Chris Steele-Perkins The Te Lian Bian experimental kindergarden. Of the 200 children who attend, about 30 play football. They are sponsored by a company called In Sport who provide equipment and trained football coache (...)
Chris Steele-Perkins The girls disabled (deaf) football team, known as the Dream of Dragons. Dragons sounds the same as deaf in Chinese. They are from the Zhang Jiang special education school, which has more than 580 d (...)
Chris Steele-Perkins The Te Lian Bian experimental kindergarden. Of the 200 children who attend, about 30 play football. They are sponsored by a company called In Sport who provide equipment and trained football coache (...)
Chris Steele-Perkins The village primary school of Gaowu. The village has a population of 4,000 and the primary school has specialised in football since 2008, long before the government initiative, in 2013, to encourag (...)
Chris Steele-Perkins The girls disabled (deaf) football team, known as the Dream of Dragons. Dragons sounds the same as deaf in Chinese. They are from the Zhang Jiang special education school, which has more than 580 d (...)
Chris Steele-Perkins The Dream of Dragon’s coach, Zhang Jiang, gives a player a leg massage. He is a teacher at the Zhang Jiang special education school and an advocate for the team, which the school Principal opposes. (...)
Chris Steele-Perkins A disabled team for people suffering from muscular and coordination problems practice at Cao Yang No.2 High School. Shanghai, China. 2016. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins The Top Team is made up of enthusiastic amateur football players who formed 12 years ago from a group of friends and colleagues, mainly from the IT profession. They meet every Saturday from 4 to 6p (...)
Chris Steele-Perkins Classrooms at the Evergrande Football Academy school. Evergrande is a private fee paying school and the largest football academy in the world. It has 2,800 pupils. Guangzhou, China. 2016. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins A morning training session at the Evergrande Football academy school. Guangzhou, China. 2016. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins Xi Mingyuan (35), a supporter and fan of the Super League team Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, at home where he keeps a large collection of signed and worn football shirts and memorabilia. He works as (...)
Chris Steele-Perkins At the old Expo site a few fans of the Shanghai SIPG Super League team watch a light show celebrating the club and football in general. Shanghai, China. 2016. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins At the old Expo site a few fans of the Shanghai SIPG Super League team watch a light show celebrating the club and football in general. Shanghai, China. 2016. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins The women's amateur team, Rich Bitch Football Club (RBFC) playing at Jinsha Sports Club. They split the pitch hire fee of 400 Yuan, about £45 for 2 hours. Most are unmarried and come from a range o (...)
Chris Steele-Perkins Cheerleaders with the SIPG supporters at the SIPG Stadium where SIPG play against Shandong Luneng and beat them 4-1. Shanghai, China. October 22, 2016. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins After a match between Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and Beijing, Nigerian star player Obafemi Martins throws his shirt to the supporters. Shanghai, China. 2016. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins SIPG playing at the SIPG Stadium against Shandong Luneng. They beat them 4-1. Shanghai, China. October 22, 2016. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins Senegal player Demba Ba greets fans, during a game between Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and Beijing, as he cannot play with a broken leg. Shanghai, China. 2016. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
