Eddy Francis: Difference between revisions

'''Eddy Juan Francis''',<ref>see player's own Sina Weibo statement 2014.10.06 on Talk page</ref><ref>Aidi Frances [http://sports.sohu.com/20120208/n334088357.shtml sohu.com 大连阿尔滨引进特殊内援 艾迪曾入选过中国国少] 2012年02月08日11:0</ref><ref>[http://www.wenqiu.com/player/16622.html Wenqiu 艾迪·弗朗西斯 bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025152123/http://www.wenqiu.com/player/16622.html |date=25 October 2014 }} "在艾迪的床头，写着“AidiFrances”的英文字样。可艾迪说他不会英语，更不会法语，只会中文。“我生在上海，长在上海。”时常被队友戏称为“外援”的艾迪的确是中国人，这可以从他的护照上得到证明。1990年12月，艾迪出生在上海，从小他就酷爱足球。看到自己的小孩很有足球天赋，艾迪的妈妈把他送进了普陀区的一所足球学校。"</ref><ref>Eddy François [http://wildeastfootball.net/tag/eddy-francois/ The Multicultural Chinese National Team : Wild East Football]</ref> '''Aidi Fulangxisi''' ({{zh|s=艾迪·弗朗西斯 |p=Àidí Fúlǎngxīsī}}; born 17 December 1990, in [[Shanghai]]) or simply '''Aidi''', is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays as a [[defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Chinese Super League]] club [[Shanghai Shenhua Football Club|Shanghai Shenhua]].

Born in [[Shanghai]], Aidi's mother is Chinese [[Hakka people|Hakka]] and his father is [[Tanzanian]]. He joined [[Genbao Football Academy]] when he was ten years old. In the end of 2005, he joined [[Shanghai East Asia]] with whole [[Genbao Football Academy]] team and started his career. But after his first season, he was downsized and moved to [[Shanghai Shenhua]]. In 2008, he moved to [[China League Two]] club [[Suzhou Trips]] after unhappiness with [[Shanghai Shenhua]], but had no appearance because of problems regarding his registration. In 2009 [[Suzhou Trips]] quit [[China League Two]], Aidi signed on loan to [[Ningbo Huaao]] for a year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20090618/n264610571.shtml |script-title=zh:湖北不知中乙对手技战术风格 宁波不甘俯首称臣 |publisher=sports.sohu.com|date= 18 June 2009|access-date=17 July 2012|language=zh}}</ref> After his loan finished, he moved to [[China League One]] club [[Shanghai East Asia]] immediately, returned to the start of his football career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20091226/n269223562.shtml |script-title=zh:徐根宝引入外援中轴线 "黑人"能说流利上海话|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date= 26 December 2009|access-date=17 July 2012|language=zh}}</ref>