Amid all the chaos that is the Chinese Super League's transfer window, it's easy to forget some of the players who have made the switch from major clubs in Europe to the Far Eastern cash cows in the Orient.
Carlos Tevez and Oscar stole the headlines due to the staggering amounts involved in their transfers to the league but it was Brazilian powerhouse Hulk, formerly of FC Porto and Zenit St Petersburg, who originally shattered the Asian transfer record, when Shanghai SIPG shelled out €55.8 million for the 30-year-old forward.
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Hulk is of course no stranger to Asian football, having spent the early portion of his career in Japan with Kawasaki Frontale, Consadole Sapporo and Tokyo Verdy. And the Brazil international has taken to the Chinese Super League like a duck to water since his return to the Far East, scoring five goals in his first nine games for SIPG.
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And his latest effort may just be his best yet for his new employers.
SIPG took on FC Seoul of South Korea in an Asian Champions League game, earlier today and it was a trademark Hulk thunderbolt that settled matters in the second half.
Shanghai didn't make it easy for themselves, however, having to play the final half an hour of the match with 10 men after He Guan was adjudged to have fouled Seoul's Montenegran forward Dejan Damjanovic in the penalty area.
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Damjanovic couldn't make the advantage count, however, missing the resulting penalty as SIPG hung on for victory, thanks to Hulk's sensational golazo.
(H/T 101 Great Goals)
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