Crystal Palace legend and former China national team captain Fan Zhiyi speaks to Chris Grierson in Hong Kong, looking back fondly on his time in England.
Fan had incredible raw talent, his combination of pace, acceleration, strength and jump ability was worldclass. Unfortunately he had wasted too many years in the Chinese league... If he came to England at a younger age he could be a superstar.
He was one of us - Shanghainese street football players grew up in the streets of an industrial city in 70s, 80s. We worship English, Brazilian, Argentinian footballers, like Diego, Maradona, Caniggia, Keegan, Daglish etc.That was pure adolescent love and imagination rendering us place ourselves in Wembly stadium FA cup or Rio Plata Derby. China will not produce any footballers like him anymore, Fan and his Shanghainese comrades were in a class of their.
He had all the qualities of the great players on the pitch, leadership, skill, work ethic...but off the field one of the most loyal, model professionals and just the all round loveliest person to have around the club. The top footballers now don't give a damn about their clubs, only the size of their paycheck. The likes of Fan and Speroni too with that kind of integrity are so hard to come by these days, it's sad really. Long live general Fan!!!!
Legend! Not to mention the talent on the pitch, just adore his great loyalty and commitment for the club as well as the national team. Shame on many players nowadays.
What a humble guy and an absolute gentleman. I can vaguely remember him playing for Palace. So proud of his club and fierce loyalty to it. So refreshing compared to the greed and mercenary of a lot of today's players. Villa Fan.
Ten years ago, Fan was my neighbor in Shanghai. Later he moved. Now he is the coach of Shanghai Shenhua Youth Training Team. I admire him very much,full marks for mental attributes lol.
Fan was the one of the best players in our country, he and his teammates really brought our experience to a greater level in 2002, we thought that was just a beginning and China will have more more players who are loyal and professional to football, but what we did not know is Fan and his teammates brought us into the most shinning moments then China football went into darkness completely up to today. Fan is now a coach doing his best to train younger players, everytime when we look back to 2002 and before, we really cherish what they gave to us. And I believe most fans like me, cried time and time again...
Fan is a legend and I grew up with seeing him on the pitch as a 80’s. I was a Shanghai shenhua follower. And I’m proud of that he is from Shanghai, my home city. We’ll never see such great players in China...... sad......
to be honest, I don't rate any Chinese football players high but, Fan is an exception. Fan is one of the best Asian defender of all time. He also has a decent attitude as a professional footballer. many of football fans still give respect for him
Sun Jihai was also highly rated. Played for Man City as first team regular before the Middle East money came in. Was an unsung cult hero. Humble, down to earth and played anywhere he was asked to. Never complained even if he had to sit on the bench. Which player today has such attitude?
This is not true, though I respect him a lot. When China qualified for World Cup in 2002, there were a lot of great players in the team, such as Sun in Manchester City. Fan’s status is not as high as Yao’s definitely.
Fan Zhiyi is a symbol of "Golden Generation of Chinese football". They knew the real meaning of loyalty and responsibility. 😂but why does TH-cam send this video to me in 2019
Fan is very funny. He had an interview back in 2013 when Chinese national team suffered an astonishing defeat at that time. He pointed out many exact reasons why Chinese football is so bad but the language and body language he used also made everyone watched that interview to laugh. Football fans in China nominated that interview "the BIBLE" of Chinese football.
i thought that time when china has a player like him will be the rising of chinese football. but it is actually the last legendary moment before chinese football going down. God bless him. grand general fan
He can even speaking with British accent.....that surprised me a lot ....When I saw the sentence he said in the video: I want to stay in Palace. I can still play. You can cut my salary. I'm just want play for the fans ! which greatly moved me so much....
As a Shanghaier who began to watch Fan's performance in 1994，I feel so proud of having a footballer like him who can be crowned as our city hero. China will never see a footballer like him in the next decades of years since Chinese football has already become a farce reflecting every flaw of Chinese corrupt social system.
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"You can cut my salary, I just want to play for the fans" Truely a legend
He looks so proud to be part of Palace. You could see he wanted to cry talking about when he left 😓
Fan's daughter named Fan Si Jing, means ”Fan misses Crystal“， immortal beloved
Fan had incredible raw talent, his combination of pace, acceleration, strength and jump ability was worldclass. Unfortunately he had wasted too many years in the Chinese league... If he came to England at a younger age he could be a superstar.
Good guy, played cos he wanted to not for the money. Loyalty that adebayor could only dream of.
