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Jan 12, 2024 · The now-38-year-old’s visit was his first return since departing in 2008, and so it was apt that one of the first people he ran into was a familiar face: his old team-mate Wes Brown.
Jan 13, 2024 · Manchester United’s only ever Chinese player, Dong Fangzhuo, has recalled his move to Old Trafford and his subsequent experience at the club. Speaking to the official club website, the former...
Dec 19, 2019 · “When I first arrived, I was lonely,” he told The Guardian, via an interpreter, in late 2004. “I was living in a hotel and I didn’t have a car.
- Oliver Kay
Nov 21, 2020 · In January 2004, Dong Fangzhuo signed for Manchester United from Chinese side, Dalian Shide. Aged just 18, Fangzhuo became the first east Asian player to join the ‘Red Devils’. Not only were the hopes of his new club resting on him, but also the eagerly awaiting gaze of China – a country still seeking its first footballing superstar.
Nov 11, 2023 · In late 2004, Fangzhuo admitted to being "lonely" when he first arrived in Manchester. “I was living in a hotel and I didn’t have a car," he told The Guardian. "I didn’t know anyone and...
- Jack Kenmare
Jul 22, 2023 · With Dong’s arrival at Manchester United from Dalian Shide in China, he became the poster boy for Chinese and South Asian football – without having even played a single game for the Chinese...
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He was a regular for the Manchester United reserves, and on 9 May 2007, Dong made his Premier League debut, partnering Ole Gunnar Solskjær up front against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. [6] He made a further appearance for the club at Old Trafford, playing the entire match in a 2–0 defeat to Coventry City in the League Cup on 26
