Dating back to 1994, the prologue of the first year of Chinese soccer was opened, and the professional league fully implemented the club system, and the A-League came into being. After an initial period of exploration and experimentation, the CFA upgraded the A-League to the Chinese Super League in 2004, marking the official end of the A-League's history.
For the old fans, the A-League carries the passionate years of Chinese professional soccer, and the heroic posture of a generation of A-League players on the green field seems to be still glittering in the river of time. Looking back, the year after the A-League was established, the player transfer market began to be standardized, and the price of players began to truly reflect the market value. Compared to today, the management of the Football Association at that time appeared to be more impartial.
Now it seems, compared to the gold storm swept a long time, the local annual king of the transfer fee record high in the era of the Chinese Super League, the past generations of A A king of the price is really called "real".
In this article, we will take stock and recall the Chinese soccer players who became the king of transfer in the A-A era, in order to arouse the common memories of all of us. Organize the information is not easy, if you think this article is still good, the content is exhaustive, may wish to praise to show encouragement, the author would like to thank all readers first.
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 a defender's background, Li Bing showed great aerial ability in his first season after the transition, and his headers were one of the best in Chinese soccer at the time. In 21 appearances for Liaoning, the 25-year-old Li Bing scored 10 goals and won the A-A Golden Ball Award that year.
Prior to the start of the 1995 A-League, Li Bing was transferred from Liao Football to Guangdong Hongyuan for a fee of 640,000 RMB, becoming the first bidder of the A-League era. After joining Guangdong, Li Bing lived up to his new owner's high expectations and delivered performances worthy of his previous reputation.
During the two seasons of 95-96, Li Bing played 42 games for Guangdong Hongyuan and scored 14 goals. 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 early generation of 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
Label: Da Wangtao; Value: $660,000
Da Wangtao, who played mainly as a front-rower in his career, was known for his fine footwork and awareness in his heyday. In the first half of the 1990s, Wangtao's fame was quite loud.
As a starter for Dalian in the inaugural A-League in 1994, Dawangtao helped Dalian Wanda win the inaugural league title, and in 1995, Dawangtao returned to play for his parent team, Bayi, where he was trained. As a front man, he 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's form declined at lightning speed and he fell out of the first-team players early. After four mediocre seasons in the A-League, Wangtao announced his retirement at Beijing Guoan.
3. 1997
Label: Gao Hongbo; Value: 1.2 million.
Once upon a time, Gao Hongbo was one of the most agile striker killers in Chinese soccer, known for his superb ability to catch chances and grab points. Looking back at Gao's career, his peak was at the beginning of the A-League.
In 1994 the first A A League set sail, has been the national team debut front and the previous National Football League Golden Boot winner Gao Hongbo due to the hard indicators required for the physical test, not to register A A League. After learning of the results, Gao Hongbo had to travel to Singapore to seek employment in the league. In a year for the new Baru team, Gao got the best scorer of the Singapore league.
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, making 34 appearances and scoring 17 goals. Considering the fact that after returning to Beijing Guoan, Gao Hongbo played a lot of games as a substitute, such efficiency has deserved the name of "cold-faced killer".
By 1997, Beijing Guoan entered a period of bloodshed, and a group of veterans became the target of the team's liquidation. Although Gao Hongbo had already passed his prime, his ability was still recognized by the outside world, and many teams were willing to pay real money to get him. In the end, Guangzhou Songri, who were still playing in the first division, bought Gao Hongbo for 1.2 million dollars, making the latter the third annual bidder in the history of the first division.
In the next 1997 A-B league, Gao Hongbo deserved the price tag and won the A-B Golden Boot with 18 goals in a year, bringing Guangzhou Songri back to the A-A league and returning to the national team. In the 1998 A-League, as the core of the team, Gao Hongbo also served as an assistant coach, scoring 4 goals in the year. After realizing that his form had declined significantly and his physical condition was not as good as back then, Gao Hongbo chose to retire at the age of 32.
IV. 1998
Label: anonymous; value: $2.2 million.
Not to mention in the history of the first A, and even in the entire history of Chinese professional soccer, Dalian Wanda to 2.2 million yuan to buy the operation of this winger from the team of the eight one is called the most cost-effective business of a local player.
As one of the totems of the former A-A and the face 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 in China must be equated with nothingness, and the player himself is afraid that he will not dare to return to China. Here, the author can only be replaced by anonymous, the player picture the same reason.
V. 1999
Marker: 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 deservedly became the top midfielder in Chinese soccer. 1994 was Peng Weiguo's peak year, as the core player of Guangzhou Sun God team, he helped the team to reach the second place in the league in an unfavorable situation, and won the Chinese Golden Ball Award. In the same year, at the Hiroshima Asian Games, Peng Weiguo helped the national soccer team win the silver medal as an absolute starter.