He was one of us - Shanghainese street football players grew up in the streets of an industrial city in 70s, 80s. We worship English, Brazilian, Argentinian footballers, like Diego, Maradona, Caniggia, Keegan, Daglish etc.That was pure adolescent love and imagination rendering us place ourselves in Wembly stadium FA cup or Rio Plata Derby. China will not produce any footballers like him anymore, Fan and his Shanghainese comrades were in a class of their.
Adebayor lol
The only issue is his temper
@@mecklenburggovan7311 legend👍
@@dongmingzhu666 he won’t be him if he doesn’t have that temper
那个年代的运动员对足球的热爱和个人素养真的甩出当代球员两个街区都不止
基本功也非常扎实
其实，真的不要把举国体制完全批臭。范志毅、郝海东那批球员，至少在基本功阶段，都是举国体制之下练就的
我觉得，基本功阶段用举国体制，然后再进入职业体制，是比较好的组合
@@vladimirkobarov7154 类似根宝基地机制也不错 倘若专业性能达到世界级 法国就是70年后大力发展青训 现在才那么牛逼 70年以前臭的不行 他们第一个基地就是国家拨款建的 亨利等人都出自这基地 机制不重要 专业就行 中国球员盯无球人 不论是篮球还是足球 都是两眼看持球者 经常漏人 世界上哪怕中学校队 基本功都是一眼盯防 一眼看持球者 也就是说很多东西打小观念就没教对
讲的太对了。敬业态度和自我要求，这英语就非常棒！
He had all the qualities of the great players on the pitch, leadership, skill, work ethic...but off the field one of the most loyal, model professionals and just the all round loveliest person to have around the club. The top footballers now don't give a damn about their clubs, only the size of their paycheck. The likes of Fan and Speroni too with that kind of integrity are so hard to come by these days, it's sad really. Long live general Fan!!!!
well, off the pitch he shagged a couple of birds behind his wife..if this is the role model you rave about 😅
@@tobiaztobiaz9355 well it has nothing to do with his professional career tho
Legend! Not to mention the talent on the pitch, just adore his great loyalty and commitment for the club as well as the national team. Shame on many players nowadays.
I just love this guy what a man .
He is literally my hero growing up! My parents were big fans..
in China he has the nickname of fans we called him "The general Fan. " he is a legend
Grand General Fan
What a humble guy and an absolute gentleman. I can vaguely remember him playing for Palace. So proud of his club and fierce loyalty to it. So refreshing compared to the greed and mercenary of a lot of today's players.
Villa Fan.
I'm a chelsea fan and that genuinely made me tear up...jesus Palace take care of your former player! He's trying to do something in a BOOMING market!
What a legend I have so much respect for this man! All the best in the Prem eagles from a Birmingham fan!
Ten years ago, Fan was my neighbor in Shanghai. Later he moved. Now he is the coach of Shanghai Shenhua Youth Training Team. I admire him very much,full marks for mental attributes lol.
Hard to find such a humble player nowadays..a Legend here in Asia.
非常好， 我的喜爱, great memories of Fan at Palace, my Dad used to take me to games back then, always worked hard for the team
I am amazed that you can type Chinese!
@@wendyhu8149 why?
@@wendyhu8149 looks more like Google Translate, but props nonetheless.
看了吐槽大會，又回來看一遍。有骨氣！
篮球那帮人根本不配给范志毅提鞋
@@jerrygu7533 真垃圾啊，还玩不起，投诉吐槽大会。真丢人，脸都不要了。
Key: I just want to play... how many Chinese player just want to play the football now?! 致敬，范将军
Palace treated him well , he is loyal , and grateful . Good professional .
Fan was the one of the best players in our country, he and his teammates really brought our experience to a greater level in 2002, we thought that was just a beginning and China will have more more players who are loyal and professional to football, but what we did not know is Fan and his teammates brought us into the most shinning moments then China football went into darkness completely up to today. Fan is now a coach doing his best to train younger players, everytime when we look back to 2002 and before, we really cherish what they gave to us. And I believe most fans like me, cried time and time again...
范志毅的英语跟穆里尼奥一个样，简短，粗暴，不废话。
没想到 范将军的英文不赖啊
其实语法发音都是次要的 很多人太注重这 语言最重要的是表达 范志毅就是这样 能很好地表达自己的意思想法 这样就能让别人很好理解你 怪不得能当队长了😂
确实，我这是自动切换到这的，一开始光听声音以为是鸟叔的访谈。。。。
坦白説，他說的很流利，也看的出他英文表達能力很好
他英语真的不错
I almost cried man, when he asked his who wheir his friends he says all of them
I remember that was the time when I had one game every week to watch after school work and I knew we are gonna win with Fan's score...1995
A true Palace legend
Fan is a legend and I grew up with seeing him on the pitch as a 80’s. I was a Shanghai shenhua follower. And I’m proud of that he is from Shanghai, my home city. We’ll never see such great players in China...... sad......
