In the late afternoon of the 14th, the Tianjin soccer world made waves, Jinmen Tigers Football Club through its social media platform @TianjinJinmenTigersFC, a breath announced two big explosive news: first is the 2021 season of the Super League Jinmen Tigers lineup list, and second is the team's new logo design. The club's sentence "Concerned about and support the friends of the Jinmen Tigers, let us look forward to together! Let's look forward to the new season, Jinmen Tigers start again! The club's phrase "Let's all look forward to the new season, the Jinmen Tigers will start again!
In the coaching team list announced by Jinmen Tigers, the return of head coach Yu Genwei has attracted a lot of attention as he is not only the coach, but also holds the post of general manager of the club. Yu Genwei's assistants include two famous Jinmen soccer players, Wang Jun and Sun Jianjun, who will serve as assistant coach and team leader, and Sun Jianjun as assistant coach. It is worth mentioning that the two veterans Bai Yuefeng and Tan Wangsong will serve as players and assistant coaches, the club obviously hope that they can play the role of "pass on".
There are also several relatively unknown names in the coaching team, but they are also experienced and excellent coaches: Zhang Chaosong was a player for Tianjin Songjiang, retired and transformed into a coach, and served as an assistant coach for Hebei Huaxia Happiness between 2015 and 2020, assisting a number of world-class coaches; Zhang Li briefly coached the Sichuan women's football team and led the Sichuan men's football U18 all-around team to advance to the Tianjin All-China Games men's football U18 final round; Wang Liao, goalkeeper coach, played for Shenyang Jinde and Guangzhou R&F, and has been working for R&F since retiring. U18 final round, and then served as an assistant coach in the Central League North Physical Education University team; goalkeeper coach Wang Liao played in Shenyang Jinde, Guangzhou R&F and other teams, retired and has been working in the R&F team, 2020 was also drawn by the Chinese Football Association into the Chinese Super League technical research team.
Compared to the coaching team, Jinmen Tigers 30-player lineup has a number of new faces, Fang Jingqi, Barton, Li Songyi, Chen Corey, Cong Zhen and other local players to join the new; Nie Tao, Zhou Tong, Zhou Qiming, Li want to return to the players; in addition, Jinmen Tigers have two foreign aiders, respectively, the center back Kadar and striker Iroquois. Jinmen Tigers official announcement of the team list, "German transfer market website" China administrator Zhu Yi also released the new season Jinmen Tigers team players jersey number, but this information has not been officially confirmed by the Jinmen Tigers club.
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In the official announcement of the Jinmen Tigers, the 30 players are set into three positions, namely goalkeeper, forward and defender, but no striker is seen, which is jokingly referred to by fans as a "strikerless formation". However, in fact, there is no shortage of attacking players among the forwards, such as Iroquois, a winger who used to play as a starter for French Ligue 1 side Nantes, and has a powerful impact.
Born in 1992, Iroquois, a descendant of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was offered a call-up to the DRC national team in 2015, but politely declined as he had his heart set on playing for France. Iroquois started his career on a high note, having lived as a child in Jules, about 20 kilometers south of Paris, a small city of just 25,000 people with a strong soccer atmosphere and a long history of soccer. Iroquois came from the youth camp of Les Ulises FC, a small amateur club that is currently only in the fifth tier of the French league, but from this small club have come out of the world-class stars such as Henry, Evra and Martial, and Iroquois, who grew up practicing in this club, also has a dream of being a star.
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At the age of 14, Iroquois began to receive more and more attention for his outstanding soccer talent, and in the face of numerous offers from professional clubs, he finally chose Nantes, which was closer to his home, to become a member of the Nantes youth training camp. At the time, Iroquois' mother and brother would take the train to Nantes every two or three weeks to visit him, as Iroquois was very close to his mother and brother, and after being promoted to the Nantes B team in 2012, Iroquois began to make a name for himself and was promoted to the Nantes first team for the 2014/15 season. After a disappointing debut season, Iroquois started to play as a starter from 2015/16 onwards, making over 20 appearances in three consecutive seasons. Although his scoring efficiency was average, with just two goals in his years with Nantes, the winger, who stands at just 6'2" tall, has excellent pace and explosiveness, with the ability to change the game, and he contributed nine assists to the team during that period. At his best, he was valued at €1.25 million.
After leaving Nantes, Iroquois went to play in the Romanian league, and last season he moved to China, where he didn't do well in the Chinese League One with Sichuan Jiuniu and Suzhou Dongwu due to his lack of experience. However, Iroquois still showed good ability to break through and pass from the side, and has a strong ability to fight alone. For the Jinmen Tigers, who will focus on defensive counter-attack tactics in the new season, his playing characteristics and style of play are more in line with the team's needs.
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In the position of center forward, Xie Weijun, a youngster who once played as a substitute for Wagner, has made rapid progress in the past two years under the vigorous promotion of Strikers. However, the main center position of the Jinmen Tigers in the new season is likely to be occupied by Barton, a new recruit who joined the team on loan from Guoan. Despite the fact that Barton, who was born in 1995, is from Yantai, Shandong Province, he is an outstanding product of Beijing Guoan's youth training, and has been selected for the national junior team and the national youth team for many times.From the middle of the 2015 season to the end of the 2016 season, Barton was loaned out by Guoan to Meizhou Hakka, and during that period he made his career debut and scored his first goal, accumulating quite a lot of experience in the game.
In the 2017 season, Barton returned to Guoan, and by virtue of his own efforts, in the second half of the league became the then head coach of the team Schmidt in the first choice of U23 players, and even known as the "95 National Youth Twins" Tang Shi and Wei Shihao squeezed to the bench. That season, Barton played 17 league games scored a goal and assisted 3 times, the performance is quite good. Given his outstanding performance in the league, Barton also received a call-up to the national Olympic team. However, as Barton lost the status of U23 players, as well as Guoan has introduced Prince Ming, Zhang Yuning and other strong local young strikers strong performance, Barton in the position of the competition gradually lagged behind, last season he played only 8 times in various tournaments (3 Super League and 5 AFC Champions League), and only in the AFC Champions League has nothing to do with the big picture of the end of the group game with the Chiang Rai United, which is already a full description of his position in the Guoan team This is a good indication of his position in the national team.
Of course, at 26 years old, Barton is still a very powerful striker, on the field he is calm, sharp, can score by himself and create opportunities for teammates, and more importantly, on the field he is always full of energy. For the Jinmen Tigers, Barton is a ready-made player, and for him, the Jinmen Tigers can also provide enough playing time.
Besides, Su Yuanjie, who is the same age as Barton, is also a good attacker who can play on and off the side, and initially both Cannavaro and Sousa were very optimistic about his attacking ability and were willing to give him a chance. Since joining the Jinmen Tigers, Su Yuanjie is mostly used as a wingback, perhaps in the moment of need, Su Yuanjie is also able to kick back to his old profession.
In addition to the team list, Jinmen Tigers also announced the team's new logo. The new logo echoes the Jinmen Tigers' team name, with the shield as the main body, symbolizing indestructibility, and the Jinmen Tiger as the main image, with the tiger's head bent upwards, majestic and vivid, and the background of the shield lined with the word "津" to represent the regional characteristics. According to the schedule of the new Chinese Super League season, Tianjin Jinmen Tigers will face Shanghai Seaport, the favorite to win the title, in the first round on April 22nd at 8:00 p.m. The brand new Jinmen Tigers will show a new face.
