Chinese footballer (born 1970)
Hao Haidong
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Full name
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Hao Haidong
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Date of birth
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(
1970-05-09
)
9 May 1970
(age 54)
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Place of birth
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Qingdao
,
Shandong
, China
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Height
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1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
[1]
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Position(s)
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Striker
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1980?1986
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Bayi
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Years
|
Team
|
Apps
|
(
Gls
)
|
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1986?1996
|
Bayi
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48
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(19)
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1997?2004
|
Dalian Shide
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130
|
(78)
|
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2005?2006
|
Sheffield United
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0
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(0)
|
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Total
|
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178
|
(97)
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1992?2004
|
China
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106
|
(39
[2]
)
|
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|
2004
|
Dalian Shide
(caretaker)
|
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals
|
Hao Haidong
(
simplified Chinese
:
?海?
;
traditional Chinese
:
?海東
;
pinyin
:
H?o H?id?ng
; born 9 May 1970)
[3]
is a Chinese former international footballer. He currently holds the record for being China's top goalscorer.
As a player he represented
Bayi Football Team
,
Dalian Shide
and
Sheffield United
in a career that saw him win six league titles and two
Chinese FA Cup
. Along with a
Chinese Football Association
Player of the Year award and three
Chinese Jia-A League
Top goalscorer awards. Since retiring he had a brief spell at management with Dalian Shide and was the General manager at
Hunan Shoking
before being Chairman of
Tianjin Songjiang
, which he left in 2012.
[4]
[5]
Hao married former badminton champion
Ye Zhaoying
in summer 2019.
[6]
Club career
[
edit
]
Hao Haidong would make a name for himself by rising through the ranks with
Bayi Football Team
.
[7]
On 31 July 1994, Hao was involved in an on-the-pitch brawl with
Craig Allardyce
, son of former English manager
Sam Allardyce
, in Bayi's league match with
Guangdong Winnerway
. This resulted in Hao and Allardyce receiving a half-year ban by the
Chinese Football Association
and thus Hao was not allowed to play for the
Chinese national team
in the
1994 Asian Games
.
[8]
While his personal performances with Bayi remained impressive, the team were not genuine title contenders anymore due to the club's struggles with professionalism and a requirement that all their players remain active
People's Liberation Army
members.
[9]
With a significantly improved salary and a chance to win more silverware he would transfer to reigning league champions
Dalian Shide
at the beginning of the 1997 league season for a club record fee of 2,200,000 yuan at the time.
[10]
Dalian Shide
[
edit
]
His move to
Dalian Shide
would be a huge success and he would win the league title and
Chinese FA Super Cup
as well as also personally winning the Golden Boot and Golden Ball award in the 1997 season.
[11]
The following season, Hao would continue to add to his medal collection with another league title and more personal awards while barely losing the
Asian Club Championship
as well.
[12]
While Hao would be applauded for his football achievements and was even starting to be known as the "Chinese
Alan Shearer
", he would also show a darker aspect of his game after being fined for attacking a player on 15 March 1998 and was suspended for two games. This would also be followed by a year suspension by the
Asian Football Confederation
for spitting at a referee during the
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
.
[13]
Due to the suspension, Hao would miss out on much of the 1999 league season, however this wouldn't hinder him at all and his prolific goalscoring would continue to see him win several more league titles, the
Chinese FA Cup
and the
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
runners-up medal.
[14]
His stature within Dalian Shide would be so high that when then manager
Milorad Kosanovi?
left the club, Hao was immediately brought in as a caretaker to manage the team during the absence of a full-time manager.
Sheffield United
[
edit
]
In January 2005, Hao was nearing the end of his career and received the chance to play abroad as
English Championship
side
Sheffield United
were increasingly interested in gaining access to a potentially lucrative footballing market and saw Hao as a symbolic first step in achieving this.
Dalian Shide
would release him as a gesture of goodwill following his record of good service towards the club and Sheffield United decided to make the transfer symbolic when Hao joined them for a record low transfer fee at the time by signing for £1 in 2005.
[15]
In January 2005, Hao joined Sheffield United where he suffered from injuries and worked mainly as a coach in Sheffield's academy. His only appearance came as a substitute in the
2005?06 FA Cup
on 7 January 2006 in a 2?1 loss against
Colchester United
.
[6]
[16]
With no further opportunities, Hao retired and returned to China.
[6]
International career
[
edit
]
Hao enjoyed a stellar international career by playing at the
2002 FIFA World Cup
and is the record top goalscorer with 41 goals for the
Chinese national team
. Although China never made progress into Asia’s final qualifying round 2006 (finished behind Kuwait), Hao led his country in a bid to reach Germany.
[17]
Hao is considered to be the best striker from China in the past two decades.
Personal life
[
edit
]
With his ex-wife Chen Yi, Hao has a son,
Runze Hao
(
???
), who is also a professional football player,
[18]
and a daughter named Hao Runhan (??涵). Hao married former badminton champion
Ye Zhaoying
in summer 2019.
[6]
As of present, Hao and Ye reside in
Malaga, Spain
.
