The Chinese Premier League's former Chinese coach Zhong Shan died!He once won the runner -up of the European War at the age of 90

In the history of England's top league, a Chinese head coach has appeared. His name is Zhongshan (the name is transliteration, formerly known as: Sammy Chung).

Zhongshan was born in July 1932 in the town of Abbinton, the Thames in England. His mother was British, while his father was Chinese.

At the age of 17, Zhongshan began his football career in the Abbinton town team. He was a forward at the court and was soon signed by a higher -level Hedindon. Zhongshan is also the second Chinese professional player in the history of England (the first was Frank Su signed by the Leicester City team in 1945).

At the age of 21, Zhongshan's player's career was even more up to a floor. He had played for the three well -known teams of Reading, Novic, and Waterford until the age of 33 retired. During the period, the three teams appeared 288 times in the league and scored 43 goals.

When Zhongshan retired in Watford, his head coach Bill McGiley happened to be invited by the Eopusvidic team, so Zhongshan began to start himself as the assistant of Michari as the assistant of Michami. Coaching career.

Since then, Zhongshan has followed Michael for a long time. In 1968, the two received the whip of the Wolves and led the team to win the 1972 European Union Cup runner -up and the 1974 League Cup champion. In the 1975-76 season, the Wolves unfortunately downgraded from the top league. Michari resigned and left. Zhong Shan, who was deputy, was righteous and took the team's handsome position. In the next season, Zhongshan soon led the team to win the second league championship to return to the top league, but the opening record of the Wolves in the 1978-1979 season was not good, and he finally finished class.

After leaving the Wolves, Zhongshan was still active for a long time in football. He had gone to the UAE gold gold and also served as the football director of the Barbados national team. He was the coach in the last time that he was the head coach in the English League. 1994-1996 During the year, he coached Donalt Wanderer.

A few days ago, the Wolves issued an announcement that after undergoing long -term illness, Zhong Shan died in his sleep on August 28.

John Richards (1969-1983 played for the Wolves, 194 balls) in the media published a nostalgia for Zhongshan. The players once doubted the ability to coach Zhongshan, but Zhongshan quickly won the respect of each player, which is the biggest trait as a coach.

There has always been a lack of Chinese elements in the Wolves team. They not only have the only Chinese head coach in the history of the top league in England, but also the first team in England to receive the advertisement of Chinese companies sponsored. The team's jersey in the 1982-83 season The logo of the Datong company of Taiwan companies in my country is printed. In the summer of 2016, Fosun Group bought all the shares of the Wolves from the British businessman Steve Morgan at a price of 45 million pounds. Now the team is a 100%Chinese -funded team.

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