[Sports Road News]The football player Dai Weijun, who was born in Hong Kong and has British nationality, has developed in the Chinese Super League in recent years. Last week, he was shortlisted for the 52-player training list of the national football team. Yesterday (11th), the national football coach Li Xiaopeng revealed in an exclusive interview with CCTV that Dai Weijun has obtained a Chinese passport , have the opportunity to represent the Chinese national team in the World Cup Asia top 12 qualifying rounds at the end of the month.
The 22-year-old Dai Weijun was born in Hong Kong and went to the UK to study at a young age. He played for Bailey, Oxford United, Wolves and other teams. He joined the Chinese Super League team Shenzhen Kaisa the year before and performed well. Fight against Vietnam and Japan in the World Cup Asian Top 12 Qualifiers. In the past, Dai Weijun expressed his desire to wear armor for the Chinese team, but due to passport and household registration issues, the national football coach Li Xiaopeng was asked about Dai Weijun’s situation in an interview with CCTV’s “Football Night” yesterday. He revealed that Dai had obtained a Chinese passport and had the opportunity to represent the country. The team played, “According to the information I understand, he may participate in the competition. We will go to Japan and Vietnam, because he has obtained his passport today, but there may be a transfer of membership of the association.” Li Xiaopeng also named Dai Weijun as an offensive player. “He is a relatively good attacking midfielder, he will bring changes to the team in attack, and he is more suitable for his age.”
In 2018, Dai Weijun was called by the then Hong Kong team coach Galivet to the preliminary list for the friendly competition. Later, he claimed to have retired from the team due to injury, but was exposed to participate in the training of the Chinese Olympic team. Shortly after joining the Shenzhen team, he has already expressed his desire to play for the Chinese national team, and believes that the former national football captain Zheng Zhi is the Chinese player he admires the most.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Football]Dai Weijun was approved as an excellent attacking midfielder by the Chinese passport national football coach」