"I think you should be the youth ambassador of Chinese football to attract more young people to play. The base of children playing football in China is too small, and it is not as good as an Amsterdam! ”

When Li Qiao said this, he felt a little sighing.

Of course, Wu Sanshi understands. The base of Chinese football is small, smaller than ten years ago.

More than ten years ago, when the Serie A A was prevalent and the Serie A Small World Cup was still there, football was once popular in China.

The streets and alleys are full of children playing football, including him Wu Sanshi! That's how he fell in love with football.

But now, there are fewer and fewer children playing football.

How small is the base? One piece of news is quite shocking.

The head of the registration and transfer office of the Chinese Football Association said that there are about 50,000 players registered with the Chinese Football Association, but this number is far from the number of people who actually participate in football activities.

The 50,000 people include professional and amateur players, and there are only about 900 real professional players, which is seriously disproportionate to the total population of China.

Some time ago, the National Football Association conducted a questionnaire survey and distributed it to the provincial and municipal sports bureaus of the Chinese football questionnaire.

Each 35-page questionnaire is a 35-page survey that is known as the Survey of Chinese Football Fundamentals by the General Administration of Sports and the Chinese Football Association.

According to the accurate figures revealed by the survey, the number of registered football players in the country is only 8,000, which is very low compared to Vietnam's 50,000.

The content of this survey is very extensive, covering the number of players in various places, the number of football matches at all levels, and the number of coaches and their levels, the number of standard stadiums in various places and other relevant data are required to be filled in truthfully by local sports bureaus. The survey even included the level of major sports competitions that can be hosted by local sports facilities, as well as the development of amateur football competitions in schools and local areas.

Football associations of various countries will have dynamic tracking and statistics on their respective football populations every year, in recent years, everyone has been saying that Chinese football has a thin foundation and few registered players, but how many registered players are currently in the country, this time the Chinese Football Association gave an accurate answer through this large-scale survey - 8000 people!

Our football population is far from comparable to Japan's, which has 500,000 registered players, and Vietnam's football population has reached 50,000. In France, the registered football population reached 1.46 million in 2011, and our foundation is too thin.

France 1.46 million

Spain 670,000

Germany 630,000

Japan: 500,000

Vietnam 50,000

China 8 thousand

It's scary, it's exaggerated, but it's a real statistic.

What is even more deplorable is that between 1990 and 1995, there were 650,000 players in football in China!

Today, only about 30,000 young people play football.

This includes, of course, both professional and non-professional.

Compared to the number of teenagers in those years, the number of registered football players has dropped by more than 600,000.

What a concept!

"I ...... May I? For the first time, Wu Sanshi felt that his shoulders were heavy, and a feeling of powerlessness welled up in his heart.

One person can't change Chinese football.

Unless......

can really become a superstar like Messi and Ronaldo and win the Ballon d'Or.

Or, like Yao Ming, have a world in NBA basketball?

Despite this, this is not the normal path that football should take, and it needs to use stars to inspire and lead young people.

He didn't think it was enough for me to do this, but he didn't deny it either, and it would be even sadder if I didn't do it.

"What do you want me to do?"

"I think the state should cooperate with you for a long time. You're a hero and a role model for this country, and the teenagers love to see you play, and they think it's handsome to play now. ”

"At this time, the country should increase its publicity efforts, promote youth football, and strengthen infrastructure. Although this is not our most glorious footballing era, we have a new opportunity. Once we miss such an opportunity, I don't know when we will be able to come back to life......"

Li Qiao is indeed a guy with a lot of ideas.

"So you mean, I have to be like an entertainment star, often going back to the country to promote propaganda? Or join some youth training bases? ”

"The more you achieve in football, the more you can motivate children to play football, and the more children can enjoy football."

"As for the youth base, I don't think it's too commercial. I think the concept of our locomotive is the same as the Chongming Island training base. We both aim to nurture Chinese football talent, and you can help both companies promote youth football, as an ambassador for youth development, of course. ”

"This one does."

"If I have to, I can do it. This is indeed my responsibility and obligation. ”

Wu Sanshi nodded.

"But is the country willing to toss like this?"

"I'm afraid that it will be crooked again when the time comes, you should know that many people only care about money and interests."

Wu Sanshi thought a little too much.

When the time comes, he will have the identity of a youth training ambassador, and many people will use his identity to make money, obviously engaging in youth training, but in fact it is just making money.

This kind of thing is so normal, and there are really not many places where you can really engage in youth training.

"I have to discuss this matter with my agent, and I also have to find a Chinese agent, and I need a very reliable Chinese agent."

"Actually, I know that it will always come this far, and I also want to listen to Xu Genbao's advice."

"Well, well, you're right. I still haven't thought it through enough. I just thought about the youth training, but I didn't think about other problems that might arise. ”

Li Qiao was taught again and became more and more modest.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Brand on the side looked confused, listening to the two of them talk for so long, he really couldn't understand a word.

"We're talking about football,"

"Football, why don't you talk in Dutch so I can understand."

"Ah, haha, because we're afraid to scare you......" Wu Sanshi smiled.

"Why does talking about football still scare me? Tell me about it. ”

"Brand, you know what, if a player of your level goes to play in the Super League with us, maybe he will become a star soon."

"Is it so powerful? Why didn't you say it earlier?! ”

"I thought you could gain a foothold in Europe at will, and if you went to the Chinese Super League, maybe the result would be so tragic......"

Wu Sanshi rolled his eyes in his heart, big brother, this is fate, maybe you will have to abolish it if you go to the Super League......

"What do you mean?"

"Is it ......?"

Brand didn't dare to imagine......