"I always thought that playing football could only be the entertainment of life, and I never thought that one day it would become my own career!Talking about the changes in his life trajectory due to the "village super", Dong Yongheng said with emotion.
Recently, Dong Yongheng, who is affectionately known as "Dong Qiu King" by netizens, has been hired as a football consultant for the Fourth Primary School of Guzhou Town, Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, and Zhongzhong Middle School of Zhongzhong Town.
A turning point in life
I will take this opportunity to regard football as a career and contribute to youth football in Rongjiang. Dong Yongheng, who has previously obtained the relevant qualifications of football coaching, said that he plans to recruit students during this year's winter vacation and start his football training career.
This is a turning point in the life of 34-year-old Dong Yongheng. And this important turning point is all given by the "village super".
From May to July this year, the "Village Super" competition, which is fully known as Guizhou Rongjiang (Sanbao Dong Village) and the United States Country Football Super League, became popular all over the Internet and went abroad. Six or seven hundred players from 20 local village-level teams – pig killers, teachers, construction site workers, braised vegetable sellers, and roll flour ......With 98 games, it has created the "glory of Rongjiang" in grassroots football.
Dong Yongheng, who represented the Loyal Village Football Team, won the "Village Super" scorer king with 15 goals in 13 rounds of games, won the Golden Boot Award, and became famous. From "King of Roll Powder" to "King of Dong Ball", from selling roll powder to teaching football, he never thought that his life would change like this because of "Village Super".
The year before "Village Chao", Dong Yongheng was just a shopkeeper selling roll noodles in Rongjiang. As a well-known local snack, Rongjiang roll noodles have many signature merchants, but after Dong Yongheng took over the shop from his aunt, he won the title of "King of Roll Noodles" in the food competition held in Rongjiang in 2022.
I can't disgrace this sign. Dong Yongheng is very serious about learning Xi roll flour production, from material selection, material preparation, to making roll powder, he has to work 12 hours a day. Thunderbolt procedures, the same actions, he maintains a consistent way of coping: "If you don't do it, it's enough, do it with your heart." ”
That's how he approaches football.
The road to the "King of the Ball".
Dong Yongheng was born in Zhongzhong Town, Rongjiang County, a town famous for its cow deflated hot pot, about a ten-minute drive from the county seat, surrounded by layers of mountains. Rongjiang County and Zhongzhong Town are located at both ends of the 10,000-mu Chejiang Dam that runs through the northeast and southwest.
This area of several rivers is flat and open, suitable for group sports. The origin of Rongjiang football, which has a history of 70 or 80 years, is located in Chejiangba District.
Dong Yongheng has been playing football since the third grade of primary school. He said: "There is a group of adults in the town who often come to play football on the concrete floor of our Loyal Primary School, and my friends and I have nothing else to play, so we just learn to play and play football!”
Without a coach, no formal venue, and no referee to enforce the law, Dong Yongheng and his friends played happy football on the concrete floor, in the cinder yard, and in the wild grass.
I can't say how fanatical I am about football, I just want to kick the ball well when I get the chance. In order to learn Xi football knowledge and skills, Dong Yongheng often broadcasts football TV and ponders by himself.
After being promoted to Rongjiang County No. 1 Middle School, Dong Yongheng, who likes to ponder, gradually made a name for himself in this school that had both junior high school and high school at that time. "When I was in junior high school, my friends and I often teamed up to play high school students, and sometimes we had to let them play balls. He said. With his outstanding skills, he has also slowly become the "Dinghai Divine Needle" in the eyes of Rongjiang football people.
However, this "Dinghai Shen Needle" did not work in the freshman year. In 2009, Dong Yongheng, who was admitted to Guizhou University for Nationalities, joined the school team, but was pressed on the bench by the coach for a year because of the "wild road" style of play.
Once again, he exerted his spirit of contemplation. "I pay attention to how the coach teaches, work hard to correct it after class, and improve it through the competition. Under the strict requirements of the coach, Dong Yongheng's skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
Entering his sophomore year, Dong Yongheng kicked into the main team. In his senior year, he and his teammates won the championship of the Xtep China University Football League in Guizhou for the school, and won the second place in the Southern Region of the competition on behalf of Guizhou Province, and finally won the recognition of the coach.
This is the highest honor he received before playing in the "Village Super League".
Looking back on his college career, Dong Yongheng, who has played almost all positions, deeply understands the power of the team on the football field. "Every position is indispensable, every teammate is crucial, including the cheerleaders standing in the stands. ”
This is also the reason why every time the "Village Super" game wins, Dong Yongheng, who occupies the first place in the scorer list, is never greedy for merit. "Without the playmaking, the response, the attack and the defense of my teammates, without the cheerleaders cheering me on, I wouldn't have been able to score. ”
Embark on a new path
After graduating from university in 2013, in order to participate in the sports meeting held in Qiandongnan Prefecture, Dong Yongheng returned to his hometown in Rongjiang and started a life of playing football, employment and entrepreneurship at the same time.
I have been an employee of a private company for three or four years, worked on construction projects for four or five years, and finally sold rolls of powder for a year, and the only thing that has not changed is playing football.
Perhaps because of his unstable job, Dong Yongheng's football life is difficult to be recognized by his family to some extent. However, he "doesn't care very much, since he has chosen football, he has to cherish and play every game".
There are many surprises in life, and the extraordinary rewards of sticking to what you love and giving it your all are especially heartwarming. The "out of the circle" of "Village Super" not only changed Dong Yongheng's image in the eyes of his family, but also made him gain indescribable happiness in the praise of everyone, and ignited his dream about football.
In mid-November, in the first (county) men's football league of "Colorful Guizhou" won the provincial championship by the Rongjiang County team, Dong Yongheng won the Golden Boot Award again with 6 rounds and 6 goals.
Returning to the Happy Island Kindergarten, where he carried out football public welfare classes, he was deeply moved by the enthusiastic children who held out their portraits to welcome the return of the "King of Balls".
He has become a 'hero' in the eyes of many Rongjiang children and young players. Fa Xiao Jiang Baihong said that after the "village super" aroused everyone's attention to grassroots football, Dong Yongheng also began to think about whether he could enter the field of football and contribute to Rongjiang football.
I used to just play football as a hobby. After the 'Village Super League' became popular, I think that whether it is playing football or teaching, I hope to inject positive energy into the younger generation of Rongjiang. Dong Yongheng said.
He is speeding up his actions. In addition to entering the school to carry out football public welfare classes, he is also busy setting up the venue to prepare for the upcoming winter vacation training class.
My football life has been completed because of the 'Village Super League'. He said that in the coming years, he will help the better development of Rongjiang football by passing on his football knowledge and skills.
*: New Yellow River.