[19]
Political views
[
edit
]
On 4 June 2020, on the
31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests
, Hao Haidong and his wife Ye Zhaoying publicly denounced the
Chinese Communist Party
, including for its mishandling of professional sports,
Tibet
,
Hong Kong
, and the
COVID-19 pandemic
. "Football in China is a reflection of the country ... it's not the players that make it worse, it's the bureaucrats that damage the whole business by ignoring the rules", they said. They advocated the formation of a "
New Federal State of China
", a proposal supported by Chinese dissident
Miles Kwok
and American political strategist
Steve Bannon
.
[20]
[21]
In response, the Chinese Communist Party first issued statements harshly criticizing Hao and Ye, and then altered course to expunge all references to them from the Chinese-accessible internet?the
Weibo
accounts of Hao and Ye were deleted, and their online profiles on major portals in China ? Sina Sports and Tencent Sport – were expunged.
[6]
Six days later, in an interview with
The Wall Street Journal
, Hao and Ye reiterated their criticism of one-party rule in China and restated their willingness to advocate for human rights despite potential political and personal costs: "There are many people who think the same way as we do but they don't dare to speak up inside the country ? and they are becoming less and less willing to speak."
[22]
It is extremely rare, if not unprecedented, for a successful Chinese sports star to unleash such a blistering public denunciation of the Communist Party and openly call for its downfall. Dissidents who publicly criticize the party or demand democratic reforms often face lengthy prison sentences. Hao has been outspoken on social and sports issues, but had not directly challenged the Communist Party prior to this occasion.
[23]
Career statistics
[
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]
International goals
[
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]
#
|
Date
|
Venue
|
Opponent
|
Score
|
Result
|
Competition
|
1
|
30 February 1
|
Hiroshima Big Arch
,
Hiroshima
,
Japan
|
United Arab Emirates
|
1
?1
|
2?2 (4?5
PSO
)
|
1992 AFC Asian Cup
|
2
|
22 May 1993
|
Al Hassan Stadium
,
Irbid
,
Jordan
|
Pakistan
|
4
?0
|
5?0
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
3
|
12 June 1993
|
Chengdu Sports Centre
,
Chengdu
,
China
|
Pakistan
|
2
?0
|
3?0
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
4
|
26 October 1995
|
Workers Stadium
,
Beijing
,
China
|
Colombia
|
1
?0
|
2?1
|
Friendly international
|
5
|
30 January 1996
|
Mong Kok Stadium
,
Hong Kong
|
Macau
|
6
?1
|
7?1
|
1996 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
|
6
|
1 February 1996
|
Mong Kok Stadium
,
Hong Kong
|
Philippines
|
1
?0
|
7?0
|
1996 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
|
7
|
1 February 1996
|
Mong Kok Stadium
,
Hong Kong
|
Philippines
|
2
?0
|
7?0
|
1996 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
|
8
|
1 February 1996
|
Mong Kok Stadium
,
Hong Kong
|
Philippines
|
4
?0
|
7?0
|
1996 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
|
9
|
28 June 1996
|
Beijing
,
China
|
New Zealand
|
1
?0
|
2?0
|
Friendly international
|
10
|
25 September 1996
|
Seoul
,
South Korea
|
South Korea
|
1
?0
|
1?3
|
Friendly international
|
11
|
26 November 1996
|
Guangzhou
,
China
|
South Korea
|
1
?1
|
2?3
|
Friendly international
|
13
|
16 December 1996
|
Abu Dhabi
,
United Arab Emirates
|
Saudi Arabia
|
1
?0
|
3?4
|
1996 AFC Asian Cup
|
13
|
23 February 1997
|
Merdeka Stadium
,
Kuala Lampur
,
Malaysia
|
Finland
|
2
?1
|
2?1
|
1997 Dunhill Cup
|
14
|
2 March 1997
|
Merdeka Stadium
,
Kuala Lampur
,
Malaysia
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
3
?0
|
3?0
|
1997 Dunhill Cup
|
15
|
20 April 1997
|
Workers Stadium
,
Beijing
,
China
|
Myanmar
|
2
?0
|
5?0
|
Friendly international
|
16
|
11 May 1997
|
Pamir Stadium
,
Dushanbe
,
Tajikistan
|
Tajikistan
|
1
?0
|
1?0
|
1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
17
|
25 May 1997
|
Thong Nhat Stadium
,
Ho Chi Minh City
,
Vietnam
|
Vietnam
|
3
?1
|
3?1
|
1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
18
|
22 June 1997
|
Workers Stadium
,
Beijing
,
China
|
Vietnam
|
2
?0
|
4?0
|
1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
19
|
26 September 1997
|
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
,
Doha
,
Qatar
|
Qatar
|
1
?1
|
1?1
|
1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
20
|
10 October 1997
|
Kazma SC Stadium
,
Kuwait City
,
Kuwait
|
Kuwait
|
1
?0
|
2?1
|
1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
21
|
6 November 1997
|
King Fahd Stadium
,
Riyadh
,
Saudi Arabia
|
Saudi Arabia
|
1
?1
|
1?1
|
1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
22
|
27 June 1998
|
Rajamangala Stadium
,
Bangkok
,
Thailand
|
Thailand
|
3
?0
|
3?0
|
Friendly international
|
23
|
10 December 1998
|
Supachalasai Stadium
,
Bangkok
,
Thailand
|
Oman
|
1
?0
|
6?1
|
1998 Asian Games
|
24
|
14 December 1998
|
Supachalasai Stadium
,
Bangkok
,
Thailand
|
Turkmenistan
|
3
?0
|
3?0
|
1998 Asian Games
|
25
|
16 January 2000
|
Tianhe Stadium
,
Guangzhou
,
China
|
Uruguay
|
1
?0
|
1?0
