At the request of a friend, talk about Aaron Winter, a former Dutch international who claimed to be Chinese.
If you want to understand this player thoroughly, you must first understand his origin. Aaron Winter's grandfather, named Zhang Junqiang. From this name alone, it is not difficult to judge his Chinese identity. In fact, Zhang Junqiang is indeed a native Chinese. However, Zhang Junqiang did not always live in China after he became an adult. As a businessman, he once went across the ocean to Suriname to make a living. During this period, he met a local woman in Suriname. The two met and fell in love and gave birth to a boy.
This boy is Aaron Winter's father. This means that Aaron Winter does have our Chinese blood, which is almost a quarter of Chinese blood. As for Aaron Winter's birthday, it was March 1, 1967, and he was born in Paramaribo, Suriname.
As we all know, Suriname has contributed a lot of talents to Dutch football. Gullit, Rijkaard, Davis, Seedorf... a series of shining names are inextricably linked with Suriname, as is Aaron Winter. As for the place where Winter started his career, it was the famous Ajax. As early as the 1985 - 86 season, he entered the first team of Ajax and played in the professional league.
In the following 1986 - 87 season, Winter, who was still very young at that time, became the regular main force of Ajax. He played 28 games in the league and scored 8 goals. Winter at this stage has a sense of presence at both ends of attack and defense, and is expected by the Dutch football world.
This kind of star of hope will naturally attract the attention of the Dutch national team. Although the Dutch team was full of talents at that time, Winter was still included in the Orange Shirts' squad for Euro 1988. Because he is still young and inexperienced, Winter can only play soy sauce in that Dutch team, and his sense of existence is extremely low. Even many experienced fans did not realize that Winter had participated in that European Cup.
After the European Cup, Winter continued to play for Ajax. As long as he is not troubled by injuries, he is the main midfielder of Ajax and is pursued by many clubs from the five major leagues. However, the circulation frequency of players in that era was far less exaggerated than that of contemporary football. It was not until the summer of 1992 that Winter left Ajax to play in the five major leagues.
Because the Serie A League at that time was recognized as the first league in the world, Winter's next stop was the Lazio Club in Apennine. In the summer when Winter joined Lazio, his new club also welcomed another heavyweight new recruit: Signori.
In the next few seasons, the two new players, Signori and Winter, supported Lazio's middle and front court. The former is in a state of supernatural courage, and regards goals as worthless. The latter has both offensive and defensive skills and strives hard for the team. It is with the help of these two men that Lazio is very effective. Although it cannot reach the level of winning the championship, it makes all the princes fear.
However, compared with Sigouri who works as a striker, Winter, as a midfielder, has a lower sense of existence than the former because of his position on the court. When it comes to the representative figures of Lazio at that time, I'm afraid not many fans can remember Winter's name at the first time.
Fortunately, the Dutch national team will not choose players according to their reputation. Winter has been an important member of the Dutch team since he landed in the Serie A League. As long as it is an international competition, Winter will definitely be included in the list, and has a certain role. For example, in the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Winter broke through the door of the Samba Legion by talking with Brazil in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, the Netherlands failed to reach the end of the match, and could only watch the Brazilian team reach the final after defeating itself.
In the European Cup in 1996, Winter, who was still in good competitive condition at that time, was still an important member of the Dutch team. Before the European Cup officially starts, all teams will invite their opponents to play warm-up games. The team invited by the Netherlands was our national football team.
Winter, with Chinese blood flowing on his body, made his debut as a Dutch main player. Before the official start of the game, Winter shook hands with the Chinese football players and said in Chinese: "I am Chinese". Because the Chinese male soccer players at that time did not know much about Winter, many of them were confused.
The Dutch international, who claimed to be a Chinese, performed very well in this game, not only attacking and defending, but also penetrating the national football gate. Although the main goalkeeper of the national football team at that time, Qu Chuliang, played a phenomenal role in this game, and even Hiddink was full of praise for his high attacks against the Dutch team's threat shots, Winter still broke the ten finger pass of Qu Chuliang.
After winning the warm-up match, Winter joined the team in the European Cup in 1996. Although the Dutch team's participation list looks strong, there are superstars in all three lines. However, the Orange Shirts have committed the old habit of fighting among themselves, failed to display their strongest strength, and returned home early
After a frustrating trip to the European Cup, Winter said goodbye to Lazio and moved to Inter Milan. With Winter's strength, even in the old giants like Inter Milan, he can still play the main role. However, at this stage, there were some problems in the team building ideas of the Nerazzurri, and the emphasis on the front line was obviously higher than that on the middle and back court, which led to the imbalance of the strength of the three lines. In addition to some questionable decisions, Winter failed to follow Inter to win the league championship.
Fortunately, Inter are still dominant in the UEFA Cup. In the 1997-98 season, the Nerazzurri were on the stage of the Uefa Cup all the way to the final with another Italian club, Lazio. As an old Lazio player, Winter made his debut and accomplished his task well, helping the Nerazzurri break down their old masters and win the UEFA Cup. This is also the most valuable champion of Winter when he played for Inter.
However, by this time, Winter was over thirty years old, and his competitive state had somewhat declined. As a direct result, Winter's role in the Dutch national team is obviously not as good as before. Winter, aware of his old age and infirmity, said goodbye to the Nerazzurri in 1999 and returned to Ajax for retirement. There are fewer and fewer news about him.