Chinese soccer and sports in general is disappointing in general
to be honest, I don't rate any Chinese football players high but, Fan is an exception. Fan is one of the best Asian defender of all time. He also has a decent attitude as a professional footballer. many of football fans still give respect for him
respect.
Same here. We laugh at Koreans for the poor sportsmanship, but we do like son. He paved the way for many many East Asian player to come.
Sun Jihai was also highly rated. Played for Man City as first team regular before the Middle East money came in. Was an unsung cult hero. Humble, down to earth and played anywhere he was asked to. Never complained even if he had to sit on the bench. Which player today has such attitude?
@@sidneysun3865 "we laugh at koreans"😂😂😂 that was a good one. but only spurs fans like son, you`re wrong about that one
@@Daniel23424 not rly, many fans of other teams rate son as well for his immense abilities and quite nice personalities
One of the first players I heard of when I was a young eagle. Oh the memories. This brought a tear to my eye. Great player great mind. Thank you Fan x
Fan was one of the best ever players at Palace.
Was he really?
@@Xentradi97 you can't deny hes good though
@@ZettaAxe Captured your chicken foot lol
really loyal and professional
（上海話）老早小沉光勒了上海看電視見到范志毅上場比賽，哎喲...比起小平同志講話咸要開心！尔是阿拉上海人真正的民間英雄偶像！不是開玩笑⋯是真的⋯⋯
Who dare to halt the horse and wield a sword? Only our General Fan!
nice translation
Damn, soul translation😂😂😂
哈哈...誰敢橫刀立馬唯我范大將軍！
牛逼
If he moved to Liverpool he will be absolute legend for Liverpool. What a hero sacrifice his better future in Liverpool for his country team
你确定吗朋友?范是很强，但是你让一个英冠中游(当时叫英甲）的球员，而且是已经过了巅峰期的球员去英超前六的队竞争主力位置，很难，真去了利物浦说不定就废了。想去这种豪门球队，等什么时候中国男足有了世界杯十六强的实力再去想想吧。
@@disun2745 stfu
@SerNeVeNe GFYM 😂😂😂
@@disun2745 你觉得国足什么时候才能有世界杯十六强的实力😂 再过二十年我们也等不到啊
@einmalfcbimmerfcb 范志毅当年也不是没去英超试训过，南安普顿，跟张恩华一起去的，结果怎么样？更何况利物浦了，要真去了利物浦，估计就打不上比赛了。英超比赛，很难
The best CB China had in 20 years. Him to Chinese football is equivalent to Yao Ming to Chinese basketball.
Absolutely dude, Fan was the best CB in china. Also, he was successful in England. Respect.
This is not true, though I respect him a lot. When China qualified for World Cup in 2002, there were a lot of great players in the team, such as Sun in Manchester City. Fan’s status is not as high as Yao’s definitely.
@@sjjin6569 dont worry, english ppl only talk bullshit
This documentary is more touching that Frozen 2.
They don't make Chinese footballer like him anymore
it is hard for Chinese to have another player like Fan
@@aizheli1192 We can only pin our hopes on Wu Lei
Li Tie (Everton) and Sun Jihai (Man City)
@@dtac_10_29 na he is just fast. Cannot finish to save his life
@@yjjiang3619 有心最重要，不要像其余的废物，见钱眼开。丢我们祖宗的脸
那个时代的中国球员真的伟大，好胜心和求知欲都是现在这批球员没法比的
现在的球员都是足协和稻党通过贿赂选的，都是想挣钱
@@wtb6803 现在都是综艺圈钱圈流量了。。。没办法了 要改 要整个体制一起改 可惜 没人有勇气
Miss this generation china🇨🇳 national team! Respect. #zhiyifan
wow, Fan is a humble and good player. May not be a superstar, but a star and he respects the game and the team.
YOU ARE MY HERO FAN ALWAYS
I can see how much Fan really loves CPFC, it's pure and gold. Good video, thanks for uploading. I love this guy.
范大将军真是威武！！佩服！！！
at the same time, thanks to the Crystal Palace Club! Thanks for the precious video of club.
Fan has the real heart and talent to play the game. He deserves respect.
Every club wants legend like this
Grand General Fan is hands down the best Chinese CB ever. Nice interview, Palace.
He is so sincere and genuine when he talks about Crystal Palace...
