Hao Haidong
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hao Haidong | ||
| Date of birth | 9 May 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Qingdao, Shandong, China | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1986 | Bayi FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1997 | Bayi FC | 48 | (19) |
| 1997–2005 | Dalian Shide | 130 | (78) |
| 2005–2007 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 178 | (97) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2004 | China | 107 | (41[1]) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | Dalian Shide (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hao Haidong (simplified Chinese: 郝海东; traditional Chinese: 郝海東; pinyin: Hǎo Hǎidōng; born 9 May 1970) is a Chinese former international footballer. He currently holds the record for being China's top goalscorer.
As a player he represented Bayi FC, Dalian Shide and Sheffield United in a career that saw him win five league titles and one Chinese FA Cup. Along with two Chinese Football Association Player of the Year awards 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 Xiangjun before being chairman of Tianjin Songjiang, which he left in 2012.[2][3]
Club career
Bayi FC
Hao Haidong would make a name for himself by rising through the ranks with Bayi FC. 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 Hongyuan. 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.[4] While his personal performances with Bayi remained impressive, the club were not genuine title contenders and 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.[5]
Dalian Shide
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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] His stature within Dalian Shide would be so high that when then manager Milorad Kosanović 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
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.[10] Hao joined Sheffield United in January 2005 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.[11] With no further opportunities, Hao decided to call time on his playing career and retire.
International career
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. Hao is considered to be the best striker from China in the past two decades.
Personal life
Hao's son, Hao Runze, currently plays for Granada CF B.[12]
Career statistics
International goals
Honours
Individual
References
- ^ "Hao Haidong – Century of International Appearances". rsssf.com. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "郝海东出手收购湖南湘军(图)". sohu.com. 18 July 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "松江宣布郝海东下课裴恩才挂帅 携泰达战略合作". sports.sohu.com. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "足球报：在流浪中死去". news.sports.cn. 14 January 2004. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "本期人物：郝海东". sports.163.com. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "China League 1997". rsssf.com. 21 June 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Asian Club Competitions 1997/98". rsssf.com. 6 January 2003. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Profile of Hao Haidong". runsky.com. 25 February 2004. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Cup Winners' Cup 2000/01". rsssf.com. 27 August 2001. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Veteran Hao Haidong to join Blades for a quid". chinadaily.com.cn. 24 December 2004. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Sheffield United 1-2 Colchester United, FAC3, 7 Jan 2006".
- ^ "西甲球队签约郝海东爱子5年" (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Hao Haidong - Century of International Appearances
- ^ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
External links
- Hao Haidong's personal website
- Hao Haidong at Soccerbase
- International stats at teamchina
- Player profile at sodasoccer.com
- Hao Haidong at National-Football-Teams.com
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Chinese footballers
- Footballers from Qingdao
- China international footballers
- Chinese football managers
- 1992 AFC Asian Cup players
- 1996 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2004 AFC Asian Cup players
- FIFA Century Club
- Bayi Football Team players
- Dalian Shide F.C. players
- Chinese expatriate footballers
- Chinese expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Asian Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for China
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games