Gao Lin

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gao.
Gao Lin
郜林
Personal information
Full name Gao Lin
Date of birth (1986-02-14) 14 February 1986
Place of birth Zhengzhou, Henan, China
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Guangzhou Evergrande
Number 29
Youth career
1999–2001 Qinhuangdao Football School
2001–2004 Shanghai Shenhua
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Shanghai Shenhua 71 (14)
2010– Guangzhou Evergrande 185 (73)
National team‡
2004–2005 China U-20
2006–2008 China U-23
2005– China 90 (18)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016

Gao Lin (Chinese: 郜林; pinyin: Gào Lín; born 14 February 1986) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande in the Chinese Super League. He is currently the all-time top goalscorer for the club with 88 goals and has also made the most appearances for the club. He is considered one of China's most technical strikers and is known by the nickname Gaolinsmann (Chinese: 郜林斯曼).

Club career

Shanghai Shenhua

Gao Lin started his football career with Shanghai Shenhua in 2005 where he made his league debut on 21 August 2005 in a 1-0 win against Liaoning Zhongyu, coming on as a substitute for Xie Hui.[1] While his height and heading ability were quickly utilized, Gao was unable to establish himself as an immediate first team regular within the team throughout the subsequent seasons and often found himself playing on the flanks. It was only once Xie left Shanghai at the end of the 2007 league season before Gao started to really establish himself as a regular first team member, playing as striker once more. In the 2008 season, he would score eight goals in 21 league appearances to help guide Shanghai to a runners-up position.[2]

Despite having his most productive season with Shanghai and establishing himself within the Chinese national team. Gao's contract was up for renewal and his club would transfer list him in early 2009. This saw him linked with his hometown club of Henan Construction as well as K-League club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors; however, nothing materialized from these rumours after Gao decided to eventually stay at the club when it was announced that Shanghai and Gao had come to terms about a contract renewal which would expire in 2012.[3]

Guangzhou Evergrande

On 10 March 2010, Gao transferred to Guangzhou Evergrande, who were newly relegated to China League One in the fallout of a match-fixing scandal. However, the club's new owners, Evergrande Real Estate Group, were able to tempt Gao with a lucrative 3,000,000 yuan a year deal to play within the second tier.[4] He made his debut for the club on 3 April 2010 in a 3-1 against Beijing BIT, also scoring his first two goals for the club.[5] On 30 October 2010, Guangzhou successfully finished as second tier champions for the second time with a 3-1 win against Hunan Billows. Gao's first half hat-trick in this match ensured that he finished the season as the second tier top goalscorer, having scored 20 goals.

Although Guangzhou signed a several players to strengthened the team's attacking power including Darío Conca and Cléo in the 2011 season, Gao was still a regular in the team, playing mostly as a left winger and scoring 11 goals in 29 appearances which was his career high in the Chinese Super League. Guangzhou eventually won the top tier league title for the first time in the club's history as Gao won his first first tier league title with the club.

Gao scored his first goal of the season on 15 May 2012 in a 2-1 win against Buriram United in the 2012 AFC Champions League, ending a goal drought that stretched 1403 minutes.[6] On 20 May 2012, he scored his first league goal of the season in a 1-0 win against Qingdao Jonoon which ended a run of 936 minutes without a goal in the league.[7] On 27 October 2012, Gao scored the decisive goal, assisted by Conca, in injury time in a 1-0 win against Liaoning Whowin to give Guangzhou their second top tier league title and they became the first team ever in the league's history to defend the title.[8]

In the first leg of the 2012 Chinese FA Cup final, Gao received two yellow cards in less than three minutes at the start of the 80th minute. The first yellow card was for dissent on a questionable tackle. The second one came after protesting and dissent which earned him a red card and suspended him from playing in the second leg. On 12 November 2012, Gao was fined by the CFA for $200,000 for his actions in the first leg of the final.[9] Later, Gao took to Weibo to publicly apologize to his millions of followers and said he "deserved to be punished" because it will help him "to not do it again in the future".[10] Later in November 2012, he was selected as one of the two forwards in the 2012 Chinese Super League Team of the Year alongside Cristian Dănălache of Jiangsu Sainty.

During the 2013 season, his role shifted from an attacking role to an assister as he provided many assists to the foreign contingent of Elkeson, Dario Conca and Muriqui. Throughout both the 2013 season and 2013 AFC Champions League, his style of play included more flair as he attempted bicycle kicks and back-heel passes which many plaudits lauded. Gao was a cog in the engine of Guangzhou as he helped it through its golden year to win its third successive top tier league title. In the league-winning game, he scored the third goal for the club on 6 October 2013 in a 4-2 win against Shandong Luneng. This was the second time in which Gao has scored in a league-winning game.

International career

Gao was part of the squad in the 2008 Summer Olympics where he played in all three group games and started in the first two games as the Chinese under-23 national team were knocked out within the group stages.[11]

Gao made his debut for the Chinese national team against South Korea on 31 July 2005 in the 2005 East Asian Football Championship where he was sent off mistakenly in the 5th minute by Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura, however the East Asian Football Federation cancelled Gao's red card and apologized to him the next day.[12] After that inauspicious start to his international career, Gao would gradually start to impose himself within the team, and despite making his debut in 2005 for the national team, Gao would have to wait until 21 January 2009 to score his first goal against Vietnam in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification game where he scored a hat-trick.[13]

Gao scored a goal against South Korea during the 2010 East Asian Football Championship and helped China beat South Korea 3-0 for the first time ever, ending the team's Koreaphobia. Gao made his debut as captain for the national team on 22 February 2012 in a 2-0 win against Kuwait.

