Zhao Dayu

{{Short description|Footballer (1961–2015)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Zhao Dayu<br>赵达裕 | image = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1961|1|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Guangzhou]], [[Guangdong]], China | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|3|18|1961|1|17|df=y}} | death_place = Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | height = 1.62 m | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | years1 = 1978–1986| clubs1 = [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou team]] | caps1 = |goals1 = | years2 = 1988–1990| clubs2 = [[Urawa Red Diamonds|Mitsubishi Motors]] | caps2 = |goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 1982–1986| nationalteam1 = [[China national football team|China]]| nationalcaps1 = 29 | nationalgoals1 = 19 | manageryears1 = 1988 | managerclubs1 = [[Urawa Red Diamonds|Mitsubishi Motors Youth]] | manageryears2 = 1999 | managerclubs2 = [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou Apollo]] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{CHN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver |[[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984 Singapore]]|[[1984 AFC Asian Cup squads#China|Team]]}} }} {{family name hatnote|[[Zhao (surname)|Zhao]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox Chinese |s=赵达裕 |p=Zhào Dáyù |mi={{IPAc-cmn|zh|ao|4|-|d|a|2|-|yu|4|}} |j=Ziu6 Daat6-jyu6 |ci={{IPAc-yue|z|iu|6|-|d|aat|6|-|j|yu|6|}} }}

'''Zhao Dayu''' ({{zh|s=赵达裕|t=趙達裕|p=Zhào Dáyù}}; 17 January 1961 – 18 March 2015), also known as {{Nihongo|'''Tatsuyu Matsuki'''|松木達裕|Matsuki Tatsuyu}},<ref name="Tatsuyu Matsuki">{{cite web|url=http://2010.163.com/10/1022/11/6JJK8MFH00864IV7.html|title=亚运火炬潮州雨中传递前国脚松木达裕引人注目|publisher=sports.163.com|date=17 October 2010|access-date=17 January 2016|archive-date=2 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002152421/http://2010.163.com/10/1022/11/6JJK8MFH00864IV7.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a Chinese coach, businessman and a former international [[association football|football]] [[Forward (association football)|striker]]. He was a naturalized citizen of Japan.

As a footballer he played his whole career for [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou team]], where he was Nicknamed "Dwarf Tiger" because of his short sature, while internationally he was called up to the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]], where he took part in the [[1984 Asian Cup]]. He had to retire early in 1986 due to injury and moved to [[Japan]] to become the coach of [[Urawa Red Diamonds|Mitsubishi Motors]] youth team in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.163.com/special/zhaodayu/|title=专访赵达裕：足协的4000万青训拨款做得都是很虚的东西|publisher=sports.163.com|date=2 July 2011|access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> Zhao had a brief stint at senior management with Guangzhou F.C. before concentrating on football youth development by starting up his own school named [[Guangzhou Yida]] in his hometown while outside football he moved into [[sportswear (activewear)|sportswear]] manufacturing with a company called Ucan.

==Playing career== Zhao Dayu studied within the specialist sport schools within [[Guangzhou]] before being picked up by [[Guangzhou F.C.|Guangzhou team]], where he showed himself to be a technically gifted player before going on to break into the senior team and soon help guide the club to win promotion to the top tier when the club won the 1981 division title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/chinahist.html |title=China 1981 |date=22 October 2009 |access-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022111824/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/chinahist.html |archive-date=22 October 2012 }}</ref> Zhao's performances for his club soon saw him called up to the [[China national football team|Chinese national team]], and he soon gained national attention when he scored the winning goal against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in the 1984 [[Nehru Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1984-01-20|title=China PR 1–0 Argentina|publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=20 January 1984|access-date=18 September 2012}}</ref> While the Nehru Cup was a friendly competition Zhao showed what he was capable of when he played in [[1984 Asian Cup]] and helped guide China to a runner-up position within the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/84asch.html |title=Asian Nations Cup 1984 |date=21 December 2009 |access-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014174849/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/84asch.html |archive-date=14 October 2012 }}</ref> It turned out to be the highlight of his career, and in 1986 he had to retire after he was unable to overcome a persistent tibia and fibula fracture in his left leg. In 1988, Zhao moved to [[Japan]] to become the coach of [[Urawa Red Diamonds|Mitsubishi Motors]] youth team and spent several years with his wife and family living in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnsoccer.titan24.com/2011-03-11/103727_4.html|title=数广东足坛十三大风流人物：容志行古广明均上榜|publisher=cnsoccer.titan24.com|date=11 March 2011|access-date=18 September 2012|archive-date=20 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920055459/http://cnsoccer.titan24.com/2011-03-11/103727_4.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He switched nationality from China to Japan and changed his name as Tatsuyu Matsuki (松木達裕) before returning to China in 1998.<ref name="Tatsuyu Matsuki"/> He then had a brief stint with senior management when he returned to Guangzhou F.C. in 1999 as their head coach; however, it has been in youth development where Zhao has concentrated on when he formed a football school named [[Guangzhou Yida]] in his hometown of Guangzhou. He is also the owner of a [[sportswear (activewear)|sportswear]] company named Ucan which had secured a kit sponsorship deal with [[China League One]] club [[Guangdong Sunray Cave]].

On 18 March 2015, Zhao died of [[liver cancer]] at [[Sun Yat-sen University#Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center|Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center]] in Guangzhou, aged 54.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.163.com/15/0318/15/AL0FKF7R000146BE.htmll|title=足坛名宿赵达裕肝癌晚期医治无效于今日仙逝|publisher=Netease|date=18 March 2015|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.like-news.us/?i638911-Yi-Zhao-Dayu-former-Gold-partner:-He-proved-that-all-can-play Yi Zhao Dayu former Gold partner: He proved that all can play]</ref>

==Career statistics== === International statistics ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;" |- !Competition!!Year!!Apps!!Goal |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Great Wall Cup]]''' |1982–1984||5||1 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]''' |1984–1986||9||4 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Asian Cup]] Qualifier''' |1984||4||6 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[Asian Cup]]''' |1984||6||2 |- |rowspan=1|'''[[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|World Cup Qualifier]]''' |1985||5||6 |- |rowspan=1|'''Total''' |||29||19 |- |}

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==External links== *[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/1737461D508D461A.html Player profile]{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} at sodasoccer.com *[http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/player.php?id=zhaodayu Team China Stats]

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