April 25, Beijing time is a very ordinary day. However, on this very ordinary day, a very strange thing happened in Chinese soccer. That is, two meritorious ace warriors who used to play for Guangzhou Evergrande announced their retirement at the same time.
The two former Evergrande players who chose to announce their retirement on the same day are local player Huang Bowen and former naturalized player Golat. They seem to have booked their appointments in advance, so they ended their careers at the same time.
Huang Bowen is 35 years old. Due to injuries and age, he has not played soccer for several years. Last season, in the Guangzhou team, although he had completed the player registration, he did not participate in the game. He often appeared off the field as Zheng Zhi's assistant coach.
Since joining Evergrande in 2012, Huang Bowen has not been an absolute starter at Evergrande, but his contribution to Evergrande is real. Huang Bowen's physical condition is not outstanding. His biggest advantage is that he is highly skilled and good at making fairy balls. Whether in Evergrande or the national team, he has put on a good show about fairy balls.
The most impressive scene was when Huang Bowen chopped off a wonder goal to break the Qatar goal in the 2015 World Qualifier 40. His feet were so valuable that he directly sent the national soccer team to the top 12 of the world qualifying tournament. Therefore, he was known as the "World Blogger". Now, Huang Bowen has announced his retirement. Since then, there is no more "World Blogger" in soccer, which is sad.
Another player who announced his retirement is Gallart, who used to play for Brazil. Gaolat is only 31 years old. He could have played for a few more years if injuries hadn't affected his form. Unfortunately, injuries caused his form to drop like a cliff and retirement became a choice he had to make.
Golat has a deep connection with Chinese soccer. Not only did he play for Guangzhou Evergrande for many years, but he also became one of the team's most successful foreigners, contributing greatly to Evergrande's winning of the Asian Championship and the Chinese Super League. In addition, Golat was once the most wanted naturalized international player for the Chinese national team. Unfortunately, since he did not have enough conditions to live in China for five years, he was not eligible to play for the national soccer team even though he had completed his naturalization.
It is reported that the Chinese Football Association spent 800 million yuan to complete the naturalization of Gaolat. Originally wanted to wait for him to live in China for five years before playing for the national football team, I did not expect him to go away, not only back to Brazil, but also for the retirement procedures, completely defeated the Chinese men's football team, so that the 800 million yuan to defeat the water drift. So now that we have learned of Golat's early retirement, it is inevitable that Chinese fans have some mixed feelings in their hearts.
It is worth mentioning that just a day before, that is, on April 24, another former Evergrande's ace foreign aid Diamanti also announced his retirement. That is to say, three Evergrande meritorious ace retired in two days. It seems that an era belonging to Evergrande is coming to a complete end.
