Xie Hui: The most foreign-style striker of the national football team, who dominates German Bundesliga 2 and Bundesliga A, but his fate is questioned.

In Shenhua’s 20-year history, coaches and players have come and gone, but there are always some names that are enlarged and bolded, and Xie Hui is one of them. As an iconic member of the 1995 generation, he still holds the record for the most goals in the club's history. The group of people born in 1995 not only witnessed the initial path of professionalization of Chinese football, but also experienced the changes in the entire Chinese society. "In the early 1990s, I received a monthly salary of 78 yuan in Shenhua's second team. By 1997, I carefully took home a bonus of 70,000 yuan in a shoe box. Looking back now, we really stand The group of people on the top of the wave..."

Xie Hui was born in Shanghai on February 14, 1975. In his career, he has won the German Second League Silver Boot Award and the Chinese Super League Silver Ball Award, maintaining the Shanghai Shenhua team’s top scorer in team history (64 goals). Xie Hui also played for three German second division teams during his career.

Xie Hui’s great-grandfather Xie Ruiying was an orphan born in Hengyang, Hunan Province. He had no idea of ??his own life experience and later grew up in an orphanage run by a British man. Later, Xie Ruiying went to the UK to study and married a British girl, so Xie Hui has certain British ancestry.

Xie Hui started to make a name for himself in League A when he played for Shanghai Shenhua in 1994. He scored 10 goals in the league the following year and represented the National Olympic team in the Olympic qualifiers with outstanding personal performance. . While playing for Shanghai Shenhua Club from the 1995-1999 season, Xie Hui played 95 times for Shenhua, including 66 starts and scoring 25 goals. In three seasons (1995, 1996 and 1999), he became the second top scorer in the Shenhua team. In 2000, he officially transferred to the Aachen team of the German Second Division. In the first season of joining, Xie Hui played 13 times, played 1066 minutes and scored 6 goals.

In 2001, Xie Hui played 24 times on behalf of the Aachen team and scored 14 goals. As Aachen's top scorer, he once competed for the first place in the German second division scorer list. In 2002, Xie Hui was frustrated. He played 13 times and only scored 1 goal. He gradually lost his position as the main forward. In order to maintain his condition, Xie Hui was loaned back to Shenhua. In August 2002, Xie Hui joined the German second division team Fürth, played 8 games and scored only 1 goal.

Xie Hui’s brief return to Shenhua in 2002 was something he didn’t want to recall. The first derby in 2002 was a one-man show for Fan Zhiyi and Shen Si, and Xie Hui was on the bench in that game. On the table. When Xie Hui was substituted in Shenhua's last game, he took off his jersey and threw it to the fans in the stands. That night, Xie Hui, who was in the bar, said many fierce and impulsive words, "I originally wanted to wear that jersey at the time." The jersey was thrown at the coach." He also said, "I was always being plotted against." At that time, he had just failed to be selected for the training list of the Chinese team for the World Cup. Xie Hui said that he had already had a hunch that he was the top scorer of the Chinese team in the first stage of the qualifying round. However, before the start of the top ten games, Xie Hui suddenly discovered that his national team jersey number No. 11 had been given to someone else. "This is very taboo abroad. Besides, I was the top scorer in the group stage. At that time, I already felt that my status in the national team had changed."

In June 2003, Xie Hui returned to China. Joined Chongqing Lifan Club, but in early 2004 Lifan terminated the contract with Xie Hui early, resulting in a dispute over the payment of salary between the two parties. After repeated negotiations between the two parties failed, on February 5, Xie Hui applied to the Chongqing Jiangbei District Labor Dispute Arbitration Committee for labor dispute arbitration. On April 30, the arbitration committee made a ruling, ruling that Lifan Football Club should pay Xie Hui a total of 4 million yuan in wages, compensation, late fees, etc. In September, Xie Hui ended the dispute with Lifan through a private settlement, and Lifan paid 700,000. But because of this lawsuit, Xie Hui has not had systematic training for more than half a year.

In the 2005 Chinese Super League, Xie Hui made 18 starts and 6 substitute appearances, scoring 14 goals in 24 appearances throughout the season. He not only had an absolute advantage in the competition with Zhang Yuning, but also relied on the league's With his outstanding performance, he returned to the national team from the edge of being laid off.

Regarding Shenhua’s second acceptance, Xie Hui can only raise his head to play football again if he can find a place. He can retreat on the issue of annual salary and give the full-back position a try.

