5 former Chelsea stars currently playing in the Chinese Super League

Ramires and Oscar left Chelsea in the space of one year
Ramires and Oscar left Chelsea in the space of one year

#4 Demba Ba (Shanghai Shenhua)

Ba famously scored for Chelsea at Anfield
Ba famously scored for Chelsea at Anfield

Demba Ba was at Chelsea for only a season and a half, playing 51 games and scoring 14 goals despite playing the 2013/14 season as Chelsea’s third choice striker behind Fernando Torres and Samuel Eto’o.

In his final season with Chelsea, he famously scored an 87th-minute goal against PSG in the Champions League to send Chelsea through to the semi-finals and also against Liverpool at Anfield following Steven Gerrard’s infamous slip to severely dent Liverpool’s maiden Premier League title hopes.

He left Chelsea to join Turkish giants Besiktas before joining Shanghai Shenhua for the first time in 2015. He returned to Turkey to play for Besiktas and Göztepe before rejoining Shanghai Shenhua in June 2018.

The 33-year-old has 31 goals in 43 games for Shanghai Shenhua in his two stints combined.

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