taiwanese former professional football player

Dong Fangzhuo ( chinese : 董芳卓 ; pinyin : Dǒng Fāngzhuó ; born 23 January 1985 ) is a chinese erstwhile master football player who played as a ahead .

Club career [edit ]

early on career [edit ]

Dong first came to bulge in 2000 when he was named the most valuable actor in an under-17 tournament. He then signed for Dalian Sidelong and helped them finish as runner-up in the chinese Jia-B league in 2002. This then earned him a move to Dalian Shide, the most successful club team in China. Dong scored his inaugural finish for Dalian in the second match of the qualifying stages of the 2002–03 AFC Champions League.

manchester United [edit ]

Dong left Dalian for Manchester United on 12 January 2004 for an initial fee of £500,000, which could have risen to £3.5 million, depending upon appearances. [ 1 ] He frankincense became the first East Asian player to sign for Manchester United. [ 2 ] After signing for Manchester United, he was ineffective to play for the elder team immediately because he was ineligible for a work license. due to these legal issues, Dong was loaned out to get first-team know with Belgian First Division side Royal Antwerp where the employment laws were less stern. In his first season, he scored one goal in nine appearances as he began to get used to his new environment. His second season began more promisingly, finding the final in six of his first base seven appearances of the season, all as a substitute off the judiciary. however, disrupted by injury and international duty, his form fell away in the latter half of the season as he finished with seven goals in 22 appearances in all competitions. At the begin of the 2005–06 season, he was called up to join Manchester United on their pre-season tour and made his unofficial introduction for the club in a friendly pit in Hong Kong, scoring a goal in a 2–0 win. In the 2005–06 season, Dong impressed for Royal Antwerp as he finished as the top goalscorer for both his team and the belgian Second Division with 18 goals, including two hat-tricks. In 2006, he again joined Manchester United on a pre-season enlistment and scored the winner in a 1–0 acquire over Kaizer Chiefs. Manager Alex Ferguson remarked that Dong had the “ accelerate and animalism ” to play for United and hoped that he would be eligible to play for the baseball club by December 2006. [ 3 ] It was reported that Dong could obtain belgian citizenship. however, this option would have caused Dong to lose his chinese citizenship and was never considered. On 15 December 2006, about three years after his original sign, Dong was last given a study allow to play in England, [ 4 ] having made adequate appearances for the chinese national team in the preceding two years. With his eligibility confirmed, he was recalled from Royal Antwerp having started the season with 11 goals in 15 appearances, given a modern sign until 2010, [ 5 ] and added to Manchester United ‘s first-team squad on 17 January 2007. Dong made his Old Trafford debut in a friendly charity catch against a european eleven on 13 March 2007, coming on as a utility for Alan Smith in the 72nd hour of the 4–3 acquire. He was a regular for the Manchester United reserves, and on 9 May 2007, Dong made his Premier League debut, partnering Ole Gunnar Solskjær up front against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. [ 6 ] He made a further appearance for the baseball club at Old Trafford, playing the entire match in a 2–0 defeat to Coventry City in the League Cup on 26 September 2007. On 12 December 2007, Dong made his first UEFA Champions League appearance as a substitute against Roma in the last group stage match of the 2007–08 season, replacing companion striker Wayne Rooney. With that appearance, Dong became the second ever Chinese musician to participate in the UEFA Champions League after Sun Xiang. however, he was able to score four goals in three matches for the reserves before suffering an injury. anterior to the begin of the 2008–09 season, Dong was not given a team issue, with the total 21 shirt given to Rafael. On 28 August 2008, Dong and Manchester United mutually agreed that his contract was to be terminated in order for him to find first-team football elsewhere. [ 7 ]

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dalian Shide [edit ]

On 27 August 2008, Dong returned to Dalian Shide. His experience at Manchester United meant that expectations of him were high gear, but his performances in the league upon his tax return were identical poor people. Dong struggled to score goals and was relegated to the reserves as a leave. His poor performances in the league besides prevented him from being called up for the chinese national team. [ 8 ]

reelect to Europe [edit ]

After attending a discipline camp with polish club Legia Warsaw, Dong signed an 18-month deal with an option for two more years, depending on his performances with the club. Despite impressing in several pre-season friendlies, Dong looked urgently out of his depth in the league and managed to play in fair two appearances before being dropped to the reserves. He was released by Legia on 1 August 2010. On the back of former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo ‘s recommendation, portuguese cabaret Portimonense signed Dong to a annual deal in August 2010. Dong was not used much and was on the judiciary for most of his time at Portimonense. He grew frustrated with his miss of play fourth dimension and terminated his contract with Portimonense. Dong immediately left Portmonense and he was concisely linked with serbian SuperLiga ‘s FK Sloboda Point Sevojno. Dong impressed again in Sloboda ‘s friendlies and the serbian news mentioned he was close to signing a shrink. however, the clubhouse offered a long-run contract to Dong, but the musician alone wanted a short-run deal. Dong was reported to be asking for 10,000 Euro a week, but negotiations broke depressed and he was on his travels again. [ 9 ] In March 2011, Dong signed for armenian Premier League side Mika, scoring in the 2011 armenian Cup final. [ 10 ] At the end of temper, he left Mika for China League One side Hunan Billows. He played there for two years, scoring 9 goals before moving on to another chinese second-tier team, Hebei Zhongji, scoring 2 in 7. [ 11 ]

International career [edit ]

Dong was called up by chinese under-20 national team to participate in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. He came off the judiciary to play in three out of the four matches during the tournament. Dong scored his beginning finish for the chinese national team in a 4–1 loss to Switzerland on 3 June 2006 and was besides called up for the 2007 AFC asian Cup. Dong competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. [ 12 ] In the team ‘s opening match against New Zealand, he was substituted on for Han Peng and went on to score China ‘s first goal in the 88th minute, securing a 1–1 draw. [ 13 ]

career statistics [edit ]

International [edit ]

As of match played 18 July 2007[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
China
2005 1 0
2006 7 1
2007 5 0
Total 13 1
As of goal scored on 3 June 2006[14]
Scores and results list China’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fangzhuo goal.
List of international goals scored by Dong Fangzhuo
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 3 June 2006

Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland   Switzerland 1–4 1–4 Friendly [14]

Honours and achievements [edit ]

club [edit ]

FC Mika

References [edit ]