[Transfer Winds] August 8, heavy news! Shandong Taishan's rising star striker, Guo Tianyu, aged 25, has announced that he has joined Chiang Rai United FC of the Thai Premier League.
[Chiang Rai United Official Statement Chiang Rai United FC officially announced that it has reached a transfer agreement with Guo Tianyu, the Shandong-born shot-stopper will join the team as a free agent to start his journey in Thai soccer.
Guo Tianyu, born on March 5, 1999, with a height of 192cm, is a rising star of Chinese soccer. He trained with the Shandong Taishan youth team from a young age and gradually grew into a professional player. He has had short loan spells at Wuhan Zall and Vizela Portugal, and has had a brilliant experience at national team level from U16 upwards, but unfortunately, he has not represented the adult national team.
In the new season, Guo Tianyu will wear No. 18 and inject new energy into Chiang Rai United. It is worth mentioning that Guo Tianyu was disqualified from the Chinese Super League registration by Taishan last summer due to gambling involvement, but the German transfer market shows that his contract with Taishan expired in July last year.
In May 2023, Taishan's foreign aid Sun Junhao was arrested on suspicion of match-fixing, and Guo Tianyu was implicated in the incident, causing Taishan to cancel his registration. In May of this year, Guo Tianyu was released from prison, which seemed to signal a new turnaround in his career.
In July, Guo Tianyu showed up at a training ground in Qingdao West Coast, but Qingdao West Coast only provided him with a training ground and not a trial.
[Player Profile Guo Tianyu, 25, joined the Luneng Taishan Football School in 2014 and was promoted to the Shandong Luneng Taishan first team in 2016.In January 2022, he was loaned to Portuguese Premier League side Vizela and made his Portuguese Premier League debut in April.In April 2013, he was selected for his first ever U16 national football team, and in 2017 he was selected for the U20 national football team.
In September 2019, Guo Tianyu was penalized by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) with a six-month disqualification and a six-month ban for violating the rules and regulations of the Chinese Olympic team against Vietnam.In September 2020, he made his debut in the Chinese national team.
[Chiang Rai United New Season Outlook Chiang Rai United ranked 11th in the Thai Premier League last season, and the new season is about to start. The first match will be played on August 12th at 20:00 and Chiang Rai United will meet the new challenge.
