School football
A humble start with room to grow.
CHINA
Create your player and start from school football, sports school, academy football, university teams or city leagues. Choose clubs, survive transfer windows, cup runs and long away trips, and fight for a national-team place.
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This football career simulator lets you decide where the story begins, how you develop and whether you end up in the Chinese Super League, abroad or in national-team colours.
Start a career in ChinaEvery season brings training, matches, transfer windows and public pressure. You fight for minutes, handle cups and long away trips, and make decisions that shape the next few years. The game includes 72 local career events.
A humble start with room to grow.
More structure and higher expectations.
A club pathway closer to professional football.
A longer climb from semi-pro levels.
Big names do not always mean stability — finances and access rules affect your contract.
Cross-country travel drains energy and needs careful season planning.
One derby or cup shock can change your role overnight.
Fight for promotion or survival, create FA Cup moments and use big matches to change your market value.
No formal offer yet, but the noise already changes the room.
Read more: Overseas transfer rumourInstability reaches the squad: minutes, contracts and futures.
When attention spikes, every touch is magnified.
Read more: The fan group finished the tactical planStrong league form can bring a call-up — but competition is fierce.
After the school match, your PE teacher pulls you aside: "With that pace, it'd be a shame not to take football seriously." At home, they're more worried about next week's exams.
Your homeroom teacher says these grades matter. Your coach says this final matters too. It's the first time you've realized everyone can say "important" at once.
The fitness test list goes up. The squad goes quieter than before a match — even the extra-training addicts are studying pacing charts.
You're used to settling the ball within two steps. Now the coach wants you looking thirty yards upfield. The pitch suddenly feels the size of a map.
In China, performance is not the only story. Club licensing, finances and league movement directly change your minutes and contract outlook.
Your agent says a club abroad asked about you. There is no formal offer yet — but from this moment, everything feels different.
Before kick-off, fan groups already picked the shape, substitutions and your role. You know every touch will be screenshotted and shared.
Build in China or use the right season to test yourself abroad. Every move changes minutes, wages and national-team chances.
Regular minutes, key-match performances and continental experience all matter — then you must keep your place in a crowded squad.
Ready to begin? Create your player and start your first career in China.
Start a career in China