He is one of the best players in china ever and never
范大将军。最棒的队长。
可以
李崔和老婆一起用 南京集训 打哭浇水农民工 幼稚 永远的小孩子！
徐云龙，龙队也不错
Why the hell am i Smiling? 😂
WHen players knew what it meant to represent a team , Respect!
Fan Zhiyi is a symbol of "Golden Generation of Chinese football". They knew the real meaning of loyalty and responsibility.
😂but why does TH-cam send this video to me in 2019
@@felixdrinkwater2689 😂 The amazing algorithm of youtube!
Fan is very funny. He had an interview back in 2013 when Chinese national team suffered an astonishing defeat at that time. He pointed out many exact reasons why Chinese football is so bad but the language and body language he used also made everyone watched that interview to laugh. Football fans in China nominated that interview "the BIBLE" of Chinese football.
asia legend - from korea-
Give him a job
at palace
no he wants to make his contribution to China football
@@John-ky5mb Sigh......hopeless Chinese football, 真他妈绝望；
Frank Q so true!!! God doesn’t even know when China can win some matches..... 上帝都特么哭了😭
@@frankq5473 gotta start somewhere
He is now the coach for a young team in Shanghai.
Fan Zhiyi is one of the best players in China
I really like his love for Palace!
He cried when left palace..shows how much he loved the club
A humble player n a gentleman..
fan and sun were so popular at palace great days great memories
The best ever story I heard.
An Eagle through and through. A great guy!
i thought that time when china has a player like him will be the rising of chinese football. but it is actually the last legendary moment before chinese football going down. God bless him. grand general fan
His love for Palace is priceless
this is my man,Fan,form my hometown Shanghai.respect! 模子~！
great player
Now that's loyalty.
没想到范志毅英文这么好👍
Fantastic player Fantastic memories... Fan had a great Engine on him and always gave 100%
As you can see his emotion when he is talking, you know palace is in his blood, his bone and his soul.
a real talented player
I didnt even know he speaks English this well, this dude is very very professional
He could play in any position
Great video 🦅❤️💙
He was a good lad. Thanks Fan.
童年的偶像，中国足球最棒的运动员，没有其二
Good Sea East >>>>>>>
Definition of Loyalty, Chinese Legend footballer.
A guy who is loyal and responsible
当年还以为是中国足球要崛起了，没想到已是巅峰，国家队主力一半都具有留洋到五大联赛的能力
What a great man !
范大将军当年真是风华正茂，勇猛无敌！
One man, one team, one story, one life
"I didn't wanna punch him, I just touched his shouder"笑死我了😂😂😂
Closet homosexual
A wonderful athletic player Took No prisoners on the pitch. Pride of SHANGHAINESE.
Wow it's nice to see how sports can go beyond politics and races.
He can even speaking with British accent.....that surprised me a lot ....When I saw the sentence he said in the video: I want to stay in Palace. I can still play. You can cut my salary. I'm just want play for the fans ! which greatly moved me so much....
Wonderful.. a true footballer
great player ❤️💙
Fan defines what a football professional means, and most importantly, what loyalty means
Palace is not just a job or team for him, it's home
Fan all the best wishes 🙏
這種純粹的運動員精神挺讓人佩服 還一個姚明 巧了也是上海人
What a legend!
What a lovely lovely man
Big fan of Fan
True legend
I like this Chinese guy
He was play in Scotland
He was a failure in Scotland. Got himself deliberately sent off ..he was dishonest.
The Godfather of Shanghai, the General, King in the Bund
If that doesnt give you goosebumps and a tear you're inhuman
What a loyalty football player
Very inspired
From Indonesia 🇲🇨
An great player.
Definitely he loves football and Palace … a good guy…
上海男人的重情重义，上海男人的执着，上海男人的腔调，很小的时候就和我爸爸一起看申花，去虹口足球场，看范志毅，看祁宏，看谢晖，看申思，毛毅军，那个年代的足球是真的足球。
上海的瘪三也是一部分
是不是还有几个没放出来
上海男人不是洗女人内裤出名的么
@@leslieli8259 很丢人吗？
@@charlesyuen7071 不丢人，你应该把你们弄堂大妈的都包了
As a Shanghaier who began to watch Fan's performance in 1994，I feel so proud of having a footballer like him who can be crowned as our city hero. China will never see a footballer like him in the next decades of years since Chinese football has already become a farce reflecting every flaw of Chinese corrupt social system.
just wondering is youtube not banned china? or do all the tech savy people just vpns?
@@jureklemencic7316 yup still be banned in china,we use VPN to watch youtube
冊那！老卵⋯