What are the famous players who used to play in China doing now?

Corinthians spent 7 years with Shanghai Port, scoring 58 goals in 178 appearances. In December 2024, the 34-year-old midfielder left Chinese football to return to his native Brazil to play for Sao Paulo. After 6 matches in the Brazilian National Championship this season, Oscar has not scored or assisted. However, he has managed to score 2 goals and 4 assists in 12 matches in the Paulista State Championship.

Hulk , Oscar's teammate at Shanghai Port, also had a brilliant career in China. In 4 years playing for this club, he scored 51 goals in 100 matches and conquered many titles with Oscar in the billion-people country. In 2021, Hulk returned to Brazil to play for Atletico Mineiro. This season, he scored 16 goals and had 4 assists in 44 matches.

Stephan El Shaarawy played for Shanghai Shenhua from 2019 to 2021 but only scored 1 goal in 16 appearances. The Italian striker quickly returned to Serie A in 2021, joining AS Roma. Here, he has made 133 appearances over the past 4 years.

Hebei China Fortune had Javier Mascherano in the 2018-2019 period. After leaving China in 2019, the former player joined Estudiantes and retired there. Currently, Mascherano is Lionel Messi's coach at Inter Miami.

Carlos Tevez was also one of the biggest stars in the CSL with a huge salary when playing for Shanghai Shenhua. However, he only played 16 times for this club between 2016 and 2018. After that, the former Man City star returned to play for Boca Juniors. In June 2022, Tevez announced his retirement.

Alexandre Pato spent two years without winning any titles with Tianjin Tianhai, despite scoring 30 goals in 47 games. In 2019, he left Chinese football to play for Sao Paulo and Orlando City. Pato officially retired in January 2025.

Ramires was a mainstay of Jiangsu Suning from 2016 to 2019, making 49 appearances and scoring 11 goals. The former Brazilian midfielder then returned to his homeland to play for Palmeiras before retiring in 2022.

Before retiring in 2024, Paulinho had two spells with Guangzhou Evergrande, winning three CSL titles and one AFC Champions League title. Paulinho's final club was Corinthians.

Ramos missed a Panenka-style penalty kick. On the morning of September 25, Sergio Ramos had a disastrous penalty kick when Monterrey lost 2-6 to Toluca in round 10 of the Mexican National Championship.

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