Cui Guanghao (; born April 22, 1979, in

Huludao Huludao (), formerly known as Jinxi () until 1994, is a coastal prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. Its name literally means "Gourd Island", referring to the fiddle-shaped contour of the peninsu ...

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player of

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descent who spent the majority of his career playing for

Nanjing Yoyo Nanjing Yoyo Football Club () was a Chinese football club which played in the China Jia League from 2003 to 2010. Founded in 2002 as the Liaoning Xingguang F.C., it was based on the youth team of Liaoning FC. In 2003, they were bought by SVT Gro ...

Club career

While Cui Guanghao initially started his career with the

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youth team it was his time at second tier club

where he distinguished himself as being a technically gifted player who was a regular for the team throughout their time within the second tier. On July 21, 2010, Cui and the entire first team of Nanjing Yoyo went on strike because of unpaid wages amounting up to 8 million Yuan, before a league game against

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and this saw the club's youth players used as they were thrashed a Chinese record of 10-0. While Cui was one of the few players who returned to playing the majority of first team would not be able resolve their wage dispute with the club and the team ultimately went on a losing streak that saw them relegated. With the club in continued financial difficulties and still unable to pay their players they disbanded in 2011.

References

External links

Player profile
at Sodasoccer.com (Chinese)
Player news
at Sina.com (Chinese)
Player profile
at Sina.com (Chinese) 1979 births Living people People from Huludao Chinese footballers of Korean descent Chinese men's footballers Footballers from Liaoning Nanjing Yoyo F.C. players China League One players Men's association football midfielders {{PRChina-footy-bio-stub