- Zhu Guanghu
Zhu Guanghu (
Simplified Chinese : 朱广沪) (bornSeptember 25 ,1949 inShanghai ,China ) is a Chinese football coach and was the head coach of theChina national football team to 22nd of August 2007.Managerial career
Zhu was a
midfielder for the Shanghai Football Team. He played for the national B team on some occasions, but was never a top national player. He chose to coach after retiring as a player and became more known to the public when the Jianlibao youth team, a sponsored Chinese youth team to study and play inBrazil , returned to China in 1998. The team produced promising future stars such asLi Jinyu andLi Tie . Later, Zhu joined the China national football team and served as an assistant to the English head coach,Bobby Houghton . The team then later failed to qualify for the Olympic football tournament. Houghton was replaced byBora Milutinovic and Zhu left to coach theShenzhen Football Team.On March 9, 2005, the Chinese Football Association named the Zhu Guanghu as the successor of the Dutch coach,
Arie Haan . Earlier in 2004, Mr. Haan's contract expired as the result of his failure to lead the China national football team into qualification for theFootball World Cup 2006 . Zhu's appointment was due to his success in theChinese Super League withShenzhen Jianlibao Football Club by winning the league's first championship. Other factors also attributed to Zhu's appointment. As a native, Zhu was expected to accept a much lower wage package than a foreign coach and there would be no language barrier. A number of people, includingFIFA presidentSepp Blatter suggested that a native coach would have better communication with the players.Zhu's short term goal was to look for talented players and organize a new national football team. His ultimate goal was to lead the China national football team to qualify for the
2010 Football World Cup inSouth Africa .In 2005, under Zhu's coach, the China national football team won the
East Asian Cup , recording two draws (againstSouth Korea andJapan ) and one win (againstNorth Korea ). The title, though having not much significance, was the first official championship won by the China national football team.Zhu has been criticized for his style of play, which tends to be over-defensive, according to some. Many fans of the national team have called for his resignation due to the team's decline in the
FIFA World Rankings and several poor performances. On March 18, 2007, fans attacked his car while he was leaving a CSL match, which he had watched. They verbally insulted him, and the referee of that match who was with him was physically assaulted.In
2007 AFC Asian Cup , just needing a draw in the last match, the Chinese side conceded three goals from free-kicks in the closing stage of the game againstUzbekistan . The first time not to qualify for the second round in 27 years, Zhu is strongly criticized for his tactics and submitted his resignation shortly after.Career as player
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Bayi Football Team (1961 - 1972)
*Shanghai Football Team (nowShanghai Shenhua ) (1972 - ?)Career as coach
*Shanghai junior youth team (1980 - 1984)
*China junior youth team (1985 - 1992)
*Jianlibao youth team (1993 - 1998)
*China national football team (1998 - 1999) as assistant coach
*Shenzhen Jianlibao Football Club (2000 - 2005)
*China national football team (2005 - 2007)
*Wuhan Guanggu football club (2008 - present)ee also
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Sport in China
*Football in China
*China national under-23 football team
*China women's national football team External links
* [http://www.fa.org.cn/ Chinese Football Association] Languageicon|zh|Chinese
* [http://www.fifa.com/en/organisation/confederations/associationdetails/0,1483,CHN,00.html?countrycode=CHN FIFA profile: China PR] / [http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/results/resultsdetails/0,2962,,00.html?param7=1&dd=0¶m5=ALL&select13=CHN&select14=ALL&radiobutton=ALL Results] / [http://www.fifa.com/en/mens/fixtures/index/0,3721,0-CHN-ALL,00.html Fixtures]
* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/national/default_NA.asp?nationalID=79 AFC profile: China PR]
* [http://www.sinosoc.com/ Sinosoc] , comprehensive English-language news site on Chinese football
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