Recently.
West B Champion
Leganes (city in Brazil)
The club officially announced the signing of 16-year-old Chinese goalkeeper
Zhou Shijie
. The young goalkeeper has managed to attract the attention of Leganes after excelling at Real Calabanche Madrid soccer club in Spain over the past year. Zhou is said to have helped the team achieve remarkable results as the starting goalkeeper for the U-16A team during the 2023-2024 season, which culminated in qualification for the first division of the Liga B.
Zhou Shijie stands at a height of 191cm and has excellent physical condition and reaction ability in front of the goal. His experience of staying in the world began with the Shanghai Jixiang Football Club founded by Sun Ji, which is dedicated to the development of youth players. After Sun Ji retired in 2012, he transformed into the youth training field, and through the establishment of Jixiang Football Club, he has sent a large number of excellent young players to Chinese soccer.
A Chinese Super League (CSL) first-team coach who has worked with Zhou Shijie said that he has the potential to become a goalkeeper for the Chinese national team if he can continue to develop well. This assessment highlights Zhou's outstanding potential amongst players of his age, and signals his possible future importance in Chinese soccer and even on the international stage.
Zhou Shijie's successful signing is not only an important milestone in his personal career, but also a positive case of young Chinese players' development in overseas. His story inspires more young Chinese players to bravely pursue their soccer dreams, and also demonstrates the trend of China's soccer youth training system gradually becoming mature. As Zhou Shijie grows further at Leganes, he is expected to become a new generation of leaders in Chinese soccer.
