 Lu Hongxiang akatanga basa rake mumutambo weChinese we1979 neTianjin, kwaakaratidza kuti aikwanisa kutamba semunhu wepakati kuruboshwe, wingback kana mutambi. Mumwaka wakatevera, akakurumidza kuzvisimbisa somumwe wevatambi vane unyanzvi muChina uye aiva chikamu chechikwata chakakunda mukombe weligi muna 1980. Izvi zvakazoita kuti ashevedzwe kuchikwata chenyika yeChina, kwaakaverengerwa mumapoka akatora chikamu mu1982 Asian Games uye 1984 AFC Asian Cup.uko China yakava yechipiri. Pakazosvika 1987 aive nemukana wekuenda kunze kwenyika nedivi reJapan Fujitsu F.C. asati apedza basa rake neTokyo Gas. 