Zhu Guanghu
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Zhu Guanghu is a Chinese
Chinese people
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 football coach currently under contract with Shaanxi Chanba, and was previously the head coach of the China national football team
China national football team
The China PR national football team is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association...

 to 22 August 2007.

Managerial career

Zhu was a midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 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 in Brazil
Brazil
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, returned to China in 1998. The team produced promising future stars such as Li Jinyu
Li Jinyu
Li Jinyu is a former Chinese international association football player who predominantly played for Liaoning FC and Shandong Luneng as a striker in the Chinese Super League...

 and Li Tie
Li Tie
Li Tie is a professional Chinese international footballer who currently plays for Liaoning Whowin F.C. in the Chinese Super League. Starting his career playing for Liaoning F.C. Li would rise to prominence during the 1999 Chinese league season when Liaoning came runners-up within the league...

. Later, Zhu joined the China national football team and served as an assistant to the English head coach, Bobby Houghton
Bobby Houghton
Robert Douglas Houghton , commonly known as either Bob Houghton or Bobby Houghton, is an English football manager and former player, Houghton was most recently the head coach of India. His career has spanned over 30 years and 10 different countries...

. The team then later failed to qualify for the Olympic
Olympic Games
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 football tournament. Houghton was replaced by Bora Milutinovic and Zhu left to coach the Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...

 Football Team.

On March 9, 2005, the Chinese Football Association
Football Association of the People's Republic of China
The Football Association of the People's Republic of China , or commonly known as the Chinese Football Association , is the governing body of football in the People's Republic of China...

 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 the Football World Cup 2006. Zhu's appointment was due to his success in the Chinese Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...

 with Shenzhen 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, including FIFA
FIFA
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 president Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter
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 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 in South Africa
South Africa
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.

In 2005, under Zhu's coach, the China national football team won the East Asian Cup
East Asian Cup
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, recording two draws (against South Korea
South Korea
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 and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

) and one win (against North Korea
North Korea
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). 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
FIFA World Rankings
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 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
2007 AFC Asian Cup
The Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals were held from July 7 to July 29, 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition was co-hosted by four nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The tournament was won by first-time champions Iraq, who defeated Saudi...

, just needing a draw in the last match, the Chinese side conceded three goals from free-kicks in the closing stage of the game against Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
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. 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.

On 5 August, it was confirmed that after a three-month negotiation, Zhu was expected take the position of manager at Shenzhen Asia Travel again that weekend before the match against Guangzhou GPC
Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C.
* League level 1* League level 2-All-time league rankings:*No league game in 1959, 1966–72, 1975, 1976; Guangzhou did not enter the league in 1973, 1974 and 1977. in group stage; no promotion; promoted via FA Cup; relegated for match-fixing scandal....

. But on 31 August 2009, he signed a three-year-contract with Shaanxi Chanba, succeeding newly resigned Cheng Yaodong
Cheng Yaodong
Cheng Yaodong is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player. As a player he was predominantly remembered for his time at Shanghai Shenhua where he won the Chinese league and cup with them...

.

Career as player

  • Bayi Football Team
    Bayi Football Team
    Bayi Football Team was a football team under the sport branch of the People's Liberation Army in China between 1951 and 2003.The Club's full name is The People's Liberation Army Bayi Football Club...

     (1961–1972)
  • Shanghai Football Team (now Shanghai Shenhua
    Shanghai Shenhua
    Shanghai Shenhua is a professional Chinese football club currently playing in Chinese Super League. The club is currently owned by Zhu Jun , Shanghai SVA Group, SMEG and Huangpu Investment Ltd. . The current head coach is Dražen Besek...

    ) (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
    China national football team
    The China PR national football team is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association...

     (1998–1999) as assistant coach
  • Shenzhen Jianlibao Football Club (2000–2005)
  • China national football team (2005–2007)
  • Wuhan Guanggu
    Wuhan Guanggu
    Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. is a defunct Football Club, which was located in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China. The club's home stadium was Xinhua Road Sports Center, while the important matches were played at the more modern stadium Wuhan Sports Center in China. The clubs predecessor was the...

     football club (2008)

See also

  • Sport in China
    Sport in China
    Sport in China may refer to:*Sport in the People's Republic of China*Sport in Hong Kong*Sport in Macau*Sport in Taiwan...

  • Football in China
    Football in China
    Football in China consists of Association football as well as the China national football team. Football has been one of the most well supported sports in China, since it was introduced in the early 1900s. The national governing body is the Chinese Football Association...

  • China national under-23 football team
    China national under-23 football team
    The China national under-23 football team, also known as the China Olympic team , represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments...

  • China women's national football team
    China women's national football team
    The China women's national football team represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football.- Records :China had held the record of going for 442 minutes without conceding a World Cup goal, until it was broken by Germany on September 26, 2007, when Germany beat Norway 3-0...


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