sorry guys, but Gao was actually injured after 5 games with that team and when he finally got fit they changed the manager, so Gao wasn't trusted to be selected as first XI.� However, he earned his place later for the UEFA cup match against Blackburn Rovers...As Chinese we know and love him a lot, because of his personality.� When he returned to China from Finland he invested a lot of his own money to build primary schools for children in poverty.Hope this helps.
I have just emailed MyPA front office to check on the statistics because they have changed the squad for the European summer league (they play in their summer cause their winter is very cold) already. Don't know if I will get much feedback.
But I have heard that he was injured as well.
As I understood, when they changed managers, the assistant manager became the head manager for the season and turned their fortunes from the bottom to 8th place. The old manager was not push over as he did manage them for over 4 years and have top placings including one title.
But in the turn around season, Leilei Gao did not count easily in the around plans being injured at the time and he was only counted when he fully recovered and they were not sure where to fit him due to good results.