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New Guangdong Sunray Cave striker Petar Jelic opened his scoring account in the China League One with a header in last weekend’s draw with Qingdao. The 27-year-old has two caps for Bosnia and has previously played in Serbia, Germany,… Read More
Hong Kong national team manager Kim Pan-Gon is an affable and wise man who has spent the last fourteen years at the heartbeat of Hong Kong football. Sporting success in this 24/7 city is often far and few… Read More
Newly promoted Harbin Yiteng came through their first Chinese Super League match on the wrong end of a creditable 1-0 scoreline at last season’s runners-up and AFC Champions League competitors Shandong Luneng. Speaking exclusively to Wild East Football after… Read More
Even to seasoned correspondents, the lower reaches of the Chinese football league system can have an air of mystery about them. With the China League One season kicking off on March 15, Wild East Football delves into this… Read More
A curiosity of the 2013 season was the continued reign of Guizhou Renhe’s Gong Lei as ‘caretaker’ manager at the club despite being in charge for the entirety of a successful CFA Cup winning and AFC Champions League… Read More
What is your impression of China? Can you use chop sticks? Do you speak Chinese? For too long the foreign football player in China has been subject to the same questions from interviewers and we at Wild East… Read More
December’s annual AFC Awards were a major success for China, with Guangzhou Evergrande’s success in the Champions League ensuring that the country was well represented when it came to the gala in Kuala Lumpur. Of course, while it… Read More
Who the greatest Italian manager of all time? Very few would disagree with Marcello Lippi. Winner of five Serie A titles, the UEFA Champions League and the 2006 World Cup, the 65 year old manager of Guangzhou Evergrande… Read More
Capped once by Canada at the beginning of 2013, Mason Trafford ended the Chinese season without a club after Guizhou Zhicheng suffered relegation to a league where foreign players are not permitted. On the last day of the… Read More
Former EPL star Yakubu Aiyegbeni is enjoying some of the form of his career at Guangzhou R&F after being reunited with his old Leicester boss, ex-England manager Sven Goran-Eriksson, with the “Yak” scoring 15 goals in 29 games… Read More
