Fan Zhiyi used the phrase "It's the first time for me to meet them" in Tucao Conference to describe that the national football teams that the national football team met were all unknown weak teams.

Fan Zhiyi was born in Yangpu District, Shanghai on November 6, 1969. His ancestral home is Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. He is a professional football player in China and the former captain of China's national football team.