"Best Model Foreigner in Retreating Chinese Football" Ends a Brilliant Career → Held a Retirement Event at the End of the Year
"Best Model Foreigner in Retreating Chinese Football" Ends a Brilliant Career → Held a Retirement Event at the End of the Year
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Former Chinese national soccer team striker Elkesson (36, Chinese Iker Sun), who ended his stellar career, will hold a retirement game.
Chinese portal Sohu Dotcom announced on the 12th (local time) that "Elkesson will hold a retirement game at the end of this year." The naturalized superstar, once nicknamed "Ego" among fans, infested the entire Chinese soccer community with a more intense "memory murder" just 48 hours after the announcement of his retirement, according to the report.
There is an 80% chance that it will be held in Guangzhou, described by Elkesson as "the second home," Sohu added.
Elkesson is considered one of the best outsiders in Chinese soccer history. After joining Guangzhou Hengda for 5.7 million euros in 2013, Elkesson and Konza Muriqi established a "triple last ditch" to lead Guangzhou to a two-time Asian Champions League championship. He was a two-time top scorer in the Chinese Super League.
When the Chinese Football Association implemented its naturalization policy in 2019, Elkesson decided to naturalize as a "model student" who played in the Chinese Super League for five years. Although he played 19 A matches, he did not meet expectations, but his professional attitude became a benchmark for naturalized players, according to Sohu.
The media outlet said, "Elkesson has always been the first player to arrive at the training site. Such professionalism is all the more valuable in the Chinese Super League, where money-based soccer is declining." After moving to Shanghai Sanggang in 2016, Elkesson returned to Guangzhou in 2019 and played for three years. Elkesson, who was immersed in Gremiu in 2022, returned to China and ended his career at Chengdu Rongcheng.
Elkesson played in 298 matches in the Chinese Super League, scoring 155 goals and 79 assists. It is his third career goal. Elkesson also has a market value of over 300 million euros in his entire career. He has always been the subject of fear in the K-League, which meets him in the Asian Champions League.
Sohu said, "Elkesson's retirement game is not just a charity game but a spiritual legacy of the golden age of Chinese football. The organizing committee is said to have contacted legends like Kaolin and Zheng Zhi to recreate the classic lineup of the Guangzhou dynasty." 스포츠토토
There is also a possibility that Kim Young-kwon, a center back who currently plays for Ulsan, will be invited. Kim served as a key Guangzhou defender for six years from 2012 to 2018, contributing to six Chinese Super League wins and two Asian Champions League wins.