In the fierce competition with Zhang Yuning and Martinez, Xie Hui, who was forced to have no way out, used his own efforts to win the opportunity to play. In the first round of the home match, he defeated Qingdao Zhongneng 2-0. Xie Hui took over Shenhua's victory. Two goals, and he scored the only goal in the 1-0 away win over Liaoning in the fourth round. Xie Hui scored three of Shenhua's four goals in the first four rounds. In the 6 games from the 7th to the 12th round, Xie Hui scored 6 goals in a row. Except for the away game against Shide where he only played 3 minutes and did not score, he scored in every other five games. At the end of the first cycle, this fringe player who was rarely optimistic at the beginning of the season became Shenhua's top scorer with 9 goals, and also became one of the most lethal forwards in the Chinese Super League.

In the second half of the league, Xie Hui, who fought on both sides of the national team and club, still maintained a high scoring efficiency. At the end of the 26 rounds of the league, his total goals reached 14, only 1. One less than the local top scorer Zou Jie, this number of goals is also the most he has scored in a season since the professional league.

Xie Hui not only performed well in the league, but in the knockout match against Beijing Hyundai in the Football Association Cup, Shenhua, which lost 0-2 in an away game, almost achieved a comeback thanks to Xie Hui's outstanding performance. The contest between the two sides was dragged into overtime; in the Chinese Super Cup match against Shenzhen Jianlibao, Shenhua, which lost by 1 goal at home, once tied the score 2-1 in the away game, and scored the second goal for Shenhua. The one who scored the ball was Xie Hui. Although Xie Hui's goals in these two cup competitions did not achieve the ultimate effect of saving the team, Xie Hui's personal value has not been underestimated because of Shenhua's early exit from these two cup competitions.

With his box office appeal off the court, his solid goals on the court, and the zero transfer fee, Xie Hui is obviously Shenhua Club’s most successful introduction this season. In terms of cost performance, the Shenhua team, which has been snapping up the "Biard King" at sky-high prices for many years, just made the most successful deal this year. Qu Shengqing, Zhang Yuning, and Xiao Zhanbo can also enhance Shenhua's strength and bring benefits, but Xie Hui The introduction of Shenhua Club gave Shenhua Club a taste of being able to do things with less money for the first time.

In the 2006-07 season, injuries and status directly affected Xie Hui’s appearance and goals. Young people and foreign players crowded out the Shanghai big boys’ team status. With the change from No. 8 to No. 33, Xie Hui gave up. It’s better to be patient, I can’t bear the loneliness at home, and going to Germany is on the agenda again!

On January 1, 2008, he was loaned from Shenhua to Wiesbaden Club of the German Second Division. The contract period was one and a half years until June 31, 2009. This is also Xie Hui's third time in Germany in his career. He later terminated his contract with the team at the end of 2008 due to injuries.

On February 28, 2009, Shanghai Shenhua Football Club held the "Coastal United Cup" China-Australia Football Match at the Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium. Shenhua Club will also use this game to hold an official retirement ceremony for Xie Hui. This meritorious player played in the game that day and officially announced his retirement to the fans at the scene. This is also the first player in Shenhua history to receive "retirement ceremony" treatment. After retirement, Xie Hui served as assistant coach and spokesperson at Shenhua Club.

In 2012, Xie Hui joined the Shanghai Lucky Star Youth Football Club and served as the "Kid King" of the 97/98 age group. The Lucky Star Youth Club, which Yi Wenbin, Qi Hong, Shen Si, Zhang Yong and others raised and invested with their own funds, has become a gathering place for Shenhua's old teammates. The coaching model has become Xie Hui's first choice.

In November 2014, when Shanghai SIPG Football Club was established, it announced the acquisition of the 97/98 and 99/00 age groups of Lucky Star Football Club. In the past few years, Xie Hui, who has been leading these 97/98-year-old players from the former SIPG echelon and is very familiar with these players, joined the SIPG reserve team coaching team as a reserve team coach. In 2016, he was promoted to assistant coach and assisted Portuguese coach Villas-Boas. After SIPG won the Chinese Super League championship in the 2018 season, Xie Hui became a personal witness of Shanghai's two top league championship trophies.

On the afternoon of March 31, 2020, the Chinese League One team Nantong Zhiyun officially announced that Xie Hui will serve as the head coach of Nantong Zhiyun. Later, Shanghai SIPG also sent thanks to Xie Hui and blessings for the future through the club’s official Weibo.

Shenhua’s generation of 1995 has faded away. Wu Chengying retired in 2007, has a silent personality, and gradually drifts away; Shen Si and Qi Hong, who devoted themselves to youth training and were imprisoned, are now rooted in the grassroots. Fortunately for the football world, only Xie Hui, who has always been high-profile, is at the forefront of the head coach. What can we expect in the future? Let’s look at today!