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Shanghai (AFP) – China’s former international football captain Zhang Enhua, who became a cult hero during a spell with unfashionable Grimsby Town in England, has died of heart problems after his 48th birthday celebrations, reports said Friday. Zhang reportedly fell ill after enjoying his birthday on Wednesday with friends, the Global Times and other state media said. A central defender, Zhang was part of the China squad at the 2002 World Cup the only time the country has competed on football’s biggest stage. Zhang spent most of his career in Dalian, the northeast city where he was born, and won seven league titles with his hometown club. ....
1 minute read Former China international defender Zhang Enhua, a member of the country s World Cup squad in 2002, died on Thursday at the age of 48, Chinese state media reported. No cause of death was given for the former centre half, who helped China qualify for their first, and so far only, appearance at the World Cup finals that year in Japan and South Korea. Zhang s career saw him win seven Chinese league titles with Dalian Wanda from 1994 to 2002 and also score a runners-up medal in the Asian Club Championship in 1998, when Dalian lost in the final to South Korean side Pohang Steelers. ....