World Cup | Ten Former CSL Veterans Cast Light on the Waning Glow of the “Golden-Era” — This Is Their World Cup “Last Dance”



Shangguan News
2026-06-25 03:59 Official Account of Shangguan News
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In the 58th minute of the match between Colombia and DR Congo, a foul by Colombian defender Lucumí pushed the game into a “dead-ball” phase. At this point, both teams chose to make substitutions. DR Congo replaced the physically drained 35-year-old veteran Bakambu, while Colombia brought on Quintero for the 33-year-old attacker James Rodríguez—who also took over the captain’s armband.

Bakambu and Quintero are two names that Chinese fans are quite familiar with. In the 2021 season, Quintero played for Shenzhen Kaisa for one year, which was also the final year of Bakambu’s four-year spell with Beijing Guoan. These two former CSL stalwarts going head-to-head on the World Cup stage is also a bit of trivia. After coming on, Quintero assisted his teammate Muñoz to score the only goal of the match, and Colombia used this win to secure their qualification spot.

In this World Cup, there is only one currently active CSL foreign player: Park Jin-seop of South Korea.
This World Cup features a total of one active CSL foreign player (Park Jin-seop of South Korea).
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