By 1999, compared to the 94-95 period, Peng Weiguo's form had actually declined slightly, but the avant-garde Huan Dao team still took out a 2.35 million yuan king-class transfer fee to buy Peng Weiguo. However, the later facts proved that it was a losing business. In the two years he played for Vanguard Hundo, Peng Weiguo played 27 games and scored 6 goals, a far cry from his peak of 8 goals and 6 assists.
By 2000, Peng Weiguo transferred to Shenzhen Safety. In his first season, he scored 4 goals and 7 assists, slightly recovering 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, along with the national team in the A-League after the launch of the years after the performance is very strong, our country's ball market is naturally lit up, the players of the value of the natural rise in the boat.
Come to symbolize the new hope of the millennium, the king of the transfer fee directly doubled to rewrite, and the owner of the throne is the then 32-year-old Au Chuliang. As a goalkeeper, Au Chuliang is not big in stature, winning with his reaction speed and bouncing.
Looking back at the career of this Guangdong goalkeeper, the peak of his career was in the mid-to-late 1990s. After the 2000 transfer window opened, 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 modest seasons in the A-League, Au was put up for sale and eventually retired to Chongqing Lifan.
VII, 2001
Tender: Qu Shengqing; Value: 5.5 million.
Older A-League fans who know about the last three years of A-League probably remember that Shanghai clubs were really big spenders in those years. From 2001 to 2003, the Shanghai clubs were the local champions for three years.
After entering the new century, the once glorious Liao Football 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 former dominance in Liaozhu, and his form slipped dramatically.
In order to activate Qu Shengqing and strengthen the team, Shanghai Shenhua bought Zhang Yuning, Qu Shengqing's former partner in Liaozhu Football Club, at an exorbitant price two years later. Unfortunately, after the merger, the two players did not play very well at Shenhua, and Qu Shengqing was directly listed for sale by Shenhua.
Due to Qu Shengqing's high listing price and unconvincing performance, no local team was willing to get the local winger who was once known for his impact. In order to minimize their losses, Shanghai Shenhua loaned Qu Shengqing to Adelaide United of the Australian Super League in 2005, who then officially bought him out.
Ironically, in the early days of joining the AFL, Qu Shengqing unexpectedly rejuvenated his former glory as a Chinese winger, scoring frequently in the early days, and was once regarded as a contender for the AFL season's best foreign aid. It wasn't until he injured his calf that Qu's form declined. During his two years with Adelaide, Qu made 26 appearances and scored 8 goals, and was loaned back to Nanjing Yau Yau 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 new century after the rise of the fastest Chinese soccer red fried chicken, the answer is not known for the spirit of Qi Hong. As a forward player, Qi Hong's physical qualities are not outstanding. He is able to play several positions, including defender and striker, and his positioning, long-distance shooting, headers, and final passes are all very good.
Qi Hong scored three golden goals in the 2001 Final Ten stage, and was a key contributor to the national 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.
Come 2002, aiming to create a world of A A, the new army of Shanghai COSCO team on Qihong ambition, and for this to shell out 9.5 million of the sky-high transfer fee. Unfortunately, Qi Hong after the competitive state began to decline at light speed, the performance began to be difficult to get the recognition of the national team. After that, Qi Hong is a ghost, misguided, and ended up kicking a fake ball into the miserable end of prison, really sad.
IX, 2003
Label: Wu Cheng Ying; Value: 13 million.
A year after the purchase of Qihong in a large sum of money, the rich and powerful Shanghai COSCO again move to 13 million amazing price to buy the then China's first left back Wu Chengying, the latter also became the last bidder of the A A era.
In terms of ability, Wu Chengying's level is unquestionable. In terms of speed, defense, assist, breakthrough, and work ethic, Wu in his heyday was a T1 or even a TO in the National Football League, in terms of all indicators of a defender. At the time, Wu was worth the price tag. After joining Shanghai COSCO, Wu continued to play well, helping Shanghai COSCO to the second place in the last generation of the first division and the third place in the first year of the Chinese Super League, which is worthy of his status as the king of the bidding.
At the end of the 2006 season, Wu had planned to return to Shenhua to play for the then renamed Xi'an Internationals, but Shenhua was also going through a merger with United City, and that didn't work out in the end. After witnessing the chaos and even darkness of the soccer world, Wu chose to retire at the age of 31 and leave the world of soccer in shambles.
When various former teammates were taken away for investigation, Wu Seung-ying always stayed away from the center of the storm, proving that he was a clean person. When asked to reminisce about his career, Wu Seung-ying always answered that he had no shame.
