Zhang Enhua
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| Full name | Zhang Enhua | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dalian, Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1994–2003 | Dalian Wanda FC | 178 | (16) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 17 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Tianjin Teda | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | South China | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 1995–2002 | China | 62 | (7) | ||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:05, 2 May 2009 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:58, 2 August 2008 (UTC) |
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Zhang Enhua (simplified Chinese: 张恩华; traditional Chinese: 張恩華; pinyin: Zhāng Ēnhuá; born 28 April 1973 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese football player. He is predominantly notable for his time at Dalian Wanda FC, where he won several league titles as well as being a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He also represented Grimsby Town, Tianjin Teda and South China during his professional career that lasted from 1994 until 2006.
Zhang Enhua began his professional football career when he joined his local native Chinese football team Dalian Wanda FC at the beginning of the 1994 league season. At the club, he would gradually establish himself in defence and help it win the league title. With Dalian he would establish himself as an integral member of their defence the following season, however they were unable to retain the league title and came third within the league. Nevertheless, the following season would see Zhang Enhua help Dalian stamp their dominance within the league and for the next three seasons they would win consecutive league titles.
In 2000, Zhang was made a transfer target of second tier English club Grimsby Town and was then brought to the club on a 3-month loan deal to play in the Football League Championship. The defender would be part of a new wave of foreign imports at the club as newly installed manager Lennie Lawrence brought in David Nielsen, Knut Anders Fostervold and Menno Willems. Enhua was originally sent in as cover for the injured Peter Handyside, and after a nervous first game, he settled into life at Grimsby, even scoring three times for the club. Lawrence admitted talking to the club over a possible deal being made more permanent but his wages were too big for the club, and Enhua departed the club after his loan spell. He is still regarded as a minor cult hero amongst Grimsby supporters, who took very well to the player while he played in England. His goal celebration in the 1–0 victory over Burnley were used by ITV Yorkshire Television in the opening credits for their "Goals on Sunday" television programme throughout the 2001/2002 season.
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