 Han Wenhai akatanga basa rake rebhora neDalian Shide uye aive mumwe wevarindi vemagariro ekutanga muChina kubvuma kutungamirirwa nevadzidzisi veBritish kuti vabatsire vatambi kuwana hunyanzvi. Izvi zvaizomubatsira zvikuru kusimukira mukurumbira mumwaka weligi wa1996 paakazvisimbisa semuchengeti wepagedhi wekutanga weDalian uye akabatsira timu kuhwina mukombe weligi. Kuita kwake kwakamuona achibatanidzwa muchikwata cheChinese chakatora chikamu mu1996 AFC Asian Cupkwaakatamba somutambi anotsiva Ou Chuliang. Izvi zvakateverwa nemitambo yakati wandei yeFIFA World Cup, zvisinei akatambura kutsiva Ou semuchengeti wemagariro echikwata uye kunyangwe akadaidzwa kumapoka akati wandei akawana mumwe muchengeti wemagariro Jiang Jin achisundira pamberi pake pachinzvimbo chemubati wepagedhi. KuDalian akaramba ari muchengeti wechinangwa chechikwata kwemakore anotevera akati wandei uye akahwina mamwe mazita matatu eligi kusvikira aenda pakupera kwemwaka weligi wa2000 paakatsiviwa naChen Dong. 