Dating back to 1994, the first year of Chinese soccer began, the professional league introduced the club system, and the A-A League came into being. After a period of groping for progress in the early stages, the CFA restructured and upgraded the A-League in 2004, the Chinese Super League officially debuted, and the history of the A-League drew to a close.
For those old fans, the A-League is the starting point and passion of Chinese professional soccer, and the heroic figures of those famous players in the A-League era on the green field seem to be still vivid in their minds. Looking back, the second year after the launch of the A-League, player transfers began to be standardized, and the price of players began to truly reflect the market value. The work done by the management team of the Football Association at that time was more fair and transparent compared to now.
Nowadays, in the face of the storm of the gold dollar soccer, the local annual bidder's transfer fee has reached a record high, and even a player's value can reach 80 million, when the A A bidder really represents the value of the real to the name.
In this article, we will review the A A era of those who transferred the king of the Chinese soccer players, in order to evoke common memories. It is not easy to collect information, if you think this article is not bad, the article is also detailed enough, may wish to point to show encouragement, thank you readers in advance.
I. 1995
Label: Ri Bing; Value: 640,000 dollars.
In 1994, Liaoning player Li Bing transformed from defender to striker. With excellent physical qualities and the ability to anticipate aerial balls from the defender, Li Bing showed great aerial ability in his first season, and his headers were the best in the A-League at that time. In 21 appearances for Liaoning, the 25-year-old Li Bing scored 10 goals and was honored with the A-A Golden Goal Award that year.
Prior to the start of the 1995 A-League, Li Bing moved from Liao Football to Guangdong Hongyuan for a fee of RMB 640,000, making him the first player to win the A-League. After joining Guangdong, Li Bing lived up to his new owner's expectations and delivered performances worthy of his reputation.
During the two seasons of 95-96, Li Bing played 42 games for Guangdong Hongyuan and scored 14 goals. Later in 1997, Sichuan Quanxing took Li Bing from Guangdong Hongyuan for a transfer fee of 1.5 million RMB. After joining Sichuan, Li Bing continued his good form and played 94 matches for the team in the next five years, scoring 36 goals. It can be said that Li Bing is a highly respected first-generation A-A striker, who has been recognized by the fans in terms of performance and emotion no matter which team he plays for.
II. 1996
Tag: Da Wangtao; Value: $660,000
In his working life, Da Wangtao mainly played as a front-rower, and in his heyday he was known for his fine footwork and awareness. In the first half of the 1990s, Wang Tao's fame was quite loud and clear.
As a starter for Dalian in the inaugural A-League in 1994, Dawang Tao helped Dalian Wanda win the inaugural league title. In 1995, Dawang Tao returned to play for his home team, Bayi, where he was trained. As a front man, Dawangtao scored 5 goals in the whole year, convincing the fans and the media.
Before the start of the 1996 A-League, Beijing Guoan purchased Da Wangtao for 660,000 RMB. Unfortunately, after joining Beijing Guoan, Dawangtao declined rapidly and fell out of the top tier of players early on. After four mediocre A-League seasons, Dawangtao retired in disgrace at Beijing Guoan.
Three, 1997
Label: Gao Hongbo; Value: 1.2 million.
Once upon a time, Gao Hongbo was the most agile striker in the A-League, famous for his superb ability to catch chances and grab points. Looking back at Gao's career, his peak period began before the launch of the A-League.
At the time of the first A-League in 1994, Gao Hongbo, who was already the national team's first front man and the winner of the Golden Boot in the previous National Football League, was unable to register for the A-League because of the physical test required by the hard indicators. After learning the results, Gao Hongbo had to travel to the Singapore League to seek employment. In the new Baru team played a year, Gao took the Singapore League's top scorer.
In 1995, Gao Hongbo was able to return to Beijing Guoan to play in the A-League. In the next two seasons, Gao continued to play well, scoring 17 goals in 34 appearances. Considering the fact that after returning to Beijing Guoan, Gao Hongbo played a lot of matches as a substitute, such efficiency has been worthy of the name of "cold-faced killer".
