He once stood toe-to-toe with Liverpool at Anfield. Now, he's donning the red of China, answering to a new name, and winning titles thousands of miles from where it all began.
Tyias Browning, now known as Jiang Guangtai, might just be football's most fascinating reinvention - and at 30, he's thriving in a world few expected him to enter.
Browning was once tipped for the top. A no-nonsense centre-back coming through the ranks at Everton, he looked every inch the future Premier League regular. England youth caps? Tick. Merseyside derby debut?