prefecture at the 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro (; born 13 September 1973) is an Italian professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of club Benevento. A centre-back, he spent the majority of his career in Italy. He started his career at Napoli before spending seven years at Parma, with whom he won two Coppa Italia titles, the 1999 Supercoppa Italiana, and the 1999 UEFA Cup. After spells at Internazionale and Juventus, he transferred (along with manager Fabio Capello) from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2006, with whom he won consecutive La Liga titles in 2007 and 2008. After returning to Juventus for one season in 2009–10, he joined Al-Ahli in Dubai, where he retired from football in 2011 after an injury-troubled season. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of all time. Cannavaro was part of the Italy team which won consecutive UEFA European Under-21 Championships in 1994 and 1996. After earning his first senior cap in 1997, he helped his national team to the final o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhao Xuri
Zhao Xuri (; born 3 December 1985) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Sichuan Jiuniu in the China League One division. Club career While Zhao Xuri started his football career with second tier side Dalian Sidelong, he did not make an impact in the squad; however, top tier side Sichuan First City took an interest within the youngster. During the 2003 league season, he quickly rose to prominence and immediately established himself as an integral member within the team by playing in 27 league games and scoring two goals in his debut season. The following season was to prove significantly more difficult as Zhao was injured through most of the season only making nine appearances. He was still highly regarded enough to be transferred to Dalian Shide at the start of the 2005 season where, due to his versatility, he would continue to establish himself as a regular and go on win the top tier title in 2005. He then transferred to Shaanxi Renhe at the start of the 2010 season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jádson Rodrigues Da Silva
Jádson Rodrigues da Silva, professionally known as Jádson (; born 5 October 1983), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He is currently playing for Vitória. Having begun his career at Atlético Paranaense, he moved to Shakhtar Donetsk in 2005. In eight seasons at the club, he won six Ukrainian Premier League titles, three Ukrainian Cup, and the UEFA Cup in 2009. He then returned to Brazil, first to São Paulo, before switching to Corinthians as part of a swap with Alexandre Pato. Jádson made his international debut for Brazil in 2011, representing the nation at that year's Copa América. He was also part of their squad which won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup on home soil. Club career Atlético Paranaense Born in Londrina, Jádson began his career playing for Atlético Paranaense in Brazil, where he helped the squad to win two Paranaense Championships (2002, 2005) and to be runners-up in the Brazilian league (2004). Shakhtar Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luís Fabiano
Luís Fabiano Clemente (born 8 November 1980), commonly known as Luís Fabiano, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker most notably for Sevilla, São Paulo, and the Brazil national team. He is a prolific goalscorer and was ranked the second-highest-scoring Brazilian of the 21st century, according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Club career Early career Luís Fabiano enjoyed great success during two spells with Brazilian side São Paulo, with a disappointing period at French side Rennes sandwiched in between. His strength on the ball, accurate finishing and pace made him a vital part of the side that fell in the semi-finals of the 2004 Copa Libertadores de América. Luís Fabiano was labeled the "bad boy" of Brazilian football when playing for São Paulo after a number of brawls. During a 2003 Copa Sudamericana match for São Paulo against River Plate of Argentina, a fight between the players broke out. Luí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva (born 10 May 1952) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He is currently a free agent. A left wingback, Luxemburgo represented Flamengo, Internacional and Botafogo before retiring in 1980. He subsequently became a coach and led Palmeiras, Corinthians, Cruzeiro and Santos to Série A titles, winning the tournament five times, a record total. In 2005 he worked at Real Madrid, but was dismissed in December of that year. His surname is after revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg. Playing career Born in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Luxemburgo played the most of his youth football for Botafogo, but made his senior debut with Flamengo in 1972; at the club, he was mainly a backup to Júnior. He left ''Fla'' in 1978 to Internacional, but remained at the club for just one year before returning to his first team Botafogo. He retired in 1980, aged 28, due to a knee injury. Coaching career Early career Before being a first team trainer, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 China League One
The 2016 China League One () was the 13th season of the China League One, the second tier of the Chinese football league pyramid, since its establishment in 2004. The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com. Teams A total of 16 teams are contesting in the league, including 12 sides from the 2015 season, two relegated from the 2015 Chinese Super League and two promoted from the 2015 China League Two. Team changes To League One Teams relegated from 2015 Chinese Super League * Shanghai Shenxin * Guizhou Renhe Teams promoted from 2015 China League Two * Meizhou Kejia * Dalian Transcendence From League One Teams promoted to 2016 Chinese Super League * Yanbian Changbaishan * Hebei China Fortune Teams relegated to 2016 China League Two * Beijing BIT * Jiangxi Liansheng Name changes * Tianjin Songjiang F.C. changed their name to Tianjin Quanjian F.C. in December 2015. * Dalian Aerbin F.C. changed their name to Dalian Yifang F.C. in December 2015. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Ke (footballer)
Sun Ke (; ; born 26 August 1989) is a Chinese people, Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a Winger (association football), winger for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen F.C., Shenzhen. Club career Sun Ke started his football career playing for second-tier side Jiangsu Sainty F.C., Jiangsu Sainty in 2006. By the 2008 season, he would play in 22 league games and score two goals as he was part of the team that won the second-tier league title and promotion to the top flight. Within the top tier, Sun found it hard to gain significant playing time until the 2011 season when he started to establish himself as a regular for the first team which soon culminated in his first goal in over two years when he scored on 14 September 2011 in a 2–0 win against Hangzhou Greentown. On 18 June 2015, Sun transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda F.C., Tianjin Teda. However, due to complications with the club's sponsor Quanjian, the transfer was suddenly put ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
