Hao Haidong

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Chinese footballer

Gender:

Male

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China

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Sports official Athlete Football player Association football player Association football manager

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Sports

Birth:

25 August 1970(Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China)

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Introduction

Hao Haidong (simplified Chinese: 郝海东; traditional Chinese: 郝海東; pinyin: Hǎo Hǎidōng; born 9 May 1970) is a former Chinese footballer who predominantly played for Dalian Shide in the Chinese Super League and former chairman of Tianjin Songjiang. He is widely regarded as the best striker the Chinese national team has ever had and is currently the record top goalscorer for the team.

Club career

Bayi FC

Hao Haidong would make a name for himself by rising through the ranks with Bayi FC and would personally see his career flourish with the advent of full professionalism within China where he would sharpen his skills as a prolific goalscorer. On 31 July 1994, Hao was involved in an on-the-pitch brawl with Craig Allardyce, son of 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 November 1992	Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima, Japan	United Arab Emirates	1–1	1–1 (4–3 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	17 July 1996	Beijing, China	Uruguay	1–1	1–1	Friendly international
11	25 September 1996	Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	1–0	1–3	Friendly international
12	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
14	29 January 1997	Kunming, China	United States	1–0	2–1	Friendly international
15	23 February 1997	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	Finland	2–1	2–1	Friendly international
16	2 March 1997	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–0	3–0	Friendly international
17	20 April 1997	Beijing, China	Myanmar	2–0	5–0	Friendly international
18	11 May 1997	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Tajikistan	1–0	1–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
19	25 May 1997	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	3–1	3–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
20	22 June 1997	Beijing, China	Vietnam	2–0	4–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
21	26 September 1997	Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–1	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
22	10 October 1997	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	1–0	2–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
23	6 November 1997	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1–1	1–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier
24	27 June 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	3–0	3–0	Friendly international
25	10 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Oman	1–0	6–1	1998 Asian Games
26	14 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Turkmenistan	3–0	3–0	1998 Asian Games
27	16 January 2000	Guangzhou, China	Uruguay	1–0	1–0	2000 Four Nations Tournament
28	23 January 2000	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Philippines	4–0	8–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
29	26 January 2000	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Guam	1–0	19–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
30	26 January 2000	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Guam	9–0	19–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
31	26 January 2000	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Guam	10–0	19–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
32	26 January 2000	Thong Nhat Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Guam	12–0	19–0	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
33	5 August 2001	Shanghai, China	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	3–0	2001 Four Nations Tournament
34	25 August 2001	Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shenyang, China	United Arab Emirates	3–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
35	13 October 2001	Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Shenyang, China	Qatar	3–0	3–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
36	3 February 2004	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Finland	2–1	2–1	Friendly international
37	18 February 2004	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou, China	Kuwait	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
38	31 March 2004	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
39	9 June 2004	TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin, China	Malaysia	1–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier
40	21 July 2004	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	Indonesia	2–0	5–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup
41	30 July 2004	Workers Stadium, Beijing, China	Iraq	1–0	3–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup