Eddy Francis
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name |
Eddy Francis 艾迪·弗朗西斯 | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Shanghai, China | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Dalian Aerbin | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2005 | Genbao Football Academy | ||
| 2007 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Shanghai East Asia | ? | (?) |
| 2008 | Suzhou Trips | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Ningbo Huaao (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2010–2011 | Shanghai East Asia | 26 | (2) |
| 2012– | Dalian Aerbin | 58 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Shanghai East Asia (loan) | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2016. | |||
Eddy Francis[1][2][3][4] (Simplified Chinese: 艾迪·弗朗西斯 Àidí·Fúlǎngxīsī; born Shanghai, 17 December 1990), or simply Eddy, is a Chinese football defender, who plays for Dalian Aerbin in the China League One.
Club career
Eddy's mother is a Chinese and father is Tanzanian. He joined Genbao Football Academy when he was ten years old. In the end of 2005, he joined Shanghai East Asia with whole Genbao Football Academy team and started his career. But after his first season, he was downsized and moved to Shanghai Shenhua. In 2008, he moved to China League Two club Suzhou Trips after unhappiness times in Shenhua, but had no appearance because registration reason. In 2009 Suzhou Trips quit China League Two, he signed on loan to Ningbo Huaao for a year.[5] After ending loan, he move to China League One club Shanghai East Asia immediately, returned to the start of his football career.[6]
On 20 January 2012, Shanghai East Asia swapped Eddy with Luis Cabezas of Chinese Super League side Dalian Aerbin.[7] He was loaned back to Shanghai East Asia for one year in February 2012.[8] However, he failed to establish himself within the team and made just 3 appearances (all came on as substitute) in the 2012 league season. On 8 March 2014, Eddy made his debut for Dalian Aerbin in the 2014 Chinese Super League against Hangzhou Greentown,coming on as a substitute for Zhu Xiaogang in the 77th minute.[9]
International career
Eddy played 27 minutes for the China national under-14 football team in the 2004 AFC U-14 Championship; he is the first mixed-race player for the China national football team.[10]
Career statistics
Statistics accurate as of match played 22 October 2016. [11]
| Season | Club | League | League | FA Cup | CSL Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2006 | Shanghai East Asia | China League Two | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 2008 | Suzhou Trips | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Ningbo Huaao | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 2010 | Shanghai East Asia | China League One | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 |
| 2011 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | Dalian Aerbin | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Shanghai East Asia | China League One | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | Dalian Aerbin | Chinese Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | China League One | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 87 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 2 | ||
References
- ↑ see player's own Sina Weibo statement 2014.10.06 on Talk page
- ↑ Aidi Frances sohu.com 大连阿尔滨引进特殊内援 艾迪曾入选过中国国少 2012年02月08日11:0
- ↑ Wenqiu 艾迪·弗朗西斯 bio "在艾迪的床头，写着“AidiFrances”的英文字样。可艾迪说他不会英语，更不会法语，只会中文。“我生在上海，长在上海。”时常被队友戏称为“外援”的艾迪的确是中国人，这可以从他的护照上得到证明。1990年12月，艾迪出生在上海，从小他就酷爱足球。看到自己的小孩很有足球天赋，艾迪的妈妈把他送进了普陀区的一所足球学校。"
- ↑ Eddy François The Multicultural Chinese National Team : Wild East Football
- ↑ 湖北不知中乙对手技战术风格 宁波不甘俯首称臣 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ↑ 徐根宝引入外援中轴线 "黑人"能说流利上海话 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2009-12-26. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ↑ 阿尔滨与东亚互换外援 "小贝利"新赛季将战中超 (in Chinese). sports.people.com.cn. 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ↑ 阿尔滨购入"小贝利"艾迪 2012暂租至东亚锻炼 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ↑ 汪嵩拔头筹布鲁诺救主 绿城1-1阿尔滨 at sohu.com 2014-03-08. Retrieved 2014-05-01 (Chinese)
- ↑ 我是中国人--艾迪·弗朗西斯 黑皮肤的"国脚" (in Chinese). sports.163.com. 2004-01-28. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ↑ 艾迪·弗朗西斯 at sodasoccer.com 2015-11-01 Retrieved 2015-11-01 (Chinese)
External links
- (Chinese) Eddy Career Statistics