How a language student founded China's biggest amateur football league

Inspired by his favorite club, Fortuna Duesseldorf, Robert Gonnella founded the football team Fortuna 94 Beijing in 1994 – and later the largest amateur league in China, which still honors "Raging Rob" to this day with the "Gonnella Cup."

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25. June 2024

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