In 1997, Beijing Guoan entered a period of bloodshed, and a number of veterans became the target of cleaning out the team. Despite the fact that Gao Hongbo was already past his prime, his ability was still recognized by the outside world, and many teams were willing to spend a lot of money to get him. In the end, Guangzhou Songri, who were still playing in the first division, offered 1.2 million dollars to buy Gao Hongbo, who became the third annual bidder in the history of the first division.
IV. 1998
Label: anonymous; value: $2.2 million.
Not to mention in the history of the first A, even in the entire history of Chinese professional soccer, Dalian Wanda spent 2.2 million yuan to buy the operation of this winger from the team of Bayi as the most cost-effective local player business.
As a totem of the old A-League and one of the faces of Chinese soccer, the striker helped Dalian Wanda (Shide) to win the championship and establish a dynasty. Unfortunately, due to his own death, the player has entered a state where his presence must be equated with nothingness in the country, and the player himself is afraid that he will not dare to return to China. Here, the author can only be anonymous instead, the player picture the same reason.
V. 1999
Label: Peng Weiguo; Value: $2.35 million.
Peng Weiguo, nicknamed "Yangcheng Shao Shuai", as a representative of the southern school of soccer, Peng Weiguo is known for his excellent passing ability, and the accuracy of the last kick of the deadly ball is like a scalpel.
For two or three years around the mid-1990s, Peng Weiguo was the No. 1 midfielder in Chinese soccer. 1994 was Peng's peak year, as the core player of Guangzhou Sunshine, he helped the team to reach the second place in the league in an unfavorable situation, and was honored with the Golden Ball Award of China. In the same year, at the Hiroshima Asian Games, Peng Weiguo helped the Chinese men's soccer team win silver as an absolute starter.
By 1999, compared to the 94-95 period, Peng Weiguo's form had actually declined, but the avant-garde Huan Dao team still took out a king-size transfer fee of 2.35 million yuan to buy Peng Weiguo. However, it proved to be a losing business. In the two years he played for Vanguard Hundo, Peng scored 6 goals in 27 matches, a far cry from his peak of 8 goals and 6 assists.
By 2000, Peng Weiguo moved to Shenzhen Safety. In the first season, Peng had 4 goals and 7 assists, which was a slight recovery of the shadow of his heyday. Unfortunately, due to his involvement in the "Six Gentlemen" incident, Peng Weiguo, who originally had an excellent image, became infamous and quickly faded out of the soccer world amidst a wave of criticism.
VI. 2000
Marker: Au Chuliang; Value: $4.97 million.
After several seasons of development, the A-League has achieved a certain degree of success in the degree of commercialization, and even the national team in the A-League after the launch of the years after the performance is very strong, China's ball market is naturally lit up, the price of the players naturally rises.
Coming to the millennium year that marked a new hope, the transfer fee of the champion was directly rewritten by doubling, and the owner of the throne was Au Chuliang, who was 32 years old at the time. As a goalkeeper, Au Chuliang is not tall, winning with reaction speed and bouncing.
Looking back at the working life of this Guangdong goalkeeper, the peak was in the mid to late 1990s. After the opening of the 2000 transfer window, the wealthy Yunnan Hongta recruited Au Chuliang, who was already one of the leading figures in the first division of the A-League, for close to 5 million RMB, and the latter teamed up with his mentor Qi Wusheng again in Yunnan. After three mediocre seasons in the A-League, Au was put up for sale and eventually went to Chongqing Lifan to hang up his boots and retire.
VII, 2001
TAGGED: Qu Shengqing; Value: $5.5 million.
Older A-League fans who know about the last three years of the A-League will probably remember that Shanghai's salons were really big spenders in those years. From 2001 to 2003, the Salon from Shanghai contracted three years of local champions.
