Zou Wenzhi

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Zou Wenzhi
Personal information
Date of birth 1914 (1914)
Place of birth Hong Kong
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1935–? South China B
Chinese Athletic Association
Kau Wah FC
Eastern FC
Kowloon Motor Bus Company
Kit Chee
International career
1948–1954 China +0 (0)
1956–1957 Hong Kong +1 (+1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zou Wenzhi (born 1914, date of death unknown) was a Chinese footballer who competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [1] He was very popular in the late 1940s, being regarded by many as the natural successor of Lee Wai Tong. [2]

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Career

Born in 1914, Zou made his debut in the Hong Kong First Division in 1935, as a member of South China's B team. [1] [2] He went on to play for the likes of the Chinese Athletic Association, Kau Wah FC, Eastern FC, Kowloon Motor Bus Company, and Kit Chee until he retired in 1961, aged 46-47. [1] [2]

Zou was a member of the Republic of China national team that participated in the football tournament of the 1948 Olympic Games and which won the gold medal in the football tournament of the 1954 Asian Games, to which the 40-year-old Zou contributed with only one appearance in the group stage, a 4–0 win over the Philippines. [1] [2] [3] [a] On 31 August 1957, he scored for Hong Kong in a 6–2 win over Cambodia, becoming, at the age of 42-43, the oldest international goalscorer in world football, overtaking England's Stanley Matthews, who had just set the record the previous year, in 1956, aged 41. [4]

Despite being short and having weak shooting power, Zou played bravely and possessed good technique with both feet, being thus capable of playing left or right inside forward, and even as a center back. [2] He sometimes focused too much on personal performance, so the national coach Li used him more as a wingback, which naturally reduced his fancy moves. [2]

He was also very active in martial arts. [1]

Honours

Republic of China

Notes

  1. ↑ The source spells his name as "Chou Wan Chi".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Zou Wenzhi". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "中国队参加1948年世界运动会回顾之七----足球代表队成员介绍" [Review of the Chinese team's participation in the 1948 World Games Part 7: Introduction to the members of the football team]. blog.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Asian Games 1954". RSSSF. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Oldest and Youngest Players and Goal-scorers in International Football: Men - Oldest Goal-scorers". RSSSF. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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