|
2000 Four Nations Tournament
|
26
|
23 January 2000
|
Thong Nhat Stadium
,
Ho Chi Minh City
,
Vietnam
|
Philippines
|
4
?0
|
8?0
|
2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
|
27
|
26 January 2000
|
Thong Nhat Stadium
,
Ho Chi Minh City
,
Vietnam
|
Guam
|
1
?0
|
19?0
|
2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
|
28
|
26 January 2000
|
Thong Nhat Stadium
,
Ho Chi Minh City
,
Vietnam
|
Guam
|
9
?0
|
19?0
|
2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
|
29
|
26 January 2000
|
Thong Nhat Stadium
,
Ho Chi Minh City
,
Vietnam
|
Guam
|
10
?0
|
19?0
|
2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
|
30
|
26 January 2000
|
Thong Nhat Stadium
,
Ho Chi Minh City
,
Vietnam
|
Guam
|
12
?0
|
19?0
|
2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
|
31
|
5 August 2001
|
Shanghai Stadium
,
Shanghai
,
China
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
1
?0
|
3?0
|
2001 Four Nations Tournament
|
32
|
25 August 2001
|
Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium
,
Shenyang
,
China
|
United Arab Emirates
|
3
?0
|
3?0
|
2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
33
|
13 October 2001
|
Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium
,
Shenyang
,
China
|
Qatar
|
3
?0
|
3?0
|
2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
34
|
3 February 2004
|
Tianhe Stadium
,
Guangzhou
,
China
|
Finland
|
2
?1
|
2?1
|
Friendly international
|
35
|
18 February 2004
|
Tianhe Stadium
,
Guangzhou
,
China
|
Kuwait
|
1
?0
|
1?0
|
2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
36
|
31 March 2004
|
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
,
Hong Kong
|
Hong Kong
|
1
?0
|
1?0
|
2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
37
|
9 June 2004
|
TEDA Football Stadium
,
Tianjin
,
China
|
Malaysia
|
1
?0
|
4?0
|
2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|
38
|
21 July 2004
|
Workers Stadium
,
Beijing
,
China
|
Indonesia
|
2
?0
|
5?0
|
2004 AFC Asian Cup
|
39
|
30 July 2004
|
Workers Stadium
,
Beijing
,
China
|
Iraq
|
1
?0
|
3?0
|
2004 AFC Asian Cup
|
Correct as of 7 October 2015
[24]
|
Honours
[
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]
Bayi
[25]
Dalian Shide
[25]
Individual
See also
[
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]
References
[
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]
- ^
"Hao Haidong Profile"
.
Premier League
. Retrieved
22 October
2021
.
- ^
"Hao Haidong ? Century of International Appearances"
.
RSSSF
. 10 June 2011
. Retrieved
24 July
2012
.
- ^
"Hao Haidong Biography"
.
ESPN
.
- ^
"?海?出手收?湖南湘?(?)"
. sohu.com. 18 July 2006
. Retrieved
30 January
2018
.
- ^
"松江宣布?海?下?裴恩才?? 携泰??略合作"
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30 January
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.
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a
b
c
d
e
"Chinese sports couple who denounced Communist Party may disappear from record books"
.
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. 5 June 2020.
- ^
Team, Editorial (27 November 2021).
"Hao Haidong: China Greatest Striker Now Removed From History"
.
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. Retrieved
13 March
2022
.
- ^
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16 September
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.
- ^
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1 September
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.
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.
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- ^
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. runsky.com. 25 February 2004. Archived from
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.
- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
24 July
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.
- ^
"Veteran Hao Haidong to join Blades for a quid"
.
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. Retrieved
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.
- ^
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.
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.
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.
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.
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- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
- ^
Shih, Gerry (5 June 2020).
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.
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. Retrieved
12 June
2020
.
- ^
Wong, Chun Han (10 June 2020).
"Chinese Sporting Power Couple Issues Rare Rebuke of Ruling Communist Party"
. The Wall Street Journal
. Retrieved
12 June
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.
- ^
Staff, C. N. N. (7 June 2020).
"A Chinese soccer legend has called for the downfall of the Communist Party in shock videos"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
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2023
.
- ^
"Hao Haidong - Century of International Appearances"
.
RSSSF
.
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. National-football-teams.com. 29 August 2019
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