Peng Weiguo
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Peng Weiguo is a retired Chinese
Chinese people
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 football player. He was known as one of the best midfielders in China
China
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 in the 1990s. He is now a manager.

Club career

Born into a respectable family, Peng Weiguo and his brother Peng Weijun
Peng Weijun
Peng Weijun is a retired Chinese football player. He is the younger brother of Peng Weiguo.And now he is a businessman....

 showed a lot of sporting potential and both would join then graduate from the Guangzhou Apollo youth team. After breaking into the Guangzhou Apollo senior team, Weiguo would quickly become an integral member of the team and then rise to prominence during the 1994 league season when he was named as their captain then lead them to a runners-up position as well as personally winning the Golden Ball award. Known for his brutal soccer style he controversially fouled and seriously hurt promising soccer star Zhang Haitao
Zhang Haitao
Zhang Haitao is a Chinese football coach. He is the most talented young Chinese coach currently in China. He speaks fluent English.-Playing career:...

, which ultimately caused Zhang Haitao to retire. Peng Weiguo remained with Guangzhou until the 1997 league season when Chongqing Longxin were willing to pay 2,350,000 Renminbi for him, however despite his high transfer he was unable to live up to expectations and would return to the Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

 province with Shenzhen Pingan where he was also offered a training position.

International career

Originally part of the Chinese youth team
China national under-23 football team
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 he would make the transition to the senior team when he made his debut against Indonesia
Indonesia national football team
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 on April 20, 1992 in an Asian Cup qualifier that China won 2-0. He would immediately become an integral member of the Chinese team and would play in the 1992 AFC Asian Cup
1992 AFC Asian Cup
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 where he aided China to a third place finish as well as also scoring his first goal against Qatar
Qatar national football team
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 during the tournament. In the 1994 Asian Games
1994 Asian Games
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 he would continue to aid China to this time a runners-up position, however when it came to the 1996 AFC Asian Cup
1996 AFC Asian Cup
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 he was unable to help China improve upon their previous results and China were knocked out during the quarter-finals. Unable to help China qualify for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
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 Peng Weiguo would play his last international game in the final game of qualifying.

Management career

Peng Weiguo would leave his training position at Shenzhen Pingan in 2001 and move away from football to start several business ventures. He would return to football in July, 2006 when he registered to take a Chinese Soccer association level B training class in management. He would quickly achieve his certificate and on January 5, 2007 he would be offered his first head coach position at second tier club Shanghai Stars to replace resigning manager Shen Si
Shen Si
Shen Si is a retired Chinese football player. He played as the left midfielder and was famous for his good technical skill. He managed Pudong Zobon F.C. before being revealed to have been involved in fixing a game in 2003 Chinese Jia-A League.Shen Si had a reputation for his free kick skills...

, however he would have a differcult start to his reign and Cao Xiandong was brought into the club as head coach. Peng Weiguo would then move to Hangzhou Lücheng on April 29, 2008 as an assistant until September 22, 2009.

On 1 December 2009 top tier football club Guangzhou Pharmaceutical officially announced Peng Weiguo as their caretaker head coach. On 25 March 2010, it was announced that manager Peng had been relieved of his duties, with Korea
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n manager Lee Jang-Soo
Lee Jang-Soo
Lee Jang-Soo is a South Korean association football manager and a former player. As a player he had the distinction of being one of the first fully professional footballers to play in the newly formed Korean Super League in the inaugural 1983 league season, however it has been as a manager where...

 put in charge.

He is now the manager of Guangzhou F.C. Youth Team.

On 22 September 2011, Chinese Football Association announced Peng as the assist coach of China U22
China national under-23 football team
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.

As a player

National team
  • Asian Games
    Asian Games
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     Runner-up(1):1994


Club
Guangzhou Apollo
  • Chinese Jia-A League
    Chinese Jia-A League
    The National Football Jia A League , commonly known as Jia-A , was the highest tier of professional football in the People's Republic of China, during 1994 through 2003, operating under the auspices of the Chinese Football Association.The Chinese Professional Football League was established in 1994...

     Runner-up(1):1994

Family

His younger brother Peng Weijun
Peng Weijun
Peng Weijun is a retired Chinese football player. He is the younger brother of Peng Weiguo.And now he is a businessman....

 was also a professional footballer.They played together for Guangzhou Apollo from Season 1994 to Season 1996.

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