International goals

As of 17 December 2014 [14]
Scores and results list China's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 January 2009 Yellow Dragon Sports Center, Hangzhou, China  Vietnam 1–0 6–1 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
2 2–1
3 6–1
4 1 June 2009 Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao, China  Iran 1–0 1–0 Friendly international
5 18 July 2009 TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin, China State of Palestine Palestine 2–0 3–1 Friendly international
6 30 September 2009 Hohhot City Stadium, Hohhot, China  Botswana 1–0 4–1 Friendly international
7 10 February 2010 Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo, Japan  South Korea 2–0 3–0 2010 EAFF Championship
8 7 September 2010 Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China  Paraguay 1–1 1–1 Friendly international
9 26 March 2011 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica  Costa Rica 1–2 2–2 Friendly international
10 2–2
11 5 June 2011 Tuodong Stadium, Kunming, China  Uzbekistan 1–0 1–0 Friendly international
12 8 June 2011 Olympic Sports Center, Guiyang, China  North Korea 2–0 2–0 Friendly international
13 6 October 2011 Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China  United Arab Emirates 2–0 2–1 Friendly international
22 February 2012 Helong Stadium, Changsha, China  Kuwait 1–0 2–0 Friendly international1
14 8 June 2012 Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China  Vietnam 1–0 3–0 Friendly international
15 3–0
16 15 August 2012 Shaanxi Province Stadium, Xi'an, China  Ghana 1–0 1–1 Friendly international
17 29 June 2014 Bao'an Stadium, Shenzhen, China  Mali 1–2 1–3 Friendly international
18 9 September 2014 Harbin Sports City Center Stadium, Harbin, China  Jordan 1–0 1–1 Friendly international
17 December 2014 Evergrande Football Base, Qingyuan, China  Kyrgyzstan 1–0 2–0 Friendly international1
1:Non FIFA 'A' international match

Career statistics

Club statistics

As of 27 November 2016 [15]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Others Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Others1 Total
2005Shanghai ShenhuaChinese Super League501000--60
200614220-45-207
2007120--2110151
2008218----218
2009194--00-194
2010Guangzhou EvergrandeChina League One2320----2320
2011Chinese Super League291120---3111
201224630-9210378
201328851-133405012
201428820-83003811
2015251300-111404014
201628773-62004112
Total China PR 25687224005317100341108

1Other tournaments include A3 Champions Cup, Chinese FA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

International statistics

National team
YearAppsGoals
200540
200640
200880
2009146
2010112
2011105
201273
2013110
201492
201570
201650
Total9018

Honours

Club

Shanghai Shenhua

Guangzhou Evergrande

International

China PR national football team

Individual

Personal life

Gao married Wang Chen, who is a reporter and host for Shenzhen Media Group, on 3 September 2013.[16] Gao's childhood idol is the revered German striker Jürgen Klinsmann. He prefers to wear the kit number 18 while playing for the Chinese national team in honour of Klinsmann.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "比赛结果 申花SVA 1-0 辽宁" (in Chinese). csldata.sports.sohu.com. 21 August 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ↑ 2008赛季中超-球员 郜林 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ↑ 朱骏第三次出马终有结果 郜林2+1合同续约申花 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "郜林300万年薪入恒大 杜威摇摆：绿城人情PK400万" (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  5. ↑ 韩国铁帅赢得首演 郜林梅开二度广州击败学生军 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 4 April 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  6. ↑ 郜林破球荒恒大险晋级 230天后亚冠生死战自我救赎 (in Chinese). sports.21cn.com. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  7. ↑ 恒大最幸福的人!爱情事业双收 破936分钟球荒献里皮 (in Chinese). sports.sina.com.cn. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  8. ↑ 中超首支卫冕冠军队诞生 恒大两度封王卫冕夺魁 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  9. ↑ 郜林屡遭队内处罚均与裁判有关 三张罚单交罚金40万 (in Chinese). sports.sohu.com. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  10. ↑ 郜林的微博 新浪微博-随时随地分享身边的新鲜事儿 (in Chinese). weibo.com. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  11. ↑ "Tournaments: Mens Olympic Football Tournament Beijing 2008: China PR 1–1 New Zealand". fifa.com. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  12. ↑ "8-Man China PR Team Withstands Pressure and Draws With Korea Rep.". eaff.com. 31 July 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  13. ↑ 中国 6-1 越南 (in Chinese). teamchina.freehostia.com. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  14. ↑ Matches of Gao Lin
  15. ↑ "郜林". sodasoccer (in Chinese).
  16. ↑ 郜林谈结婚感觉奇妙责任重 婚礼晚装已被企业赞助 (in Chinese). sina.com.cn. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  17. ↑ 郜林斯曼的救赎 (in Chinese). 163.com. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
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