After entering the new century, Liao Football, once a glamorous team, was caught in a financial crisis. In order to maintain operations, they had to put their own outstanding players on the market for sale, the old A A scorer Qu Shengqing among them.
In 2001, Shanghai Shenhua paid 5.5 million RMB to acquire Qu Shengqing, the main striker of the Liaozhuang team, in order to break Dalian's dominance in the soccer world. Unfortunately, after arriving in Shanghai, Qu Shengqing lost his dominance at Liaozhu and his performance slipped.
In order to activate the Qu Shengqing and incidentally strengthen the team, Shanghai Shenhua in two years later and spent a sky-high price to buy the Qu Shengqing past partner in the Liaozhou football jade face killer Zhang Yuning. Unfortunately, after the merger, the two brothers in the Shenhua manifestation is not too superb, Qu Shengqing directly by Shenhua listed for sale.
Due to Qu Shengqing's high listing price and unconvincing previous performances, no local team eventually wanted the local winger, who was once known for his impact power. To cut their losses, Shanghai Shenhua loaned Qu Shengqing to Adelaide United of the Australian Premier League in 2005, who then officially bought him out.
Ironically enough, in the early stages of joining the AFL, Qu Shengqing unexpectedly rejuvenated the glory of the Chinese winger of the past, scoring frequently in the early stages, and at one time was regarded as a contender for the best foreign aid in the AFL season. It was only later, after injuring his calf, that Qu Shengqing's performance declined. During the two years he played for Adelaide, Qu Shengqing scored 8 goals in 26 appearances, and was loaned back to Nanjing Yau Yau Salon to find his form. After being dropped by Adelaide in 2007, Qu Shengqing entered semi-retirement and disappeared from the mainstream.
VIII, 2002
Marker: Qi Hong; Value: 9.5 million.
Who is the fastest rising Chinese soccer player after the new century, the answer is not Qi Hong, who is known for his aura. As a forward player, Qi Hong's physical qualities are not exactly explosive. He can play several positions, including defender and striker, and his positioning, long range shooting, headers, and final passes are all very good.
Qi Hong scored three golden goals in the 2001 Final Ten stage, and was instrumental in the Chinese men's soccer team's advancement to the 2002 World Cup final round. On the club side, Qihong played well at Shenhua, both as a shadow striker and at the back.
In 2002, Shanghai COSCO, a new team aiming to make a name for itself in the first division of the A League, was keen to get Qi Hong and paid a transfer fee of 9.5 million dollars for the player. Unfortunately, Qi Hong after the athletic state began to decline rapidly, performance began to be difficult to get the recognition of the national team. After that, Qi Hong is a ghost, into the lost, and ended up kicking the fake ball into the miserable end of prison, really sad.
IX, 2003
Label: Wu Cheng Ying; Value: 13 million.
A year after the big purchase of Qi Hong, the rich and powerful Shanghai COSCO again move to 13 million of the amazing price of the first left back Wu Chengying, the latter also became the last bidder under the A A era.
There is no doubt about Wu Chengying's caliber. In terms of speed, defensive prowess, assisting on the ball, driving from the side, and work ethic, Wu in his heyday was a T1 or even T0 level player in the Chinese soccer world. At the time, Wu was worth the price tag. After joining Shanghai COSCO, Wu continued to play well, helping Shanghai COSCO finish second in the last A League and third in the first year of the Chinese Super League, justifying his status as the top bidder.
At the end of the 2006 season, Wu had planned to return to Shenhua to play for the then renamed Xi'an Internationals, but the merger of Shenhua and Liancheng failed to materialize. After witnessing the chaos and even darkness of the soccer world, Wu chose to retire early at the age of 31 and leave the troubled world of soccer.
When various former teammates were taken away for investigation, Wu Chengying always stayed away from the center of the storm, proving that he was a clean person. When asked to recall his working life, Wu Seung-ying always answered that he had no shame.
