On the night of April 10th, the Nantong Zhiyun team of the Central League made a big announcement through its official microblog, announcing three new additions to the team, each player bringing their own light. Below is the content of the team's official announcement.
First, the usher was Chen Fujun.
Born on November 8, 1997, the Shanghai-based player, who is 180CM tall and weighs 70KG, has shown exceptional soccer talent since his childhood. After the selection process, Chen Fujun entered Chongming Genbao base to receive professional soccer training. In the Genbao soccer team, he represented the team in the domestic league at all levels of success.
In 2015, Chen Fujun joined Shanghai SIPG's ladder team, and after a year of sharpening his skills, he was promoted to SIPG's reserve team in 2016, becoming a mainstay of the Chinese Super League Reserve League and helping the team win the 2016 season's Chinese Super League Reserve Team Championship.
In order to integrate into the first team more quickly, Chen Fujun moved to Shenzhen Jiazhaoye in the 2017 season. In the same year, he won the U20 National Games for the Shanghai Football Association.
Chen Fujun was selected for the Shenzhen first team in the 2018 season thanks to his outstanding performance in the reserve team. In the same year, he made his debut for Shenzhen in the AFC Cup. In the 2019 season, Chen Fujun made eight appearances and six starts in the Chinese Super League, and was named the best U23 player of the round after contributing a key assist against Shanghai Shenhua.
Chen Fujun is a skilled player with solid fundamentals, capable of playing in a variety of positions such as front back, center forward, side forward and side defender. Nantong Zhiyun believes that the addition of Chen Fujun will bring new vitality to the team in both offense and defense.
Followed by Tao Hongliang.
Born on February 17, 1997, the Shandong player, with a height of 178CM and a weight of 69KG, can play in a variety of positions on the field, such as front back, side forward and center forward. Tao Hongliang trained and played for Shandong Luneng's U12-17 ladder team from the 2009 to 2014 seasons, and played in the Chinese Super League with Shandong Luneng's reserve team from the 2015 to 2017 seasons, representing Shandong U20 in the Tianjin National Games.
In July 2017, Tao Hongliang moved to Norwegian Superliga side Stabaek, and on November 7, he made his Norwegian Premier League debut against Vikings, becoming the first Chinese player to appear in the Norwegian Premier League.
His stay in Norway allowed Tao Hongliang to improve quickly, and he joined Taizhou Yuanda Football Club for the 2019 to 2020 season, becoming the team's main U23 player.
Tao Hongliang is known for his physical fitness, aggressive running and wide range of motion, as well as his expertise in pass-catching and defensive anticipation, and the Nantong Zhiyun team is looking forward to his joining the team.
Finally, there's Qiu Zhongyi.
Born on February 23, 1996, Qiu Zhongyi is 187cm tall and weighs 75KG. Influenced by his father, Qiu Zhongyi has been involved in soccer since he was a child, and at the age of 8, he emigrated to Australia with his parents and began to receive professional soccer training. In Australia, Qiu Zhongyi joined the South East Piranhas club and won the Victorian U13, U14 and U16 championships for three consecutive years.
In 2013, 17-year-old Qiu Zhongyi came to Argentina with his mother to pursue his soccer dream. After several rounds of trials, he successfully joined the Argentine youth club and became a former teammate of Maradona, Riquelme and other soccer stars.
His soccer career in Argentina has given Qiu Zhongyi a new understanding and love for soccer. He said that compared with Australian soccer, Argentina's competition is higher level and faster pace, and the offense is done more through ground cooperation. Argentinean teams usually play an all-attacking, all-defending game, and the players work well together.
Qiu Zhongyi's experience of playing soccer in Argentina has given him a deep understanding of how competitive the game is. Many of the players come from the slums, and soccer is the only way for them to change their lives, so they put great effort into their training and games.
